From the Tenshō Mission (1582-1590) to EXPO 2025

Studiosi ed esperti provenienti da università e istituzioni italiane e giapponesi approfondiranno temi come gli Azuchi Screens, le missioni Tenshō e Keichō, i legami tra arte, diplomazia e scambio culturale, fino ad arrivare al significato attuale di queste connessioni nella cornice dell’Expo.

L’evento, aperto con i saluti istituzionali di Mons. Alberto Rocca, Direttore della Classe di Studi sull’Estremo Oriente dell’Accademia Ambrosiana, e di S.E. l’Ambasciatore del Giappone presso la Santa Sede Chiba Akira, offrirà un ricco programma di interventi e momenti di confronto con il pubblico.

14:00 – 14:15 Welcome and Opening Remarks
Mons. Alberto Rocca, Director of the Class of Far Eastern Studies of the Accademia Ambrosiana
H.E. Mr Chiba Akira, Ambassador of Japan to the Holy See

14:15 – 14:25 The Azuchi Screens: An Introduction
Paola Cavaliere, The University of Milan, ARSN Founder and Japan-Italy Institutional Coordinator

14:25 – 14:55 The Tenshō and Keichō missions: The First Bridges of Material Culture between Europe and Japan
Anton Schweizer, Kyushu University, ASRN core member

14:55 – 15:25 The Circular Effect of the Azuchi Screens and Alessandro Valignano’s Roman byōbu
Mayu Fujikawa, Meiji University, ASRN Collaborator

15:25 – 15:55 Tracing the Azuchi Screens: Investigation into the Inventories of Papal Palaces and the Papal families
Kiyono Shimbo, Musashi University, Meiji University, and Rikkyo University, ASRN Core Member

15:55 – 16:25 Revisiting Philips van Winghe’s Sketches of the Azuchi Screens in Lorenzo Pignoria’s Le imagini de gli dei de gli antichi
Mark Erdmann, Melbourne University, ASRN Core Member

16:30 – 16:45 Tintoretto’s Portrait of Itō Mancio at the EXPO 2025 Osaka
Rossella Menegazzo, The University of Milan, Head of the culture sector of the Italy Pavilion at Expo 2025 Osaka

16:45 – 16:55 Discussion and Q&A
16:55 – 17:00 Closing remarks

*Language of the Conference: English