[KineJapan] Best Contemporary Japan Photography Centre

Sun Nov 14 12:17:11 EST 2021

Thanks, Markus!

For the confirmation and for the entry, quite explanatory. Maybe if they understand it is for arranging an exhibition from their archives, they are more open. I’ll contact them.

Best,

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De: KineJapan <kinejapan-bounces at mailman.yale.edu> En nombre de Markus Nornes via KineJapan
Enviado el: domingo, 14 de noviembre de 2021 3:39
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HI Lorenzo,

Claire is spot on. TOP is tops. One of my favorite museums in Japan. Their collection for photography is seriously amazing. The thing is, last time I looked it was very difficult to do extensive research there unless you are in Tokyo for an extended period of time. See the entry in Aaron and my Research Guide for details. This was years ago, so maybe they have relaxed their rules.

Best,

Markus

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Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography Library
Tokyo-to Shashin Bijutsukan
1-13-3 Mita
Meguro-ku, Tokyo 153-0062 Japan
Phone: 03-3280-0099
Fax: 03-3280-0033
Webpage: www.syabi.com<http://www.syabi.com>
The Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography has a small reading room interfacing with its collection, which is bifurcated into two sections that do not interact well. One half is the library, which has a relatively small collection of books and magazines. These include some publications on cinema but, not surprisingly, most are on still photography. There is an online catalog for these printed materials. The other half is the museum’s extensive collection of still photography. There is a visual database for this collection in the library, and while they do not seem to be collecting publicity stills and other cinema-related genres of still photography, they do have fine examples of zoetropes, phenakistoscopes, and other pre-cinema toys, as well as original prints from Muybridge and Marey. Unfortunately, the rules they have set up for looking at their archival materials make the collection virtually impossible to use for researchers not residing in Japan. The database is not online, so one must conduct searches of their holdings in the library; only a few items can be ordered at a time, and this must be done two weeks ahead of time. Do the math and you can see the problem. There is also a charge for viewing objects.

Excerpt From: Abé Mark Nornes and Aaron Gerow. “Research Guide to Japanese Film Studies.” Apple Books.

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Professor of Asian Cinema
Interim Chair, Dept. of Asian Languages and Culture
Department of Film, Television and Media, Department of Asian Languages and Cultures, Penny Stamps School of Art & Design

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On Sat, Nov 13, 2021 at 12:59 PM Claire-Akiko Brisset via KineJapan <kinejapan at mailman.yale.edu<mailto:kinejapan at mailman.yale.edu>> wrote:

Dear colleague,

If I may, you should check the TOP:

http://topmuseum.jp/e/contents/index.html

Best wishes,

Claire Brisset

PO histoire culturelle du Japon

département ESTAS

Faculté des Lettres
Université de Genève

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Objet : [KineJapan] Best Contemporary Japan Photography Centre

Dear all,

I’m trying to figure out which would be the best centres in Japan on contemporary Japanese photography, a museum, archive, or research centre about the different flows in current photography, maybe with funds or work of relevant photographers, etc.

The goal is to get an idea of the best of contemporary Japanese photography in order to organize an exhibition that provides a wide vision, with an edited catalogue, etc.

Thanks in advance and Best regards,

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Lorenzo J. Torres Hortelano
Vicedecano de Extensión Universitaria y Relaciones Internacionales
Vice-Dean of University Extension and International Relations
Profesor Titular/Professor
Universidad Rey Juan Carlos
Facultad de Ciencias de la Comunicación
Departamento de Ciencias de la Comunicación y Sociología
Edificio de Gestión - Decanato
Camino del Molino s/n, 28943 Fuenlabrada
+34 91 488 73 11
lorenzojavier.torres.hortelano at urjc.es<mailto:lorenzojavier.torres.hortelano at urjc.es>
gestion2.urjc.es/pdi/ver/lorenzojavier.torres.hortelano<https://gestion2.urjc.es/pdi/ver/lorenzojavier.torres.hortelano>
researchgate.net/profile/Lorenzo_Torres<https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Lorenzo_Torres>
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