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* Genji news (Michael Watson, David Pollack, Hideyuki Morimoto)
* Kim Brandt (Amanda Stinchecum)
* Japan Foundation database [Japanese lit in translation] (Yasuhiko Ogawa, Sharon Domier)
* Research on "Kaidan" in Early Modern Japan (David Eason, Michelle Li, Sharon Domier, Lawrence Marceau)
* biwa and variants of the Heike (Kristina Buhrman)
* Donald Howard Shively (1921-2005) (Mary Elizabeth Berry)
* Makura [no] soshi (Haruo Shirane, Richard Bowring, Miika Pölkki)
* Japan Foundation database [Japanese lit in translation] (Yasuhiko Ogawa, Sharon Domier)
* Call for Papers, "New Voices in Rural Geography" (Philip Brown)
* References concerning "K(w)aidan" (David Eason)
* Journal of Women's History: Call for Manuscripts (Philip Brown)
* CFP: Journal of Women's History, soliciting articles for an issue on domestic violence (Philip Brown)
* EMJ Panels at the AAS (Philip Brown)
ANNOUNCEMENTS: openings at Macalester College; Ryukoku University
Subject: [pmjs] Genji news
Date: July 3, 2005 22:44:44 GMT+09:00
From: Michael Watson <__@__.meijigakuin.ac.jp>
Dear All,
Royall Tyler has very kindly made available an article he and Susan Tyler published in 2002.
Royall and Susan Tyler, "The Possession of Ukifune." Asiatica Venetiana, no. 5 (2000, published May 2002), pp. 177-209.
It can be reached accessed from the "PMJS Papers" page
http://www.meijigakuin.ac.jp/~pmjs/papers
or directly from
http://www.meijigakuin.ac.jp/~pmjs/papers/Tyler_Possession_of_Ukifune.pdf
As
some of you know, the journal "Genji Kenkyu"--founded in 1996--has
ceased publication after ten issues. One of the three editors is
Kawazoe Fusae, who joined us last month. She has sent information about
issue 10, published in April. The English translation is by Lili
Selden. The Japanese table of contents follows.
More information about earlier issues can be found at: http://www.kanrin.co.jp/genjiken.htm
GENJI KENKYU
No. 10 2005
Imagining the Future of Monogatari Studies
Editorial Committee
Mitamura Masako
Prof., Ferris Univ.
Kawazoe Fusae
Prof., Tokyo Gakugei Univ.
Matsui Kenji
Prof., Komazawa Univ.
I. Feature Articles
Tanabe Seiko
Genji monogatari as a Tale of Love
Iwasa Miyoko
Water to Entice the Deities
Yamaori Tetsuo
“The Genji Sutras” and Genji monogatari
Ozaki Saeko
The Recurring Motif of the “Substitute Figurine”
Fujii Sadakazu
Can Merosu Ever Overtake the Setting Sun?
Tzvetana Kristeva
Quo Vadis, Genji monogatari?
