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Irome: A Certain Conversation
Although basic colour terms between languages do not vary much, the Japanese language, when compared to English, contains additional and specific categories for colour naming systems. In Japanese, customary colour terminology, for instance, draws upon the influence of nature including scenery, animals, plants, materials, and so on. In Japan, ?Irome? (?Iro? means colours, ?me? means appearance or look) culture was established in the middle of Heian era (794-1185), a period in which the culture of ?Junihitoe? (twelve-layered kimonos/robes) developed sophisticated colour systems based on particular combinations. These combinations and colours have specific meanings and refer to nature and seasonal phenomena, one example being a colour, which in English translates as ?the underside of ice.? In this colourschool session, Misae Ogishima will lead a conversation on Japanese language terms for colour and their wider meaning within the culture.
- host:
- Misae Ogishima
- date & time:
- March 26th, 2007 at 6 pm
- location:
- 6363 Stores Road Studio 2A University of British Columbia
- contact:
- [info@colourschool.org]
Host Biographies
Based in Fukuoka, Japan, Misae Ogishima is currently living in Vancouver in order to research contemporary art in Canada. Misae has studied art history and curatorial studies at Seinan Gakuin University and has worked for the Fukuoka Asian Art Museum as an assistant curator.