Course: Sino-Japanese Interactions Through Rare Books

Fig.1 Jōkeni’n-bon Rongo shicchū (Jōkeni’n-text Analects with Collected Commentaries) 『論語集注』常憲院本 Click to take a closer look With the Gen’na Armistice (Genna-Enbu) of Gen’na 1 (1615), the Tokugawa bakufu (shogunate) succeeded …

Over the next few Steps, we will trace the history of the reception of the Analects during the Edo period (1603-1868). Prof. Takahashi introduces the topic in this video. Keywords …

During the second half of the Muromachi period, a number of important changes occurred that challenged the older order based on the dominance of the aristocratic scholarly lineages, such as …

We mentioned earlier that since the Heian period, the hakase families had labored to keep their knowledge strictly within the family and for a close number of initiates. However, during …

In the next several Steps, we will learn how the Analects became familiar to increasingly larger segments of Japanese society. First, watch Prof. Takahashi give a general overview. Keywords (terms, …

No extant source tells us how the Analects were read for several hundred years after Emperor Ōjin’s time. The earliest document of their influence dates from the reign of Empress …

Traditionally, the “Analects” are believed to have been first introduced to Japan in 285, in the 16th year of reign of the legendary Emperor Ōjin. At the time, Korea was …

Confucius was born in 551 B.C.E. in Qufu, Changping district, in the ancient kingdom of Lu (present-day Shandong province). This was a tumultuous period in Chinese history. After defeating King …

Have you ever heard of the Analects of Confucius (Ch. Lun yu; J. Rongo)? Do you know what they are? And why should studying the Analects help you to understand …

First introduced from Korea, movable type printing spread from Kyoto to other parts of Japan. Tokugawa Ieyasu, the first shogun in the Edo period, played a major role in the …

The dawn of the early modern era saw another event that was to have important repercussions on Japanese book culture. Watch Prof. Sumiyoshi explain. Period names that appeared in the …

In Muromachi period, publishing books becomes popular in other cities besides Kyoto (the ancient capital of Japan) with a variety of content. Watch Prof. Sumiyoshi introduce some of the important …