Tag Archives: premodern

Book Announcement: Land, Power, and the Sacred: The Estate System in Medieval Japan

Posted on August 12, 2018 by

Land, Power, and the Sacred: The Estate System in Medieval Japan Edited by Janet R. Goodwin, Joan R. Piggott Landed estates (shōen) produced much of the material wealth supporting all levels of late classical and medieval Japanese society. During the tenth through … Continue reading →

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Book Announcement: The Sarashina Diary: A Woman’s Life in Eleventh-Century Japan—Reader’s Edition

Posted on May 27, 2018 by

The Sarashina Diary A Woman’s Life in Eleventh-Century Japan (Reader’s Edition) Sugawara no Takasue no Musume. Translated, with an introduction, by Sonja Arntzen and Moriyuki Itō Columbia University Press https://cup.columbia.edu/book/the-sarashina-diary/9780231186773 A thousand years ago, a young Japanese girl embarked on … Continue reading →

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Resource: Laures Kirishitan Bunko Database

Posted on April 4, 2018 by

For those interested in the premodern and/or the history Christianity and its connections to Japan, Sophia University in Tokyo has a fascinating database that’s worth looking into. A digital archive of the rare books of Johannes Laures, S.J., the collection contains as many … Continue reading →

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Job Opening: Postdoctoral Researcher in Pre-1900 Japanese Studies, University of Chicago

Posted on March 14, 2018 by

For full details, see: https://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=56559 The University of Chicago’s Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations invites applications for a Postdoctoral Researcher position at the rank of Instructor in Pre-1900 Japanese Studies. The successful candidate, appointed at the rank of Instructor, … Continue reading →

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Book Announcement: The Imperial Edicts in the Shoku Nihongi

Posted on February 18, 2018 by

The Imperial Edicts in the Shoku Nihongi  https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1983595454 The imperial edicts from the eighth century comprise a magnificent collection of ancient Japanese prose. Known as the senmyō, they were inscribed in Old Japanese in the court history Shoku Nihongi (Chronicles of Japan, Continued), … Continue reading →

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Book Announcement: Waka and Things, Waka as Things

Posted on February 11, 2018 by

Waka and Things, Waka as Things Edward Kamens A challenging study offering a new perspective on classical Japanese poems and how they interact with and are part of material culture This generously illustrated volume offers a fresh perspective on classical … Continue reading →

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Job Opening: Part-time lecturer(s) (非常勤講師) in premodern Japan studies

Posted on January 16, 2018 by

The International Master’s Program (IMAP) and International Doctorate (IDOC) in Japanese Humanities in the Graduate School of Humanities at Kyushu University seek part-time lecturers for the 2018–19 Japanese academic year to teach one or more MA courses in the following … Continue reading →

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