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開催年月日： 2025年9月

記述言語：英語   会議種別：口頭発表（一般）  

開催地：Tohoku University   国名：日本国  

A Gentleman and a Scholar: Nomura Shōjirō in Early 20th Century Kyoto
Michelle Kuhn (Nagoya University)

Not many shopkeepers are as famous as their shops, but in early 20th century Kyoto, Nomura Shōjirō (野村正治郎, 1879–1943) was renowned for his hospitality, his knowledge of antique textiles as well as his salesmanship. Shōjirō’s shop was not just a store, it was also a popular place for foreign travelers to relax, play billiards, smoke cigars, and enjoy Japanese delicacies served by Shōjirō’s wife and daughter. Moreover, Shōjirō kept guestbooks that contain messages from his clients between 1913 and 1939. The Nomura Shōjirō guestbooks are an invaluable resource that showcase the interests and identities of international tourists from Europe, the United States and Australia. As might be expected, the reviews of Shōjirō’s shop in the guestbooks are invariably positive. However, the glowing depictions of the shop are supplemented with compliments on the proprietor himself.
Given the volume of clients who passed through Shōjirō’s shop, it is unlikely that Shōjirō allowed every guest and customer to sign the books. Many signatories were internationally famous, and their autographs were an attraction in themselves. Present day restaurants and shops in Japan display autographs of TV stars and baseball players for the same reason. Other patrons, however, were chosen due to their interesting stories to document in the guestbooks. One refrain echoes through these entries, the shop was a fairyland and the proprietor was a wonderful man.
This presentation will consider the portrait of Nomura Shōjirō as painted by the messages written in his guestbooks, where he is described as a “delightfully entertaining emperor of all who deal in beauty,” an “art connoisseur,” “a guide and philosopher,” as well as shrewd merchant. Most of the foreign visitors to Japan in the early years of the guestbooks did not have Japanese language ability, they were entirely dependent on their translators and guides. Shōjirō was such a guide for his clients and as he welcomed some of these clients into his home as guests, they viewed him as a friend and not simply a merchant. This presentation will consider the depiction of Shōjirō in the guestbooks in comparison to the scholarly biographies of Shōjirō.

開催年月日： 2025年7月

記述言語：英語   会議種別：口頭発表（一般）  

開催地：Tokyo   国名：日本国  

“The Brightest Spot in the Orient”: Nomura Shōjirō’s Shop of Dreams

Nomura Shōjirō (野村正治郎, 1879-1943) was an art, antiquities, and kimono dealer in Kyoto during the early 20th century. Shōjirō’s shop was one of several in Kyoto catering to foreign patrons, but unlike other shops, Shōjirō kept guestbooks that contain messages from his clients from 1913 to 1939. Similar to the way restaurants in present day Japan will display autographs of famous visitors, Shōjirō’s guestbooks contain messages from the rich and famous. Yet, messages from “normal people” are included amongst the autographs of foreign royalty, baseball players, and radio stars.
This presentation will analyze the changing socio-economic class, background, and region of origin of Shōjirō’s patrons in the 1910’s to after he handed over control of the shop to his adopted son, Shizuo in the early 1930’s. Within these changing identities, one theme runs through their comments, the Nomura Store was the best store they had been to in Japan. Shōjirō also had his own personal collection of textiles that he would show patrons while displaying his wares, leading many patrons to liken his shop to a “museum.” As Charles W Bartlett wrote in 1915, “after India, we found Japan perhaps a little disappointing… then Mr. Nomura showed us his treasures.”

開催年月日： 2025年4月

記述言語：日本語   会議種別：口頭発表（一般）  

開催地：名古屋市   国名：日本国  

1687年に出版された小袖文様の雛形本『源氏ひいなかた』は、『源氏物語』の女性登場人物のほか、『伊勢物語』の女性登場人物や歴史上の女性が小袖文様にインスピレーションを与えている。文様の色とデザインは女性たちの話を暗示している。これらの文様は単に美しいデザインというだけではなく、パズルのようなものとなっている。小袖模様の隣に、女性を紹介する文章も記載されている。その文章から、模様の意味とその女性登場人物との関係のヒントが読み取れる。本発表は『伊勢物語』を表現する「恬氏内親王」、「二条の后」、「春日の里の女」と「井筒の女」という模様の出展を探りながら、江戸前期の女性が身につけた教養について考察する。

開催年月日： 2025年1月

記述言語：英語   会議種別：公開講演，セミナー，チュートリアル，講習，講義等  

開催地：名古屋外国語大学   国名：日本国  

開催年月日： 2023年11月

記述言語：日本語   会議種別：口頭発表（一般）  

開催地：東京   国名：日本国  

本発表で紹介する貞享四年（一六八七）に出版された『源氏ひいながた』は京都で文台屋に出版された。『源氏ひいながた』は『源氏物語』の女性主人公を描く 。女性の性格や特徴は文様の源泉となり、文様の色やモチーフは女性たちの話に基づいている。『源氏ひいながた』の上巻から中巻にかけて、桐壺の更衣や浮舟という『源氏物語』から取られている女主人公が文様の素材となっている。『源氏ひいながた』の文様と文章はパズルや言葉遊びと同様に、他の作品からの連想、ダジャレ、比喩と引用をたどることで、ようやく意味が明瞭になる。『源氏ひいながた』の言葉遊びを解ける読者は、女子向けの江戸時代の教育を身に着けた女性と違いない。

種別：大会・シンポジウム等