Hayashi Nozomu
A Vivid Portrayal of Homeliness
II. Round Table Discussion
Reflecting on Ten Years with Genji kenkyu: Gender, Body, and Culture
Imanishi Yuichiro, Takahashi Toru, Mitamura Masako, and Matsui Kenji
III. Feature Articles
Part One: Responsive Bodies
Matsui Kenji
Scenes of Water and Light: A Consideration of Ukifune and the Third Princess in Early Spring
Kawazoe Fusae
Chinese Imports and the Narrative of the Third Princess: Furnishings and Cats as Media
Kimura Saeko
Night Guards in Uji: The Fragrance of Desire in the “Uji Chapters” of Genji monogatari
Part Two: The Desiring Reader
Jinno Hidenori
An Introduction to Theories of Genji Readership: The Many and Varied “Readers” of the Tale
Ando Toru
Kumoinokari as Daughter, Wife, and Mother
Inoue Mayumi
The Impulse of Identification: An Investigation into “Nazurai / Nazurae” in Genji monogatari and Sagoromo monogatari
IV. A Bibliography for Reading on “Imagining the Future of Genji monogatari Studies”
Akimoto Hironori
A Bibliography
V. Interview
Shiraishi Kayoko
The Shiraishi Genji: Transformation at Will
VI. Genji monogatari and Myself
Kubota Jun
My Life of Misreading Genji monogatari
VII. Introductory Approaches to Genji monogatari
Hasegawa Masaharu
The Pathos of “Imperial Succession”
Sekine Kenji
The Future of Monogatari Studies
VIII. Genji Studies Overseas
Yoda Tomiko
The Feminization of Heian Literature and the “Modernity” of Eighteenth-Century Poetics
IX. Intersections
Mitamura Masako
A
Participant’s Report: Attending “The Tale of Genji in Japan and the
World: Social Imaginary, Media, and Cultural Production”
Conference
X. Abstracts for Proposed Themes, Issues 1-10
Editors’ Afterwords
Contents in English
(translated by Lili Selden)
Published by KANRIN SHOBO
1-14 Kanda, Jimbocho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, 101-0051 Japan
TEL (03) 3294-0588 FAX (03) 3294-0278
Genji kenkyu is now available for purchase through the publisher's homepage at the following URL:
http://www.kanrin.co.jp/
Copies
of Genji kenkyu, nos. 1-10, and Soseki kenkyu, nos. 1-17, may be
ordered at bookstores throughout Japan, and at Kinokuniya bookstores in
the United States (located in New York City, San Francisco, and Los
Angeles).
[Diacritics removed from TOC above. Here follows the Japanese table of contents.]
三田村雅子・河添房江・松井健児編「源氏研究 第１０号」
翰林書房、２００５年４月２０日刊行
特集●物語の未来へ 【物語の未来へ】
田辺聖子◎愛の物語
岩佐美代子◎よるべの水
山折哲雄◎『源氏供養』と『源氏物語』
尾崎左永子◎「身替り人形」の型とくり返し
藤井貞和◎メロスはゆうひに追いつくか
ツベタナ・クリステワ◎Ｑｕｏ Ｖａｄｉｓ，源氏物語？
林 望 ◎いきいきと醜悪に
【座談会】『源氏研究』の１０年―ジェンダー・身体・文化―
◎今西祐一郎＋高橋 亨+三田村雅子+河添房江+松井健児
【論文】
●身体の交感
松井健児◎水と光の情景―早春の浮舟と女三の宮をめぐって―
河添房江◎女三の宮物語と唐物―メディアとしての室礼と唐猫―
木村朗子◎宇治の宿直人―『源氏物語』宇治十帖の欲望の薫り―
●欲望する読者
陣野英則◎『源氏物語』の読者論序説―多種多様な「読者たち」ー
安藤徹◎雲居雁三態
井上眞弓◎比定する精神ー『源氏物語』『狭衣物語』の「なずらひ・なずらへ」をめぐってー
【文献ガイド】秋本宏徳
【インタビュー】白石加代子◎「白石源氏」変幻自在
【源氏物語と私】久保田淳◎「源氏物語」学びそこねの記
【源氏物語の栞】長谷川政春◎<皇統>の悲哀関根賢司◎文学研究のゆくえ
【海外における源氏研究】依田富子◎平安文学の女性化と一八世紀歌学の「近代性」
【インターセクション】
三田村雅子◎コロンビア大学「日本と世界の源氏物語」学会体験記
【特集企画一覧 創刊号～第１０号】
Subject: [pmjs] Re: Genji news
Date: July 3, 2005 23:44:07 GMT+09:00
From: David Pollack <__@__.rochester.edu>
Thanks
to Royall and Susan Tyler for the article, to AV for letting PMJS carry
it, to Kawazoe Fusae for the information about Genji Kenkyu, and to
Lili Selden for the translation. And this has all reminded me to ask
about a problem. We're now all used to accessing scholarly reading in
English as full-text articles from subscription databases like JSTOR. I
suppose there are similar databases of scholarly articles in
Japanese, but I don't know about them, and even assuming they exist,
schools like mine with tiny Asian-studies programs most likely wouldn't
be able to afford an expensive subscription for something with such a
limited audience. (We only get JSTOR because it spans the entire range
of humanities and scoial sciences. A similar problem also now extends
to images, since a subscription and annual fees for the newly-hegemonic
image database ARTSTOR, though relatively reasonable for small
undergraduate colleges, costs far too much for a small
doctorate-granting research-oriented university with a small art
history department. With slides fast becoming an orphan technology,
this is rapidly becoming a problem of disastrous proportions.)
