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2007.05.22
  Delivered a lecture on digital archive program at Doshisha University (lecturer: our Chief Director, Tatsushi Kani, and Director, Daijiroh Fukumori) We delivered a lecture on digital archive program for engineering students at Doshisha University on May 22nd 2007. They introduced our promotion activities through the present situation of the digital archive, its history and its expansion into intellectual property rights and commercial use. 2007.1.12
Completed the super high definition reproduction of important cultural asset "Ryuko-zu Byohbu". Donated to Myohshinji temple (Ukyo-ku). The super high definition reproduction of the important cultural property "Ryuko zu Byobu", a set of folding screens with six panels (painted by Kan? Sanraku), which our foundation made last year as an entry for the exhibition in New York, was donated to Myoshin-ji temple with the closing of the exhibition on November 26th 2006. 2006.12.26
Super high definition reproduction of the national treasure " Fujin Raijin zu Byohbu" Opened to public at Kenninji-temple (Higashiyama-ku) till Feb 28th. The super high-definition reproduction of the national treasure folding screens "Fujin Raijin zu Byobu (The Wind God and The Thunder God)" (painted by Tawaraya S?tatsu) made as an entry for the exhibition in New York was donated to Kennin-ji temple from our foundation with the closing of the exhibition on November 26th 2006. 2006.11.1
Presented super high-definition reproductions Our foundation produced a super high-definition reproduction of a national treasure "F?jin Raijin zu By?bu (the Wind God and the Thunder God)", painted by Tawaraya Sotatsu (gold background on paper with color paintings/ a pair of folding screens with two panels) and owned by a head temple Kennin-ji of Rinzai Sect Buddhism, and we held a completion ceremony at a main residence of Kennin-ji temple. 2006.08.27
A replacement project of "Hoh-joh Fusuma-e", paintings on partitions, the National Treasure EH inc. and our foundation jointly launched a replacement project aiming at permanent preservation of the national treasure paintings on partitions, "Hoh-joh Fusuma-e (sliding-door paintings)". The press conference was held at Kyoto National Museum for its announcement. 2006.07.13
Introduction and promotion of Ninomaru-Goten possessing "Shohekiga” Since this April, our foundation has taken charge of the management of digital images of Ninomaru-Goten (The Second Palace), those of which are owned by an old imperial villa and now a national treasure Nijoh-joh Castle, in order to introduce and promote them into the world. 2006.06.09
Donation of super high-definition reproductions of four fusuma paintings “Toranoma”, a Nanzenji-temple collection and important cultural properties painted by Tanyu Kano. Nanzen-ji temple, a chief temple of Nanzen-ji sect of Rinzai Buddhism, has 124 golden and jaspery paintings on partitions by the painters of the Kano school since the Momoyama era around 400 years ago. Among these fusuma paintings, we donated the super high-definition reproductions of the four paintings called “Mizunominotora” (Tanyu Kano pinxt) expressing their strong presence in the Sannoma room. 2006.05.30
Dedication of super high-definition reproduction of byobu (folding screen) “Unryuzu”, a Kitano Tenman-gu shrine collection and an important cultural property painted by Yusho Kaiho We dedicated to Kitano Tenman-gu shrine the super high-definition reproduction of its collection “Unryuzu”, a byobu and an important cultural property painted by Yusho Kaiho. 2006.05.19～2006.05.25
The Petit Palais Municipal Museum of Paris Invitation of Mr. and Mrs. Shazar, a director and a curator of the museum - Deepen international friendship exchange in preparation for the 50th anniversary of Kyoto-Paris sister-city covenant in 2008 - A director of the Petit Palais Municipal Museum, Mr. Jill Shazar, and his wife as well as a curator of its museum, Mrs. Shazar, visited Japan in mid-May. 2006.5.6
Our promotion activities were introduced in June 2006 issue of “Lapita” magazine The “Lapita” magazine (June 2006 issue) introduced the joint activities of our foundation and Hewlett-Packard Co. that we exhibited the reproductions of Japanese cultural properties and other national and important cultural properties at the world’s largest exhibition of fine arts in New York “Art Expo in New York”. 2006.4.21
Home coming after 120 years: restored fusuma painting “Katadazu” with high-definition digital technology We restored “Katadazu”, a lost fusuma painting during the early Meiji era, of a branch temple Zuiho-in inside Daitoku-ji temple with the latest digital technology. 2006.3.24
Donation of two fusuma (sliding door) paintings “Chikurin Hyokozu” of the main palace of Nagoya-jo castle to the City of Nagoya We donated to Nagoya city two fusuma paintings of the main palace of Nagoya-jo castle “Chikurin Hyokozu” which were reproduced with super high-definition images. 2006.3.10
