人物をモチーフに含む西洋更紗の主題の特徴についての一考察 : 共立女子大学博物館所蔵の西洋更紗を手掛かりに

Kyoritsu Women\u27s University Museum has 51 western chintz, 25 of which contain a figure as a motif. In this paper, we examine the details of four items (IDs: 2427, 2136, 2151, and 2206) that were under investigation from 25 western chintz. This study investigates object details using database of The Art Institute of Chicago, The Philadelphia Museum of Art, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the Victoria and Albert Museum. Moreover, this paper describe the characteristics of western chintz with a figure as a motif including 25 western chintz in the Kyoritsu Women\u27s University Museum.It became clear that most of them can be divided into the following three groups: those with landscape themes, those with themes from works of art, and those with political themes. In this paper, we especially examine those with themes from works of art and those with political themes. About those with themes from works of art, some were affected by literature and drama that had just came out at the time, while others were influenced by neoclassicism. It seems that this phenomena is associated with excavation of Pompeii. About those with a political subject, they have changed how the politicians are depicted before and after French Revolution.According to these results, it was concluded that there were cases where the themes of western chintz reflected interest and symbolic events of the times

Differential Response of Heat-Shock-Induced p38 MAPK and JNK Activity in PC12 Mutant and PC12 Parental Cells for Differentiation and Apoptosis

Among the 3 mitogen-activated protein kinases -- ERK, p38 MAPK and JNK -- JNK has been suggested to participate in apoptosis, whereas p38 MAPK is thought to be part of the differentiation response. There are many common inducers of JNK and p38 MAPK, but the mechanisms underlying the differential response to apoptosis and differentiation are poorly understood. We found that heatshock activated p38 MAPK at 3min after exposure to a temperature of 44 in stress-hypersensitive PC12m3 mutant cells, while it activated JNK at 20min after the same heat treatment. However, heat shock activated p38 MAPK 5min after heat treatment and JNK 10min after heat treatment in PC12 parental cells. The extent of phosphorylation of p38 MAPK induced by heat shock in PC12m3 cells was significantly greater than that in PC12 parental cells, and a high level of heat-shock-induced neurite outgrowth was observed only in PC12m3 cells. On the other hand, heat-shock-induced JNK activation appeared more quickly and apoptosis started earlier in PC12 parental cells. These findings indicate that short stress induces p38 MAPK and longer stress induces JNK, and that the response of these kinases to heat shock differs depending on cell type.</p

Evaluation of the effects of a combination of Japanese honey and hydrocolloid dressing on cutaneous wound healing in male mice

The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of the combined use of Japanese honey and hydrocolloid dressing (HCD) on cutaneous wound healing. Mice were divided into four groups: the Acacia (Japan) + HCD, Manuka (New Zealand) + HCD, Chinese milk vetch (Japan) + HCD, and HCD (control) groups. The mice received two full-thickness wounds. The wounds of the HCD group were covered with HCD, whereas those of the other groups were treated with 0.1 mL of the relevant type of honey, before being covered with HCD. Wound area was significantly smaller in the HCD group than in the Acacia + HCD and Manuka + HCD groups on day 13 and days 8-14, respectively. Moreover, compared with the HCD group, reepithelialization was delayed in the Acacia + HCD group and reepithelialization and collagen deposition were delayed in the Chinese milk vetch + HCD and Manuka + HCD groups. These results indicate that the combined use of Japanese honey and HCD does not promote cutaneous wound healing compared with the use of HCD alone. Thus, this method is probably not useful for promoting healing. © 2015 Kanae Mukai et al

Beam and SKS spectrometers at the K1.8 beam line

High-resolution spectrometers for both incident beams and scattered particles have been constructed at the K1.8 beam line of the Hadron Experimental Facility at J-PARC. A point-to-point optics is realized between the entrance and exit of QQDQQ magnets for the beam spectrometer. Fine-pitch wire chamber trackers and hodoscope counters are installed in the beam spectrometer to accept a high rate beam up to 107 Hz. The superconducting kaon spectrometer for scattered particles was transferred from KEK with modifications to the cryogenic system and detectors. A missing-mass resolution of 1.9 ± 0.1 MeV/c2 (FWHM) was achieved for the ∑ peaks of (π±, K+) reactions on a proton target in the first physics run of E19 in 2010

講演会「19世紀後半から20世紀初頭の英国に見る唯美主義の世界 : リバティのガウンを中心に」 講師 : 菅野ももこ氏（文化学園服飾博物館学芸員）

This paper is based on the lecture “The World of Aesthetic Movement in England from the Late 19th to the Early 20th Century: Focusing on Gowns of Liberty” held on November 5, 2022 as a related event of the exhibition “The World of Fin-de-siècle Design: Morris, Liberty, and Sometimes Japan.” The speaker was Ms. Momoko Kanno, curator of the Bunka Gakuen Costume Museum. She cooperated in the research of Western costume owned by the Kyoritsu Women\u27s University Museum in fiscal 2019, the research of the lace works in fiscal 2020, and the production and dressing of underdresses in the special exhibition “From Belle Époque to Modern” commemorating the 5th anniversary of the Kyoritsu Women\u27s University Museum in fiscal 2021. In this lecture, she also introduced some of the Western costume she surveyed in fiscal 2019. As mentioned above, she has continuously contributed to the enrichment and development of the Western costume field at the Kyoritsu Women\u27s University Museum. We here by express our sincere gratitude to Ms. Kanno, various professors and curators for the continued guidance and support

共立女子大学博物館蔵 : 資料名「ドレス」のモチーフに関する一考察

Kyoritsu Women's University Museum has the dress (ID 1501) made in the 1910s. This dress has two female motifs at the bottom of it. It has been presumed that they were related to “Greek style”. However, this statement can be different from fact because most of the ancient Greek costumes have different drapes from the ones the motifs have. In this paper, we will investigate what was in actuality selected for creating the motifs. As a result, we found the motifs are composed of more than two paintings as models. One was painted in the Roman period. In this painting, we can see a female that has a drape. The drape is similar to the ones the motifs have. From this point of view, we conclude the style of expression of the drape is influenced by the paintings in the Roman period. The other is the painting of the Baroque era. In terms of pose, this resembles the one the female on the dress strikes. Therefore, when the motifs on the dress were created, there is a high possibility this painting of the Baroque period was chosen as a model of it. Finally, these results show there is a similarity between these paintings in the Roman period and in the Baroque period; the subject of both are related to ancient mythology of Europe. In the 1910s, people in Europe could pay attention to “ancient” because of the excavation of Pompeii. For this reason, these paintings could be selected as models.departmental bulletin pape