Thoughts, anyone?
David Pollack
Subject: [pmjs] Re: Genji news
Date: July 4, 2005 4:06:58 GMT+09:00
From: Hideyuki Morimoto <__@__.edu>
Links
to full-text articles in NII-ELS and research bulletins are provided
from within CiNii. In his presentation of last week during the
American Library Association Annual Conference, Prof. Miyazawa from NII
did compare this service to JSTOR.
The ARTstor service consists
not only of image data but also of rich and standardized metadata, with
access points under tight authority control. It is recognized that the
thorough authority control process is expensive, be it at art
collections, libraries, archives, and other cultural heritage
organizations.
===================================================================
Hideyuki Morimoto
Japanese Cataloger
C.V. Starr East Asian Library
300 Kent Hall, mail code 3901
Columbia
University
Voice: +1-212-854-1510
1140 Amsterdam
Ave.
Fax: +1-212-662-6286
New York, NY 10027
U.S.A.
Electronic Mail: __@__.edu
Subject: [pmjs] Kim Brandt
Date: July 4, 2005 21:28:25 GMT+09:00
From: Amanda Stinchecum <__@__.net>
I am trying to locate Kim Brandt (Lisbeth Kim Brandt), who taught in the
Five Colleges Associated Graduate Programs at UMass for the academic year
2004-2005.
If anyone has a current email address, telephone number, or mailing address,
please let me know.
Amanda Stinchecum
718=875-1615
Subject: [pmjs] The database of the Japan Foundation
Date: July 12, 2005 13:45:24 GMT+09:00
From: Yasuhiko Ogawa <__@__.net>
Dear PMJS members,
The
Japan Foundation has started a database of Japanese literary works
translated into foreign languages on its website this month.
I came across this useful and important database, immediately send enquiries about it to the person in charge by e-mail.
Ms
Kyoko Moronaga, a stuff member from TV and Publication Division of the
Japan Foundation welcomes our help to the database, and she allowed me
to introduce it to PMJS members.
Please see and use it. I hope that you add your latest data (from 1945 to the present) to it.
Address: http://www.jpf.go.jp/cgi-bin/jlsearch/jlsearch.cgi
And I copy the release paper about the database below, which Ms Moronaga sent to me.
Best wishes,
Yasuhiko Ogawa
Associate Professor
Department of Japanese Literature
Aoyama Gakuin University
**************************************************************************************************
Film, TV and Publication Division
Japanese Literature in Translation Search
The
Japan Foundation is pleased to announce the opening on the Japan
Foundation website of a database of Japanese works of literature
translated into other languages made possible through the cooperation
of the Japan P.E.N. Club. This database is available free of charge to
users all over the world at the following URL:
http://www.jpf.go.jp/cgi-bin/jlsearch/jlsearch.cgi
The data included thus far covers Japanese literary works translated
into other languages mainly from the end of World War II to the 1990s
and is searchable by author, title of work, translator, or other
keywords (terms may be input in either Japanese or roman letters). The
basic unit of the database is the work rather than the publication, so
short stories are listed individually by their own titles rather than
in the anthology in which they were originally included.
This bibliography/database is based mainly on the printed catalogs
listed below, but reference has also been made to the databases of the
National Institute of Informatics and information available via NACSIS
Webcat. We are indebted to Guest Professor Fujino Yukio of the Faculty
of Liberal Arts, Aichi University for his cooperation in the
organization and presentation of the data.
Japanese Literature in Foreign Languages 1945-1995 (Japan P.E.N. Club)
Japanese Literature Today (Japan P.E.N. Club)
Index Translationum Cumulative Index since 1979 (UNESCO)
This database is by no means complete at this stage, and it is quite
likely that important data has been omitted. As for works published
from 2000 onward, as yet only a few are included. Especially with the
many works that have been newly translated in recent years with the
growing popularity of Japanese literature overseas, the Japan
Foundation is keenly aware of the need to collect data on recent works
as quickly as possible.
