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Tag Archives: early modern history
Resource: Japan Biographical Database
Today’s resource is the Japan Biographical Database. This bilingual, interactive database is a network studies project run by a research unit of the Institute of Comparative Culture, Sophia University, Tokyo. Focusing on early modern Japan, the participants have spent years … Continue reading
Fun Link Friday: The view from the shogun’s (toilet) seat?
In case you needed a little more excitement on your visit to the bathrooms at Kyoto station, The Asahi Shimbun reported that through August 16, the subway station paneled the inside of two of their stalls (one in the men’s … Continue reading
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Tagged early modern, early modern history, early modern Japan, fun link friday, history, Japan, shogun, toilet
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Book Announcement: The Merchant’s Tale
The Merchant’s Tale: Yokohama and the Transformation of Japan Simon Partner Columbia University Press In April 1859, at age fifty, Shinohara Chūemon left his old life behind. Chūemon, a well-off farmer in his home village, departed for the new port … Continue reading
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Tagged book, book announcement, early modern, early modern history, Japan, merchants, modern, modern history
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Call for Papers: Exploring Resistance through Medieval and Early Modern Culture
Event: Interdisciplinary graduate student conference Where: University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, MI) When: March 16-17, 2018 Call for Papers Deadline: Dec 31, 2017 The Early Modern Colloquium at the University of Michigan invites abstracts for papers for their interdisciplinary graduate … Continue reading
Book Announcement: Recasting the Past: An Early Modern Tales of Ise for Children
Recasting the Past: An Early Modern Tales of Ise for Children (Brill, 2016) ISBN: 9789004337138; List price: €59 / $65 http://www.brill.com/products/book/recasting-past-early-modern-tales-ise-children In Recasting the Past: An Early Modern Tales of Ise for Children Laura Moretti recreates in image and text … Continue reading
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Tagged book, book announcement, early modern, early modern history, early modern Japan, Ise, Japan, literature
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Conference: The Life and Legacy of Tokugawa Ieyasu
A conference to examine the legacy of Tokugawa Ieyasu will be held at Durham University on the 7th-9th of June to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Ieyasu’s death falling this year. We are delighted to invite you to join us. The … Continue reading
Book Announcement: The Knowledge of Nature and the Nature of Knowledge in Early Modern Japan
The Knowledge of Nature and the Nature of Knowledge in Early Modern Japan FEDERICO MARCON Between the early seventeenth and the mid-nineteenth century, the field of natural history in Japan separated itself from the discipline of medicine, produced knowledge that … Continue reading
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Tagged books, early modern history, early modern Japan, history, honzogaku, Japanese history, natural history, nature
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Book Announcement: An Edo Anthology: Literature from Japan’s Mega-City, 1750 –1850
An Edo Anthology: Literature from Japan’s Mega-City, 1750 –1850 edited by Sumie Jones with Kenji Watanabe This is an anthology of literature centered in the city of Edo, now Tokyo, from the mid-18th to the mid-19th century. It includes many … Continue reading
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Tagged book announcement, books, early modern history, Edo, Edo period, Japan, Japanese literature, literature
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Fun Link Friday: 400th Anniversary of Japan-British Relations
Although 2013 is already half over, the history nerd in me still feels the need to promote this fabulous factoid and fun link, which came to me earlier this year as a website announcement: 2013 marks the 400th anniversary of … Continue reading
Symposium: The Imperial Court in China, Japan, and Korea: Women, Servants, and the Emperor’s Household (1600-early 1900s)
Location: California, United States Symposium Date: 2013-04-18 The University of San Francisco Center for the Pacific Rim is pleased to announce its April 18-19, 2013 symposium, “The Imperial Court in China, Japan, and Korea: Women, Servants, and the Emperor’s Household … Continue reading