Installation of four fusuma (sliding door) paintings “Matsutakazu” of Nijo-jo castle in Kyoto Oike Municipal Junior High School We delivered and installed reproductions of four fusuma (sliding door) paintings “Matsutakazu” of Nijo-jo castle in a Japanese-style room on the fifth floor of Oike Junior High School, which were produced with super high-definition digital images. 2006.3.8
We will digitally preserve the works that belong in Kyoto Prefectural Insho-Domoto Museum of Fine Arts and post them on our web site. Kyoto Prefectural Insho-Domoto Museum of Fine Arts and our foundation started a joint project of digitalizing the works of Insho Domoto (1891-1975). We are scheduled to promote digital preservation of as many as 600 pictures on partitions scattered across Japan, which he painted for his entire life, in addition to about 2000 works that belong in the museum. We will also post these digital data on our web site. 2006.3.2
Exhibiting high-definition reproductions of national treasures and important cultural properties at the world’s largest exhibition “ArtExpo in New York” We exhibited high-definition reproductions of national treasures and important cultural properties at the world’s largest exhibition “ArtExpo” in New York. 2006.3.1
Hosting a reception at JAPAN SOCIETY Prior to the world’s largest exhibition of Fine Arts, “ArtExpo in New York”, we exhibited super high-definition reproductions of national treasures and important cultural properties at JAPAN SOCIETY. 2006.2.2
High-definition reproduction of a byobu (folding screen) picture “Katadazu” for Zuiho-in temple inside Daitoku-ji temple We digitally preserved a byobu (folding screen) picture “Katadazu”, which belongs in Seikado-Bunko Museum, and reproduced it for a branch temple Zuiho-in inside Daitoku-ji temple. 2006.1.25
Digital preservation of the national treasure at Daigo-ji temple “Godai-sonzo” (Five Guardian Gods) Digital preservation of the national treasure at Daigoji-temple “Godai-sonzo” (Five Guardian Gods) Our foundation digitally preserved the national treasure “Godai-sonzo” (Five Guardian Gods) that belongs in Daigo-ji temple. We will produce full-scale high-definition reproduction of this image this summer. 2006.1.25
Digital preservation of the national treasure at Daigo-ji temple “Godai-sonzo” (Five Guardian Gods) Digital preservation of the national treasure at Daigoji-temple “Godai-sonzo” (Five Guardian Gods) Our foundation digitally preserved the national treasure “Godai-sonzo” (Five Guardian Gods) that belongs in Daigo-ji temple. We will produce full-scale high-definition reproduction of this image this summer. 2005.10.23
Digital preservation of the important cultural property "Kokeizu or the old genealogical chart" which the Foundation of Kamoagatanushi Clan owns 2005 is the year to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Kyoto-Florence friendship city covenant. In commemoration of this year, we donated to Florence digital images of both tangible and intangible cultural properties that were photographed in conjunction with the Kyoto shrine agency. 2005.09.24
Digital preservation of the important cultural property "Kokeizu or the old genealogical chart" which the Foundation of Kamoagatanushi Clan owns Our foundation digitally preserved an important cultural property "Kokeizu or old genealogical chart", which the Foundation of the Kamoagatanushi Clan owns, by using the super high-definition large-scale scanner. 2005.08.20
Holding of the Kyoto tour, a workshop of “Kyoto, a city of Japan”, with the participation of the central government ministries such as Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Upon request of Kyoto city, we held the digital archive tour of cultural heritages using a large-scale scanner at Hokoku-jinja shrine as a part of the workshop known as “Kyoto, a city of Japan”. 2005.06.28
Talks with Mr. Shazar, a curator of PETIT PALAIS Municipal Museum of Paris Our foundation personnel visited Mr. Shazar, a curator of PETIT PALAIS Municipal Museum of Paris, on June 28 as a part of the promotion of Japan-France cultural exchanges. 2005.06.27
A courtesy call on Paris city with Kyoto city mayor Masumoto - For the promotion of cultural exchanges in commemoration of the 50 years anniversary of the friendship city covenant between Kyoto and Paris - The head director of our foundation Kani, together with Kyoto city mayor Masumoto, visited the city of Paris and had a talk with Paris city mayor Bertrand Delanoê in the city hall (Hotel de Ville) on June 27. 2005.03.13
Digital preservation of the important cultural property “Iwashimizubunsho or Iwashimizu document We are currently proceeding with the preservation work of the important cultural property “Iwashimizubunsho” and votive objects with the super high-resolution scanner. List of news release in PDF format