Arrangements are currently being
considered with the Japan P.E.N. Club for the incorporation of this
data. We look forward to your understanding of this ongoing endeavor
and will be grateful to receive any corrections in the data already
compiled as well as new data for inclusion. Please see below for
contact information.
Attention:
Japanese Literature in Translation Search Database Staff in Charge
Film, TV and Publication Division
Japan Foundation
E-mail: __@__.go.jp
Tel: 03-5562-3535; Fax: 03-5562-3500
Subject: [pmjs] Japanese lit in translation database
Date: July 14, 2005 4:30:21 GMT+09:00
From: Sharon Domier <__@__.umass.edu>
Dear PMJS members,
Here is a piece of wonderful news!
Do
you know how you and your students are always trying to figure out if a
particular story or author has been translated into English (or
Italian...) yet? We used to have to rely on the print version Japan
P.E.N. Club Bibliography, but it was never up to date and the annual
updates in Japanese Literature Today was cumbersome. Now we have a
handy database that will do the trick!
The Japan Foundation has
spent the past three or four years preparing a database of Japanese
literature in translation. Please note that they are also soliciting
information, so if one of your translations isn't listed, you should
send them email.
http://www.jpf.go.jp/cgi-bin/jlsearch/jlsearch_e.cgi
Many
thanks to the Japan Foundation for keeping its promise and delivering
the database to the public. If you use it (and you should) and like it,
please send a note of thanks to the Japan Foundation. This was likely
neither easy nor cheap to do, and notes of appreciation help them to
justify expenditures on this kind of project (this is my personal
opinion AND should be taken in the spirit intended).
Sharon Domier
Subject: [pmjs] opening at Macalester College
Date: July 30, 2005 22:28:38 GMT+09:00
From: __@__.meijigakuin.ac.jp
Macalester
College announces an opening for a tenure-track position in Japanese,
rank open, beginning Fall, 2006. Applicants with a Ph.D. in the
field of Japanese literature or related subjects, and those with an
interdisciplinary approach to the teaching of Japanese literature and
culture will be preferred. Native or near-native proficiency in
Japanese, and ability and commitment to teach all levels of language
are required. College teaching experience is desirable. The
successful candidate will have scholarly promise and be expected to
teach literature or culture courses in English as well as language
courses.
We seek applicants who can contribute to the broader
intellectual life of the College, which may include involvement in such
activities as First Year courses or faculty seminars. Successful
applicants may also contribute to the advancement of one or more of the
College’s interdisciplinary programs (e.g., Asian Studies).
Send
letter of application, CV, a brief statement of philosophy on teaching
at a liberal arts college, and three letters of reference to:
Chair of Japanese Search Committee, Department of Asian Languages and
Cultures, Macalester College, 1600 Grand Avenue, St. Paul, MN 55105.
Review of application will begin on October 1, 2005 and continue until
the position is filled.
Macalester College is a selective,
private liberal arts college in the Minneapolis-St. Paul metropolitan
area. The College enrolls over 1800 students from 50 states
and almost 80 countries. Macalester is an Equal
Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer that prides itself on providing
support for excellence in teaching and in faculty scholarship. We are
especially interested in candidates committed to working with students
of diverse backgrounds. Successful candidates will be expected to
pursue rich research programs as well as to help sustain, as
appropriate, the College's emphases on multiculturalism,
internationalism, and service.
AUGUST
Subject: [pmjs] Japanese language teaching post
Date: August 4, 2005 11:01:25 GMT+09:00
From: Jonah Salz <__@__.ryukoku.ac.jp>
Ryukoku University's Faculty of Intercultural Communication seeks a Japanese-language teacher for its
Japan and Asian Studies program. This is a 3-year fixed contract, possibly renewable. Please see details
below:
http://www.world.ryukoku.ac.jp/recruit/index_e.html
Subject: [pmjs] Research on "Kaidan" in Early Modern Japan
Date: August 10, 2005 11:30:19 GMT+09:00
From: David Eason <__@__.edu>
Greetings!
