The Japanese NHK (Japanese Broadcasting Company) and the French Gedeon are working to produce a documentary reporting the research outcomes of the Azuchi Screens Research Network (ASRN), an international and interdisciplinary group of scholars and artists dedicated to researching early-modern cultural and material exchange between Europe, Colonial Latin America, and East Asia, with a special focus on Italy and Japan. This includes, notably, two famous endeavours that brought Japanese people to Europe, the so-called Tenshō (1582-1590) and Keichō (1612-1620) missions. The Tenshō (1582-1590) mission brought a famous, and now lost, pair of folding screens by Kanō Eitoku, from which the network’s name is taken. Paola Cavaliere is part of the scientific committee overseeing the documentary project.
Location of the initiative:
NHK (Tokyo, Japan) and Gedeon Broadcast Company (Paris, France)
Date of the initiative:
October 15, 2023 -