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 2007.05.22Delivered a lecture on digital archive program at Doshisha University (lecturer: our Chief Director, Tatsushi Kani, and Director, Daijiroh Fukumori) We delivered a lecture on digital archive program for engineering students at Doshisha University on May 22nd 2007. They introduced our promotion activities through the present situation of the digital archive, its history and its expansion into intellectual property rights and commercial use. picture1 2007.04.25 - 2007.05.01 Exhibition of "Kyoto 1200 years: Beaury of Kyoto for the Future- Kyoto Digital Archive Movement" at Sogo Yokohama This exhibition of “Kyoto 1200 years: Beauty of Kyoto for the Future-Kyoto Digital Archive Movement” at Sogo Yokohama was held from Apr. 25th to May 1st. We exhibited super high-definition replicas which were made through our digital archive project. Japanese Kimono and Obi, which include traditional design and “Rinpa” motif inspired from pictures, were exhibited at the same time. Over 10000 people visited to this exhibition and also the exhibition was broadcasted from NHK. Main replica corrections included national treasure”Fujin Raijin zu Byobu” written by Tawaraya Sotatsu (stored at Kennin-ji temple), national treasure “Shorin-zu Byobu” written by Hasegawa Tohaku (stored at Tokyo National Museum), and national treasure “Kacho-zu Fusuma-Ume ni Suikin-“written by Kano Eitoku (stored at Daitoku-ji temple Tacchu Juko-in temple). ※This exhibition has been closed. 2007.03.27Holding of a workshop for 12 foreign trainees from 12 countries We held an orientation tour about digital archive program as a part of “Practice of multimedia for Educational purpose” which Japan International Cooperation Center conducts. After having a time for Q&A, our staff and Japanese tea master served trainees Japanese sweets for culture exchange. Trainees commented that it was great as we could experience Japanese culture, especially tea ceremony. picture12006.11.15Our Chief Director delivered a lecture on digital archive program at Doshisha University Chief Director Kani delivered a lecture on digital archive program at Doshisha University. He introduced our promotion activities through the present situation of the digital archive, its history and its expansion into intellectual property rights and commercial use. picture1 picture22006.3.27Our Chief Director delivered a lecture on digital archive program at Doshisha University At our foundation, we held an orientation tour of the Digital Archive Program as a course for “Theory and Practice of Dissemination and Enlightenment Activities by the Use of Multimedia" offered by the Japan International Cooperation Center. picture1 picture22005.04.25,5.09Our Chief Director delivered a lecture on digital archive program at Doshisha University Chief Director Kani delivered a lecture on digital archive program at Doshisha University. He introduced our promotion activities through the present situation of the digital archive, its history and its expansion into intellectual property rights and commercial use. picture1 picture22005.11.15Holding of a workshop for 12 foreign trainees from 11 countries We held an orientation tour about digital archive program as a course of “Digital Video Production for Education and Promotion Activities” which Japan International Cooperation Center conducts. picture1 picture22005.07.26Holding of a workshop for 8 foreign trainees from 8 countries At our foundation, we held an orientation tour of the digital archive program as a course for "theory and practice of dissemination and enlightenment activities with multimedia use" which the Japan Center for International cooperation conducts. picture1 picture22005.03.16 Holding of a workshop for foreign trainees At our foundation, we held a facility tour for the trainees in the course for "multimedia-applied technology for education" which the Japan Center for International cooperation conducts. Picture 1 Picture 2 Picture 3 picture1 picture2 picture3 2005.01.01 - 2005.01.31 Special exhibition of "Hokokusaireizubyobu or folding screen with the painting of Hokoku festival" at Hobutsu-kan hall of Hokoku-jinja shrine This is the event to exhibit an exquisite reproduction of the important cultural property "Hokokusaireizubyobu" as well as the original. Picture 1 Picture 2 Hosted by Hokoku-jinja shrine Cooperated by Kyoto International Culture Foundation, Hiroto Rakusho (traditional craftsman), Lap Design Studio, Ooiri Co. Ltd. Exhibition scenery・1 Exhibition scenery・22004.08.10 (Tue) - 09.20 (Mon)Kyoto National Museum "World of beauty among Gods Shinto art in Kyoto" This is the exhibition of treasures owned by shrines in Kyoto prefectures. Hosted by Kyoto National Museum, Kyoto Prefectural Junior Shinto Association, The Sankei Shinbun, Kansai Telecasting Corporation Co-sponsored by Kyoto International Culture Foundation, Dai Nippon Printing Co. Ltd. and the others Cooperated by Takeda Hospital Group Rainbow * "The world of the beauty of gods -The Shinto art of Kyoto-" exhibition came to an end. |
