Past, present and Future of Asian lacquer: urushi from art to electronics

Program

12 December 2022

Doors open 15:00 – 15:30 JST

15.30 – 15.40

Welcome remarks

Francesca Pincella and Erika Forte

15:40 – 16:10

The restoration of Kodai-ji maki-e

SHIMODE Yutaro

16:10 – 16:30

Formation and structure of the inner bark and the resin canals of urushi

NISHATANI Yuuta

16:30 – 16:50

Lacquerware in East Asia: the overview of the archeological issue and some reports of the interdisciplinary co-working

OTANI Ikue

16:50 – 17:10

The molecular characterisation of urushi lacquer films

Ilaria BONADUCE

BREAK 17:10 – 17:20 JST

17:20 – 17:40

Development, verification, and application of a urushi-based electronic circuit

HASHIMOTO Yuki

17:40 – 18:00

Asian lacquers in museum collections - challenges in their characterisation and conservation

Diego TAMBURINI

18:00 18:20

Fundamentals of organic neuromorphic systems

Victor EROKHIN

18:20 – 18:40

Closing remarks

NAKAMURA Masaharu and MINEO Keito

DINNER BREAK 18:40 – 19:30

19:30 – 20:30

Roundtable session

Invited speakers