[Title] Sengoku Japan and the Battle of the Sea: The Beginning of the Age of Discovery
[Lecturer] Hiroshi Takahashi (Director, Teikyo University Museum, Professor, Faculty of Economics Department of Business Administration)

The Age of Exploration was a time when Japan, the West, and the East came together to create a great history. The stage of the Age of Exploration was the sea, and the main characters were Japan and Portugal, as well as the Society of Jesus and the Pope. We will read about how these four entities were intertwined with each other on the ocean and what kind of history they formed, focusing on boundaries, missionary work, and trade.

2nd time
Saturday, December 2, 2023 10:30-12:00

[Title] Stories that have not been inherited - Representations of the Ainu-Japanese relationship in Ainu prose tales recorded by Matsu Kananari
[Lecturer] Minako Sakata (Professor, Department of Department of Global Japanese Studies Faculty of Language Studies, Teikyo University)

The Ainu oral tradition, written by Matsu Kananari (an Ainu woman born in 1875), depicts a tense but rich and diverse relationship between the Ainu and the Japanese people against the backdrop of early modern Ainu-Japanese trade. . However, many of the stories about Wajin have remained largely unknown to the public until now. We will also consider the meaning of these stories being “uninherited.”

[Title] Deciphering the history left behind underwater - Case study of underwater cultural heritage -
[Lecturer] Ransei Sasaki (Associate Professor, Research Institute of Cultural Properties, Teikyo University)

When you hear about underwater ruins, you may have an image of an unknown world full of romance. However, underwater ruins are actually familiar to us. This lecture will introduce Paleolithic and Jomon period ruins, Mongol invasion ships, submerged villages, and modern shipwrecks. Our main objective is to not only explain the historical significance of the ruins, but also to give people a sense of the potential of underwater ruins through research experiences.

[Title] Connections with the overseas world seen from the Hachioji Castle ruins
[Lecturer] Osamu Murayama (Curator, Hachioji City Board of Education)

Approximately 70,000 artifacts were excavated from the main hall of the Hachioji Castle ruins. Along with discoveries that reveal the lifestyle of the feudal lords of the Sengoku period, there were also artifacts with ties to the world, such as Venetian lace glassware and imported porcelain. This time, we will take a look at the connections with overseas from the excavated items.