Sino-Japanese Interactions: Important Terms
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Course: Sino-Japanese Interactions Through Rare Books
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Summary of Week 4
In Week 4, we have taken a broad look at the reception of Chinese-language texts in early modern Japan (approx. 1600s to the early 1900s). The most notable difference with …
Ichikawa Kansai’s criticism of the “Tangshi xuan”
The return to prominence of Neo-Confucianism in the field of scholarship was accompanied by a shift in literary taste away from High Tang poetry, which was favored by the proponents …
The Kanpan
In the 70 years between Kansei 11 (1799) and Keiō 3 (1867), the Shōheizaka Gakumonjo published some 210 Chinese-language titles, which are known in Japanese as kanpan (“government publications”). Although …
The revival of Neo-Confucianism
When the political climate changed, Shushigaku (Neo-Confucius) once again regained a dominant position in the scholarly world. The Kansei Edict of 1790 made Neo-Confucianism the official doctrine of the state …
Parodies of the “Tangshi xuan”
As urban culture continued to mature, we have comic versions of the poems of the Tangshi xuan. Tsūshisen shōchi (A Humorous Tōshisen) Fig.1 Tsūshisen shōchi (A Humorous Tōshisen), Tenmei 3 …
Poems by the Kobunji school
To see what the works of the Writing in the Ancient Style School (Kobunji-ha) were like, let us look at a famous poem by Hattori Nankaku. Fig.1 Collected Works of …
Text and commentaries of the “Tangshi xuan”
Though originally published in China with annotations, the Tangshi xuan was republished in Japan without commentary, leading to a wealth of new annotated editions by Japanese authors. Chinese edition of …
From Neo-Confucianism to the Kobunji-ha
Another popular Chinese classic is the “Tangshi xuan”, a selection of poems from the Tang period of China (7th and 8th centuries C.E.). Let us trace its reception in Japan …
Hayashi Razan’s letters in the Keio Institute’s collection
In this step, we look at a book that shows how varied and wide-ranging Razan’s interests were. Fig.1 Razan shokan (Hayashi Razan’s Correspondence) Click to take a closer look Excerpt …
Hayashi Razan’s works
Razan’s oeuvre spans a variety of fields and topics. The following characteristics define his publishing activity: He published extensively, taking advantage of the rapid growth of commercial publishing In addition …
Glossary of Week 3
We have included this glossary for reference, you are not expected to remember all the new terms. You can refer to the glossary throughout the course by returning to this …
Featured texts: Summary
To sum up, we have divided up Chinese texts and their Japanese offshoots into the following categories: Category Step A. Entry-level texts Step3.3 B. Poetry collections by pre-eminent Chinese (Tang …
Featured texts 8: Poetry Collections by Japanese Zen Monks
The fourth category is the poetry collections by Japanese monks. Let’s see some of the examples introduced by Prof. Horikawa. Keio University books introduced in the video: Watō Ogura Shōgen …