Tag Archives: early modern Japan

Book Announcement: Mabiki: Infanticide and Population Growth in Eastern Japan, 1660-1950

Posted on September 15, 2013 by Paula

Title: Mabiki: Infanticide and Population Growth in Eastern Japan, 1660-1950 (UC Press, May 2013) Author: Fabian Drixler Summary: This book tells the story of a society reversing deeply held worldviews and revolutionizing its demography. In parts of eighteenth-century Japan, couples … Continue reading →

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Fun Link Friday: Monsters from the Kaibutsu Ehon

Posted on July 19, 2013 by Paula

We’ve already had a few posts on ghosts and monsters, particularly because late summer is the time for haunted houses (or trains), but maybe you’ve got more monsters on the mind from going to go see Pacific Rim. So here’s … Continue reading →

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Book Announcement: Crossing Boundaries in Tokugawa Society: Suzuki Bokushi, a Rural Elite Commoner

Posted on June 16, 2013 by Paula

Suzuki Bokushi (1770-1842) was an elite villager in Echigo, a snowy province of Japan. Crossing Boundaries in Tokugawa Society presents a vivid picture of the life and world of this rural commoner, focusing on his interaction with the changing social … Continue reading →

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Book Announcement: Early Modern Japan: Contemporary Accounts of Daily Life in the Age of the Shoguns

Posted on June 9, 2013 by Paula

Voices of Early Modern Japan Contemporary Accounts of Daily Life during the Age of the Shoguns Constantine Vaporis (Author) Trade Paperback · 352 Pages $36.00 U.S. · $41.50 CAN · £23.99 U.K. · €25.99 E.U. ISBN 9780813349008 Description Voices of … Continue reading →

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Book Announcement: An Imperial Concubine’s Tale: Scandal, Shipwreck, and Salvation in Seventeenth-Century Japan

Posted on February 3, 2013 by Paula

Japan in the early seventeenth century was a wild place. Serial killers stalked the streets of Kyoto at night, while noblemen and women mingled freely at the imperial palace, drinking saké and watching kabuki dancing in the presence of the … Continue reading →

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Book Announcement: Voices of Early Modern Japan. Contemporary Accounts of Daily Life during the Age of the Shoguns

Posted on November 20, 2011 by Paula

Constantine Nomikos Vaporis. Greenwood Press,2012. 254 pages. ISBN 978-0-313-39200-9 eISBN 978-0-313-39201-6. Voices of Early Modern Japan: Contemporary Accounts of Daily Life during the Age of the Shoguns spans an extraordinary period of Japanese history, ranging from the unification of the … Continue reading →

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Conference update: The Early Modern Medieval: Reconstructing Japanese Pasts

Posted on September 4, 2011 by Paula

I probably need not reiterate how ridiculously excited I am about this conference, seeing as it’s my field, but it’s a really rare opportunity to examine “medieval” history and how our ideas of the past are constructed! I highly suggest … Continue reading →

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Rare Book Workshop: “The Art of the Book in Edo and Meiji Japan, 1615-1912”

Posted on August 15, 2011 by Paula

University of Virginia Rare Book School welcomes applications for its upcoming course, “The Art of the Book in Edo and Meiji Japan, 1615-1912,” which will be taught by Ellis Tinios, Honorary Lecturer at the University of Leeds, visiting researcher at … Continue reading →

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Book announcement: Cultivating Commons: Joint Ownership of Arable Land in Early Modern Japan

Posted on July 10, 2011 by Paula

Philip C. Brown Cultivating Commons challenges the common understanding of Japanese economic and social history by uncovering diverse landholding practices in early modern Japan. In this first extended treatment of multiple systems of farm­land ownership, Philip Brown argues that it … Continue reading →

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Book announcement: Andreas Marks. Publishers of Japanese Woodblock Prints: A Compendium

Posted on May 25, 2011 by Paula

This announcement is actually from some time back, but it got lost in my files! Still, this book looks to be a unique resource so it’s definitely worth posting up here. — http://www.brill.nl/default.aspx?partid=210&pid=42855 Japanese woodblock prints exemplified by such iconographic … Continue reading →

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