I was wondering if anyone had come across research on kaidan (or, in
now-outdated orthography, "kwaidan") in early modern Japan. I
seem to recall coming across a recent special issue of a journal on
early modern literature focused on kaidan, but otherwise I have not
seen any research on the topic. Is anyone aware of research that
looks at ghost stories/kaidan during the Edo period, particularly from
a historical perspective?
Since it is currently obon, and
it is the season for ghost stories here in Japan, I thought I would
send this question out to the list. Although most kaidan are set
in the Edo period and the genre itself is a creation from the early
decades of the Edo period I am surprised that there seems to be little
research on the topic. I am hoping that those more familiar with
the topic and more well-versed in recent scholarship might be able to
point to some leads.
Sincerely,
David
-------------
David A. Eason
PhD Candidate, Early Modern Japan
Department of History, UCLA
__@__.edu
Subject: [pmjs] Re: Research on "Kaidan" in Early Modern Japan
Date: August 11, 2005 5:20:03 GMT+09:00
From: Michelle Li <__@__.edu>
Hi David,
Perhaps the work of Michael Foster, a recent PhD from Stanford and now a
professor at the University of California at Riverside, might interest you
since it is on the "supernatural" and monsters in the Edo period.
He might be a good person to consult.
Sincerely,
Michelle Li
Lecturer, University of San Jose
Subject: [pmjs] Re: Research on "Kaidan" in Early Modern Japan
Date: August 11, 2005 5:43:47 GMT+09:00
From: Sharon Domier <__@__.umass.edu>
There, is of course, a wide range of research on kaidan written and
published in Japanese.
There are a couple of ways to find it, depending on how serious you are
about doing research.
1. The easy way: search Zasshi Kiji Sakuin or the book catalog in the
NDL-OPAC. http://opac.ndl.go.jp
In Zasshi Kiji Sakuin you will find numerous citations to research articles
on kaidan. You can also limit it to Edo and kaidan if you want. Journals
like Kokubungaku kaisho to kyozai no kenkyu are good places to get a firm
grounding on the topic.
If you look for books, you will find a number of reprints or collections of
ghost stories as well as some research. Make sure you look at the subjects
and keywords used to cast your net accurately.
If you are serious about doing research, then you owe yourself some time
with the printed indexes Nihon bungaku kenkyu bunken yoran: koten bungaku.
There you will find that kaidan is not used but monogatari: sewamono.
Now, if you are lazy and just want to look up something online, go with the
Japanese Wikipedia. http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%80%AA%E8%AB%87
Since this is PMJS, you might want to see what was published during the
Meiji Period by searching the Kindai Digital Library at the NDL. These books
are full text so you can not only read the research that was done then but
also the stories themselves.
http://kindai.ndl.go.jp/
Having said all this, your first stop should be at your librarian's desk or
by sending her email.
Sharon Domier
UMass Amherst
Subject: [pmjs] Re: Research on "Kaidan" in Early Modern Japan
Date: 2005年8月11日 8:01:43:JST
From: Lawrence Marceau <l.__@__.ac.nz>
David,
Noriko Reider's Tales of the Supernatural in Early Modern Japan:
Kaidan, Akinari, Ugetsu Monogatari (Lewiston, NY: Mellon, 2002) is a
recent study that, while it has some problems, provides a serviceable
background into the origins and development of what we might today
refer to as occult literature in the early modern period.
Exhibition catalogues dealing with ghosts and other creatures also deal
with the Edo period literature, such as Stephen Addiss's (ed.):
Japanese Ghosts and Demons (New York: Braziller, 1985).
With regard to Meiji and modernity issues, Gerald Figal's Civilization
and Monsters: Spirits of Modernity in Meiji Japan (Durham: Duke UP,
1999) is a masterful study that goes into detail into the world of
youkai and scientific "modern/western" rationality.
If you would like to contact me off list, I can discuss some of my work
in progress dealing with Toriyama Sekien and his illustrated
encyclopedia of otherworldly creatures, 1776-1784.
