Musashi Gakuen and Nezu Museum Joint Forum to Be Held on November 7: Thinking about Gardens and Nature from Eastern and Western Cultures
A joint forum by Musashi Gakuen and the Nezu Museum will be held on November 7, exploring gardens and nature from Eastern and Western cultural perspectives.Summary
Nezu Ikueikai Musashi Gakuen, which operates Musashi University and Musashi High School, will hold a forum titled "Gardens, Paintings, and Natural Landscapes" on November 7 at Musashi University Building 8, with special cooperation from the Nezu Museum. Online participation is also available. Both organizations were founded and developed against the backdrop of the cultural endeavors of the businessman Nezu Kaichiro I, and last year they held a joint forum on the theme of clocks. This year's forum will consider how humans have perceived nature and incorporated it into daily life and culture, covering spaces created by human hands such as gardens, parks, and green spaces, as well as natural landscapes like forests and mountains and rivers, and gardens and scenery depicted in paintings. Another theme is the relationship between the tea ceremony and gardens. The program begins with an introduction by Odori Tomoji, Director of the Musashi University Center for Liberal Arts and Sciences Education, titled "Culture and Art that Incorporate 'Nature': What Are the Differences between East and West?" Lectures will be given by Udagawa Soko (18th head of the Sowa-ryu tea ceremony school and advisor to the Nezu Museum) on "The Tea Ceremony and Japanese Gardens," Shimao Shin (trustee of the Nezu Museum) on "Japanese Gardens and Fusuma Paintings: Incorporating the Outside World into the Inside," Tokuhashi Yo (Professor Emeritus at the University of Toyama) on "Urban Environment, Nature, and Gardens in Medieval and Early Modern Europe," and Goto Fumiko (Professor at Keio University Faculty of Letters) on "Modern German Nature Gardens: Exploration of Vital Forms and Colors." Additionally, Noguchi Tsuyoshi (Deputy Director and Curator of the Nezu Museum) will present "Nezu Kaichiro's Gardens and Nature," and Fujihashi Hirotomo (researcher at the Musashi Gakuen Memorial Room) will introduce "Musashi Gakuen's Campus and School Forests: A Century of Forests and Greenery." The program traces the relationship between nature and culture from multiple perspectives, including Eastern and Western garden culture, painting, tea ceremony, urban environment, and the natural environments inherited by both organizations.
(Source：美術手帖)