WMJ30101 Aesthetics and KANSEI-affective Philosophy

Hiroshima University Syllabus

Japanese

Academic Year 2025Year School/Graduate School Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences (Master's Course) Division of Humanities and Social Sciences Integrated Arts and Human Sciences Program

Lecture Code WMJ30101 Subject Classification Specialized Education

Subject Name 美的感性論

Subject Name
（Katakana）ビテキカンセイロン

Subject Name in
English Aesthetics and KANSEI-affective Philosophy

Instructor KUWAJIMA HIDEKI

Instructor
(Katakana) クワジマ　ヒデキ

Campus Higashi-Hiroshima Semester/Term 1st-Year,  First Semester,  First Semester

Days, Periods, and Classrooms (1st) Thur9-10：IAS A704

Lesson Style Lecture Lesson Style
(More Details) Face-to-face, Online (simultaneous interactive)

★Semester（the first half of academic year）Open Class,  managed by Prof. KUWAJIMA: each 90 min. at 16:20-18:05 on Thursdays(from April to August).
★Basically Face-to-face Seminars in Japanese.
★In case of spread of the infectious diseases like covid-19 or of severe weather, we might change the way into Online(simultaneous interactive).

Credits 2.0 Class Hours/Week 2 Language of Instruction J : Japanese

Course Level 5 : Graduate Basic

Course Area（Area） 23 : Arts and Humanities

Course Area（Discipline） 04 : Arts

Eligible Students All Grades

Keywords 【Key Words】：
Sensibility＝KANSEI, Beauty Art (Fine Arts / Technology), Narrative, or Storytelling, City Walking, Urban Space, Local Area, Environment, Design, History, Landscape, or Scenery,
Museum (History Museum / Art Museum / Literary Museum) etc.

Special Subject for Teacher Education 　 Special Subject 　

Class Status
within Educational
Program
(Applicable only to targeted subjects for undergraduate students) ●Purpose for Aesthetic-Education, or KANSEI-Education
●Graduate-level foundational course on human sensibility and thinking
●Provides an intellectual, logical, and concrete explanation of sensibility
●Liberal arts course offering a 21st-century thinking model
●Explores the essence of human culture
●Interdisciplinary approach from the perspective of aesthetics, or philosophy of sensibility
●Critical re-examination of landscape reading and representation
●Analysis of the relationship between cities and museums through concrete case studies

Criterion referenced
Evaluation
(Applicable only to targeted subjects for undergraduate students)

Class Objectives
/Class Outline 【Course Objectives】:
１．Introduction to Various Methods of Describing "Landscapes":
Exploring different approaches to landscape description as found in the works of Tsuneichi MIYAMOTO, Ryotaro SHIBA, Tetsuo TAKAHASHIi, Hiroshi WATANABE, Kazuto ATAKA, Yoichi OCHIAI, and others.

２．Overview of the Latest Research on "City/Town Walking Fieldwork": Examining key insights from Yusuke KITA's latest book, " Machi-aruki to Toshi no Yoso (in English: Walking and the Aspects of Cities: Deciphering the Totality of Spatial Experience)" (published by Kyoto University Press, 2023), including summary presentations based on assigned chapters.

3. Case Studies of "Landscapes" of Interest to Participants: Participants will introduce case studies of landscapes they are interested in, including oral presentations and Q&A sessions.

Class Schedule Lecture Theme: Narrating and Describing "Landscapes," The City as a Museum

Session 1: Introduction：
Explanation of the course structure and an overview of the central question: "What is a landscape?"

Sessions 2–3: Introduction to Various Methods of Describing "Landscapes":
Exploring different approaches by Tsuneichi MIYAMOTO, Ryotaro SHIBA, Tetsuo TAKAHASHI, Hiroshi WATANABE, Kazuto ATAKA, Yoichi OCHIAI, and others.

Sessions 4–10: Overview of Key Insights from Yusuke KITA’s Latest Book about City Walking (Kyoto University Press, 2023) :
● Previous research and research methods
● Examination of spatial aspects
● Case studies of description and analysis
● Mapping, etc.
,including summary presentations based on assigned chapters.

