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Tag Archives: Edo
Book Announcement: The Tokugawa World
The Tokugawa World Edited By Gary P. Leupp, De-min Tao With over 60 contributions, The Tokugawa World presents the latest scholarship on early modern Japan from an international team of specialists in a volume that is unmatched in its breadth and scope. … Continue reading
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Tagged early modern, early modern history, early modern Japan, Edo, Edo period, Japan, Japanese history, Tokugawa, Tokugawa Japan
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Book Announcement: Licentious Fictions: Ninjō and the Nineteenth-Century Japanese Novel
Licentious Fictions:Ninjō and the Nineteenth-Century Japanese NovelDaniel Poch Nineteenth-century Japanese literary discourse and narrative developed a striking preoccupation with ninjō—literally “human emotion,” but often used in reference to amorous feeling and erotic desire. For many writers and critics, fiction’s capacity to … Continue reading
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Tagged Ansei Edo earthquake, Edo, Edo Japan, fiction, Japan, Japanese literature, meiji, Meiji Japan, novel, novels
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Book Announcement: A Kamigata Anthology: Literature from Japan’s Metropolitan Centers, 1600-1750
A KAMIGATA ANTHOLOGY: LITERATURE FROM JAPAN’S METROPOLITAN CENTERS, 1600–1750 Edited by Sumie Jones and Adam L. Kern with Kenji Watanabe This is the first of a three-volume anthology of Edo- and Meiji-era urban literature that includes An Edo Anthology: Literature from … Continue reading
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Tagged Edo, Edo literature, Edo period, Japan, Japanese literature, literature
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Fun Link Friday: Interactive digital views of the Edo period
Although having digital views of any view you wish has long been a staple in science fiction film, that day is pretty much already upon us! Recently the Atmoph Window company released information on their high definition window displays, which … Continue reading
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Tagged early modern Japan, Edo, Edo Japan, Japan, technology
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Call for Applications: 7th Summer School in Japanese Early Modern Palaeography
The Seventh Summer School in Japanese Early Modern Palaeography will run between Monday 10 August and Friday 21 August 2020. Core contents of the Summer School As always our Summer School focuses on Edo-period materials. Our sustained work in teaching … Continue reading
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Tagged early modern, early modern Japan, Edo, Edo Japan, Japanese, language, language training, paleography, workshop
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Resource: Late Hokusai: Thought, Technique, Society
Those who are interested in art history or just a fan of early modern painting and prints can explore Late Hokusai: Thought, Technique, Society, an online bilingual research project centered on situating the artist Hokusai (1780-1849) in his social and … Continue reading
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Tagged art, early modern, early modern Japan, early modern prints, Edo, Edo period, Hokusai, Japan, Japanese art, prints
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Job Opening: Postdoctoral Researcher, Japanese History, University of Amsterdam
The Freedom of the Streets Research Project is looking for a: Postdoctoral researcher, 30 months, 0.7 FTE, Amsterdam/Tokyo. Project sponsored by the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) This postdoctoral project will reconstruct women’s use of urban space in the biggest city … Continue reading
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Tagged early modern, Edo, Japan, postdoc, postdoctoral fellow, research, University of Amsterdam
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Resource: ee-Tokyo.com
A professor recently introduced me to the website http://ee-tokyo.com/, which is just loaded with all sorts of information about Tokyo history. This could be a great resource for anyone studying Edo-Tokyo history, but also for those visiting (or living in) … Continue reading
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Tagged Edo, historical sites, maps, resource, Tokyo, tourism, travel
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Fun Link Friday: The 47 Bronin
Jamie Noguchi of the webcomic Yellow Peril has created one of the best webcomic fillers I’ve ever seen: the tale of the 47 “bronin,” or the classic tale of Lord Asano’s ronin exacting revenge on Lord Kira– but with bros, fistbumps, and dropping … Continue reading
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Tagged 47 Bronin, comics, early modern, Edo, fun link friday, history, webcomic, Yellow Peril
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Workshop: Edo-period written Japanese: an intensive course
江戸時代の書き言葉 集中セミナー Emmanuel College (The University of Cambridge – Dr Laura Moretti) and Nishōgakusha University (Tokyo – Prof Yamabe Susumu) will offer a two-week intense course that teaches comprehensively the written languages and the written styles used in early-modern … Continue reading
What can I do with a B.A. in Japanese Studies? 