ABSTRACT
KCUA was founded in 1880 as the Kyoto Prefectural Painting School. In 1889, it was transferred to municipal administration and renamed the Kyoto City Painting School, and following the expansion of the curriculum in 1891 it was renamed the Kyoto City Art School. Its current name, Kyoto City University of Arts has been used since 1969 following the integration of the municipal school of music and its promotion to university status. For instance, Julia Sapin’s work highlights how Kyoto department store Takashimaya pioneered the integration of painters trained in nihonga into textile design. ‘Historical factors’ is an impossibly broad term, and the idea of placing them in networks alongside practices and instances of knowledge transmission has both benefits and pitfalls. It recognizes the multiplicity of factors which influence practices and narratives around knowledge transmission.