Sessions 11–14: Case Studies on "Landscapes" of Interest to Participants: Exploration of cities and museums (art museums, history museums, literary museums, etc.), including oral presentations and Q&A sessions.

Session 15: Final Examination (or Submission of Final Report): Essay Wroting.

Text/Reference
Books,etc. ★Main Textbook:
・Yusuke KITA, " Machi-aruki to Toshi no Yoso (in English: Walking and the Aspects of Cities: Deciphering the Totality of Spatial Experience)", Kyoto University Press, 2023.

★Referential Textbooks (only Lecturer's Books）:
・Hideki KUWAJIMA, "Shiba Rotaro: Tabi-suru Kansei (in English: Rotaro SHIBA, Landscape Traveller)", Kyoto: Sekaishiso-sha, 2020.
・Hideki KUWAJIMA, "Sei to Shi no Keruto Bigaku (in English: The Celtic Aesthetics between Life and Death: based on Analysis of Irish Cinemas)", Tokyo: Hosei University Press, 2016. ※Awarded by Japanese Ethno-Art Society in 2017.

PC or AV used in
Class,etc. Text, Handouts, Audio Materials, Visual Materials, Microsoft Teams, Microsoft Stream, Zoom, moodle

(More Details) Powerpoint Slide, DVD and VHS video projector and Microsoft Teams etc.

Learning techniques to be incorporated Discussions, Quizzes/ Quiz format, Role Play, PBL (Problem-based Learning)/ TBL (Team-based Learning), Fieldwork / Survey, Project Learning, Flip Teaching, Post-class Report

Suggestions on
Preparation and
Review To dictate my comments during listening my lecture, and watching the related photos and movies on TV screen etc.

Requirements

Grading Method Final Examination (or Final Report）:  about 20%
Positive Attitude toward the Class (Summary-submission, Oral Presentation and Discussion etc.) :  about 80%

Practical Experience Experienced

Summary of Practical Experience and Class Contents based on it Making use of the insights from my career such as: Chief of Council of Higashihiroshima City Art Museum, and Former Chief of Cultural Advisory Panel of Higashihiroshima City.

Message

Other

Please fill in the class improvement questionnaire which is carried out on all classes.
Instructors will reflect on your feedback and utilize the information for improving their teaching.

