Setsuko Kuwabara

Setsuko Kuwabara ( Japanese 桑 原 節 子 Kuwabara Setsuko; born October 2, 1947 in Tokyo , Japan ) is a Japanese art historian.

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Setsuko Kuwabara studied German from 1966 to 1970 at the Sophia University in Tōkyō. After completing her BA, she worked as a research assistant in the applied linguistics laboratory at the university.

From 1974 to 1980 Kuwabara studied art history with Prof. Heinz Ladendorf and Prof. Günther Binding as well as prehistory and early history with Prof. Gernot Jakob-Friesen (1926-2019) at the University of Cologne . She completed her MA with the thesis "Emil Orlik and his contributions to artistic interrelationship". This was followed by doctoral studies at the University of Heidelberg with Prof. Peter Anselm Riedl , Prof. Lothar Ledderose and Prof. Doris Croissant. 1984 PhD with the dissertation "Emil Orlik and Japan". Until 1986 she worked as a research assistant in the East Asia Department of the Art History Institute of the University of Heidelberg at Ledderose.

From 1986 to 1990, Kuwabara was research assistant and successor to Dr. Steffi Schmidt in the Museum for East Asian Art, SMPK (today: Museum for Asian Art), Berlin-Dahlem. In 1990 she moved to the Japanese-German Center Berlin (JDZB) and headed the Documentation / Library department until 2008. During this time, she dealt with the field of scientific information on Japan and the organization of symposia, together with Prof. Eisuke Naitō at the time NACSIS, now NII. She worked for the international cooperation of the Japan-related scientific libraries and was a member of various organizing committees, such as B. EAJRS, "Tenri Antiquarian Materials Workshop" and OJAMASG (Overseas Japanese Antiquarian Materials Study Group).

Kuwabara publishes on art and cultural-historical topics in Germany and Japan.

Publications (selection)

• Emil Orlik and Japan . Frankfurt a. M. (Haag and Herchen), 1987, ISBN 3-89228-100-9 .
• Development of the woodcut in the German-speaking area and ukiyo-e . In: Ukiyo-e masterpieces in european collections, Vol. 12, Museum für Ostasiatische Kunst, Berlin / Tōkyō (Kōdansha) 1988, ISBN 4-06-191292-5 (in Japanese).
• Fritz Rumpf and his collection of Japanese woodblock prints . In: You understand our hearts well, Fritz Rumpf in the area of ​​tension in German-Japanese cultural relations. Edited by H. Walravens and Japanese-German Center Berlin. Weinheim (Humaniora) 1989. ISBN 3-527-17686-1
• Surimono - Precious Japanese woodblock prints from the Museum of East Asian Art, Berlin . Together with Steffi Schmidt. Berlin, Reimer 1990. ISBN 3-496-01071-1
• Emil Orlik - an Austrian artist in Japan . In: Hidden Impressions. Exhibition catalog of the Austrian Museum of Applied Arts, Vienna 1990. ISBN 3-900688-14-1
• Emil Orlik . Together with Eberhard Friese: From Japan, Tōkyō (Yūshōdō) 1996. ISBN 978-4-8419-0156-6
• Two major exhibitions of Japanese art in the 1930s . In: Berlin-Tokyo in the 19th and 20th centuries. Published by Japanese-German Center Berlin. Berlin / Heidelberg / Tokyo / New York (Springer) 1997. ISBN 3-540-63491-6
• 95 heads from Emil Orlik, new 95 heads from Emil Orlik . Together with Eberhard Friese. Berlin (Gebrüder Mann) 1998. ISBN 3-7861-2272-5
• Art Nouveau - graphics and handicrafts in German-speaking countries . In: Introduction to Japonism. Edited by The Society for the Study of Japonisme, Kyōto (Shibunkaku) 2000. (in Japanese) ISBN 4-7842-1053-9
• Symposium Information on Japan in the 21st Century - New Tasks for Japan-Related Libraries in German-speaking Countries: 2. – 3.11.2000 / JDZB, Japanese-German Center Berlin. Editing together with I. Hoppner. Berlin 2001.
• Hōeidō-ban, Hiroshige: Tōkaidō gōjūsan-tsugi by J. Suzuki, Y. Kimura and J.Ōkubo. In: Andon, 77, The Netherlands (The Society for Japanese Arts) 2004. ISSN  0168-2997 . Book review in English.
• The path from the traditional ukiyo-e to the new sōsaku hanga and shin hanga . In: Art and Crafts in Intercultural Dialogue (1850–1915). Edited by F. Ehmcke, Munich (iudicium verlag) 2008. ISBN 978-3-89129-384-3
• Exhibition of ancient Japanese art in the Pergamon Museum , 1939. In: Exhibition catalog “Pergamon and Silk Road”. Tōkyō (Museum of the Middle Eastern Culture Center) 2008. (in Japanese)
• Ranru and Boro . In: Antes and Ranru and Boro, exhibition catalog of the Franz Marc Museum, Kochel am See 2010. ISBN 978-3-9813534-0-2
• And the sumeru of my thanks would grow . Contributions to East Asian art history in Germany (1896–1932). Edited by H. Walravens with the assistance of S. Kuwabara: Asia and Africa Studies 35, Humboldt University in Berlin, Wiesbaden (Harrassowitz) 2010. ISBN 978-3-447-06230-5
• Japan, shown on bookplate . In: Research on the history of Japanese-German cultural relations., 12th ed. By Society for Researching the History of German-Japanese Cultural Exchange, Tōkyō 2011. (in Japanese) ISSN  1341-4321
• Curt Glaser in Japan . In: Curt Glaser, historian of East Asian art. Edited by H. Walravens. Berlin State Library, new acquisitions by the East Asia Department, special issue 31. Berlin, 2012. ISBN 978-3-88053-183-3
• Copper prints from the late Edo period, Japanese city and landscape views from the collection of Hanns Theo Schmitz-Otto . Edited by S. Kuwabara and H. Walravens. Asia and Africa Studies 39, the Humboldt University in Berlin, Wiesbaden (Harrassowitz) 2014. ISBN 978-3-447-10295-7
• Japan bookplate and Julius Kurth . In: Julius Kurth (1870–1949), Berlin collector, scholar and pastor. Edited by H. Walravens. Asia and Africa Studies 51, Humboldt University Berlin, Wiesbaden (Harrassowitz) 2017. ISBN 978-3-447-10950-5

Web links

• Proof of publication in the NDL, together with a doctor of the same name

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Dissertation Heidelberg 1984
2. ↑ * noag-1990-1
3. ↑ * Naitō Eisuke .
4. ↑ * Info on EARS .
5. ↑ * Tenri University Library .
6. ↑ * Info on OJAMASG .