{"id":8611,"date":"2026-03-31T22:03:23","date_gmt":"2026-03-31T20:03:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sfej.asso.fr\/?post_type=tribe_events&p=8611"},"modified":"2026-03-31T22:03:23","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T20:03:23","slug":"conference-the-shunpoan-incident-forgery-and-ukiyo-e-painting","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"http:\/\/sfej.asso.fr\/?tribe_events=conference-the-shunpoan-incident-forgery-and-ukiyo-e-painting","title":{"rendered":"[Conf\u00e9rence] \u00ab\u00a0The Shunp\u014dan Incident: Forgery and Ukiyo-e Painting\u00a0\u00bb"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Conf\u00e9rence de Julie Nelson Davis (University of Pennsylvania) jeudi 9 avril 2026, de 17h \u00e0 18h, consacr\u00e9e \u00e0 l\u2019incident du Shunp\u014dan, un scandale survenu en 1934 et qui marqua durablement l\u2019\u00e9tude de la peinture\u00a0ukiyo-e<\/em>. Faussaires, experts douteux, emballement m\u00e9diatique, enjeux financiers, l\u2019affaire r\u00e9unissait tous les ingr\u00e9dients d\u2019un roman policier haletant. La conf\u00e9rence sera donn\u00e9e en anglais.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Julie Nelson Davis (University of Pennsylvania)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Shunp\u014dan Incident: Forgery and Ukiyo-e Painting<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Presentation<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The \u201cgreatest discovery\u201d cried the headline in the Asahi Shinbun<\/em> on April 26, 1934: two Sharaku paintings found in the Shunp\u014dan collection. This private collection held seventeen rare ukiyo-e paintings\u2014all masterpieces\u2014and would be going to auction in May. Professor Sasakawa Rinp\u016b verified their quality and the organizers produced a deluxe, full-color catalogue. Rumor had it that these paintings would be brought to the committee on Important Cultural Properties. During the auction preview, more rumors began\u2014that these were not masterpieces, but forgeries. This talk examines the Shunp\u014dan Incident, presents new evidence for the case, and considers the impact on the field ever since. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Profile<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Julie Nelson Davis is the Paul F. Miller, Jr. and E. Warren Shafer Miller Professor of History of Art and Chair of the Department of the History of Art at the University of Pennsylvania. Her research engages Japanese prints, illustrated books, and paintings from the eighteenth through the twentieth century. Davis is author of Utamaro and the Spectacle of Beauty <\/em>(2007, 2021), Partners in Print: Artistic Collaboration and the Ukiyo-e Market<\/em> (2014), and Picturing the Floating World: Ukiyo-e in Context <\/em>(2021), along with numerous articles and essays. Davis has received fellowships from the Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Cultures, the Clark Art Institute, and the Guggenheim Foundation, among others. Currently, she is completing a book about imitation, homage, and fabrication in ukiyo-e<\/em> and conducting research for a second project on the history of the illustrated book in Japan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Contact :\u00a0marianne.simon-oikawa@u-paris.fr<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n

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