Academic Year	2025Year	School/Graduate School	Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences (Master's Course) Division of Humanities and Social Sciences Integrated Arts and Human Sciences Program
Lecture Code	WMJ30101	Subject Classification	Specialized Education
Subject Name	美的感性論
Subject Name （Katakana）	ビテキカンセイロン
Subject Name in English	Aesthetics and KANSEI-affective Philosophy
Instructor	KUWAJIMA HIDEKI
Instructor (Katakana)	クワジマ　ヒデキ
Campus	Higashi-Hiroshima	Semester/Term	1st-Year, First Semester, First Semester
Days, Periods, and Classrooms	(1st) Thur9-10：IAS A704
Lesson Style	Lecture	Lesson Style (More Details)	Face-to-face, Online (simultaneous interactive)
★Semester（the first half of academic year）Open Class, managed by Prof. KUWAJIMA: each 90 min. at 16:20-18:05 on Thursdays(from April to August). ★Basically Face-to-face Seminars in Japanese. ★In case of spread of the infectious diseases like covid-19 or of severe weather, we might change the way into Online(simultaneous interactive).
Credits	2.0	Class Hours/Week	2	Language of Instruction	J : Japanese
Course Level	5 : Graduate Basic
Course Area（Area）	23 : Arts and Humanities
Course Area（Discipline）	04 : Arts
Eligible Students	All Grades
Keywords	【Key Words】： Sensibility＝KANSEI, Beauty Art (Fine Arts / Technology), Narrative, or Storytelling, City Walking, Urban Space, Local Area, Environment, Design, History, Landscape, or Scenery, Museum (History Museum / Art Museum / Literary Museum) etc.
Special Subject for Teacher Education		Special Subject
Class Status within Educational Program (Applicable only to targeted subjects for undergraduate students)	●Purpose for Aesthetic-Education, or KANSEI-Education ●Graduate-level foundational course on human sensibility and thinking ●Provides an intellectual, logical, and concrete explanation of sensibility ●Liberal arts course offering a 21st-century thinking model ●Explores the essence of human culture ●Interdisciplinary approach from the perspective of aesthetics, or philosophy of sensibility ●Critical re-examination of landscape reading and representation ●Analysis of the relationship between cities and museums through concrete case studies
Criterion referenced Evaluation (Applicable only to targeted subjects for undergraduate students)
Class Objectives /Class Outline	【Course Objectives】: １．Introduction to Various Methods of Describing "Landscapes": Exploring different approaches to landscape description as found in the works of Tsuneichi MIYAMOTO, Ryotaro SHIBA, Tetsuo TAKAHASHIi, Hiroshi WATANABE, Kazuto ATAKA, Yoichi OCHIAI, and others. ２．Overview of the Latest Research on "City/Town Walking Fieldwork": Examining key insights from Yusuke KITA's latest book, " Machi-aruki to Toshi no Yoso (in English: Walking and the Aspects of Cities: Deciphering the Totality of Spatial Experience)" (published by Kyoto University Press, 2023), including summary presentations based on assigned chapters. 3. Case Studies of "Landscapes" of Interest to Participants: Participants will introduce case studies of landscapes they are interested in, including oral presentations and Q&A sessions.
Class Schedule	Lecture Theme: Narrating and Describing "Landscapes," The City as a Museum Session 1: Introduction： Explanation of the course structure and an overview of the central question: "What is a landscape?" Sessions 2–3: Introduction to Various Methods of Describing "Landscapes": Exploring different approaches by Tsuneichi MIYAMOTO, Ryotaro SHIBA, Tetsuo TAKAHASHI, Hiroshi WATANABE, Kazuto ATAKA, Yoichi OCHIAI, and others. Sessions 4–10: Overview of Key Insights from Yusuke KITA’s Latest Book about City Walking (Kyoto University Press, 2023) : ● Previous research and research methods ● Examination of spatial aspects ● Case studies of description and analysis ● Mapping, etc. ,including summary presentations based on assigned chapters. Sessions 11–14: Case Studies on "Landscapes" of Interest to Participants: Exploration of cities and museums (art museums, history museums, literary museums, etc.), including oral presentations and Q&A sessions. Session 15: Final Examination (or Submission of Final Report): Essay Wroting.
Text/Reference Books,etc.	★Main Textbook: ・Yusuke KITA, " Machi-aruki to Toshi no Yoso (in English: Walking and the Aspects of Cities: Deciphering the Totality of Spatial Experience)", Kyoto University Press, 2023. ★Referential Textbooks (only Lecturer's Books）: ・Hideki KUWAJIMA, "Shiba Rotaro: Tabi-suru Kansei (in English: Rotaro SHIBA, Landscape Traveller)", Kyoto: Sekaishiso-sha, 2020. ・Hideki KUWAJIMA, "Sei to Shi no Keruto Bigaku (in English: The Celtic Aesthetics between Life and Death: based on Analysis of Irish Cinemas)", Tokyo: Hosei University Press, 2016. ※Awarded by Japanese Ethno-Art Society in 2017.
PC or AV used in Class,etc.	Text, Handouts, Audio Materials, Visual Materials, Microsoft Teams, Microsoft Stream, Zoom, moodle
(More Details)	Powerpoint Slide, DVD and VHS video projector and Microsoft Teams etc.
Learning techniques to be incorporated	Discussions, Quizzes/ Quiz format, Role Play, PBL (Problem-based Learning)/ TBL (Team-based Learning), Fieldwork / Survey, Project Learning, Flip Teaching, Post-class Report
Suggestions on Preparation and Review	To dictate my comments during listening my lecture, and watching the related photos and movies on TV screen etc.
Requirements
Grading Method	Final Examination (or Final Report）: about 20% Positive Attitude toward the Class (Summary-submission, Oral Presentation and Discussion etc.) : about 80%
Practical Experience	Experienced
Summary of Practical Experience and Class Contents based on it	Making use of the insights from my career such as: Chief of Council of Higashihiroshima City Art Museum, and Former Chief of Cultural Advisory Panel of Higashihiroshima City.
Message
Other
Please fill in the class improvement questionnaire which is carried out on all classes. Instructors will reflect on your feedback and utilize the information for improving their teaching.

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