Lawrence
David Eason wrote: Greetings!
I was wondering if anyone had come across research on kaidan (or, in
now-outdated orthography, "kwaidan") in early modern Japan. I
seem to recall coming across a recent special issue of a journal on
early modern literature focused on kaidan, but otherwise I have not
seen any research on the topic. Is anyone aware of research that
looks at ghost stories/kaidan during the Edo period, particularly from
a historical perspective?
Since it is currently obon, and
it is the season for ghost stories here in Japan, I thought I would
send this question out to the list. Although most kaidan are set
in the Edo period and the genre itself is a creation from the early
decades of the Edo period I am surprised that there seems to be little
research on the topic. I am hoping that those more familiar with
the topic and more well-versed in recent scholarship might be able to
point to some leads.
Sincerely,
David
-------------
David A. Eason
PhD Candidate, Early Modern Japan
Department of History, UCLA
__@__.edu
Subject: [pmjs] biwa and varients of the Heike
Date: 2005年8月11日 11:04:10:JST
From: Kristina Buhrman <__@__.edu>
Dear members of PMJS,
I
was recently asked about a short text in classical Japanese that was
quoted in a modern fantasy novel. The quotation was identified as
"Heike Monogatari, Biwa Song from 'Senju no Mae'." However, when I
checked the Kakuichi-bon text and a few others, but could not find the
quoted section. I did see it apparently referenced in an utaibon (as
"Yume no hodonaku shinonome mo honobono to akewataru"), but that was it
as far as what I could find.
Since this was identified
particularly as a biwa piece (although as far as I know all Heike texts
are associated to some degree with biwa chanting), I was wondering if
perhaps I was looking for it in the wrong place. However, I do not know
where one might begin searching biwa corpuses. I am hoping that someone
on this list might be able to point me to a source or reference where I
might be able to find more information on this section. I apologize for
only including the quotation in romaji, but I do not have confidence in
my ability to send Japanese-encoded text.
Thank you in advance for your advice.
Quotation:
Yume mo hodonaku shinonome mo
Haya honobono to akewatari
Honoshiroki asa no hikari ni
Suzuro ni mo mikahasu me to me
Haya kinuginu ni wakareyuku
Sode to sode to ni nokoribana
Haraharahara to chirikakaru
-Kristina Buhrman __@__.edu
Graduate student, pre-1600 Japanese history
University of Southern California
Subject: [pmjs] Donald Howard Shively (1921-2005)
Date: August 17, 2005 9:54:59 GMT+09:00
From: __@__.meijigakuin.ac.jp (for Mary Elizabeth Berry)
Obituary for Donald Howard Shively
Released: August 13, 2005
Contact: Mary Elizabeth Berry, 510-849-0303, __@__.edu,
2735 Hilgard Avenue, Berkeley, California 94709.
Mortuary: Bayview Chapel, Berkeley. 510-841-2300
Donald Howard Shively, an authority on Japanese urban life and popular
culture in the Tokugawa period, died on August 13 from complications of
Shy-Drager syndrome in a nursing facility near his home in Berkeley,
California. He was eighty-four.
Born in Kyoto in 1921 to
American missionaries, and educated at the Canadian Academy in Kobe and
Harvard University (class of 1944), he served as a Japanese language
officer in the Marine Corps during the Pacific War, rising to the rank
of major and receiving the Bronze Star Medal. Following doctoral
training and election to the Society of Fellows at Harvard, he held
professorial appointments at the University of California, Berkeley
(1950-62), Stanford University (1962-64), and Harvard University
(1964-83). He returned in 1983 to Berkeley, serving until his
retirement in 1992 as Professor of East Asian Languages and Cultures
and Head of the East Asian Library.
Shively’s now classic work
on kabuki drama began with a path-breaking translation and study of The
Love Suicide at Amijima, a domestic tragedy by Chikamatsu Monzaemon
about a paper merchant torn between family obligation and passion for a
young prostitute. In scrupulous but always stylish analyses of Tokugawa
culture, Shively also engaged censorship and satire, legal history,
urban administration, commercial publishing, and the society of the
licensed brothel quarters. Much of his work explored the subversion of
shogunal law (against luxurious consumption, erotic art, fomenting
scandal, and dishonoring the elite) by resourceful writers and a rising
bourgeoisie. Linking these subjects in panoramic essays informed by
vast textual mastery, he captured the life of city people who resisted
official regulation with new freedoms to create one of the most vibrant
urban cultures in the world.
Decorated by the Japanese government in 1982 with the Order of the
Rising Sun, Shively was one of the leaders of the post-war development
of Japanese studies in the United States. He chaired the Center for
Japanese Studies at Berkeley, the Department of Asian Languages at
Stanford, and the Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations
at Harvard, where he also served as Director of the Japan Institute
(now the Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies). He was a member of
the National Commission for UNESCO (1958-60) and chair of the U.S.
delegation to the Commission for U.S.-Japan Cultural and Educational
Exchange (1969-71), established by the Department of State.
Legions of colleagues remember him as the standard-setting editor of
the Journal of Asian Studies (1955-59) and the Harvard Journal of
Asiatic Studies (1975-83). He also brought a legendary erudition,
leavened by tact and wit, to two major projects in post-war Japanese
Studies: Studies in the Modernization of Japan (Princeton University
Press, 1965-71), and the Cambridge History of Japan (1988-99). At
Berkeley, he directed the conservation and cataloguing of the Mitsui
Collection of early Japanese printed books and maps, the largest such
collection outside Japan.
A brilliant tennis player, and even more brilliant (if merciless)
punster, Shively loved women, his children, his students, old jazz,
Sierra hikes, banana plants, Japanese pots, and Kyoto noodles.
Donald Shively is survived by his wife, Mary Elizabeth Berry, professor
of Japanese history at the University of California, Berkeley; two
sons, Kent Raacke Shively of Seattle and Evan Raacke Shively of
Marshall, CA; two daughters, Anne Shively Berry and Catherine Shively
Berry; two sisters; and three grandchildren. Marriages to Emily Mary
King and Ilse Dorothea Raacke ended in divorce. His eldest son, Bruce
King Shively, died in 2003.
Find the curriculum vitae of Donald Howard Shively at http://ealc.berkeley.edu.
Subject: [pmjs] Makura [no] soshi
Date: August 17, 2005 1:10:29 GMT+09:00
From: Haruo Shirane <__@__.edu>
It
has been brought to my attention that the original or correct title of
Makura no soshi is actually Makura soshi. Scholars point out that
Makura no soshi is a reading given by Edo and modern readers. Some of
the earliest references to the Pillowbook occur in texts like
Tsurezuregusa, but the title is given in kanji, thus not revealing the
actual reading.
If anyone has concrete knowledge about this matter, I would like to know.
Haruo Shirane
Subject: [pmjs] Re: Makura [no] soshi
Date: August 17, 2005 17:01:24 GMT+09:00
From: Richard Bowring <__@__.ac.uk>
There
is a lot of difference here between 'original' and 'correct'. There is
no way of knowing whether the 'author(s?)' gave it a title at all, so
looking for an 'original title' is somewhat of a pointless exercise.
'Correct' depends on what period we are talking about (says a
relativist). Yoshida Kenko might have preferred one reading, and
another reading might have been considered 'correct' in the Edo period.
Modern scholars may use a third. Who is right? I wouldn't go down
there, if I were you.
Richard Bowring
Subject: [pmjs] Re: Makura [no] soshi
Date: August 17, 2005 18:16:21 GMT+09:00
From: Miika Pölkki <__@__.helsinki.fi>
It is well known that there is no ur-text of Makura (no) soshi available,
so I agree with Richard Bowring that it is pointless to search
for 'original' title. Besides, we have four different manuscript traditions
(or texts) organized according to two different principles (zassanteki and
bunruiteki). Thus, it is possible to speak of four 'different texts' that
circle around the empty center called author's ur-text more or less
effectively (perhaps revealing mainly reader's conception of 'text').
However, it is true that the name of Sei Shonagon's text have been written
in different ways (in kanji or in hiragana) from the oldest manuscripts
onwards, but greatest variations can be found from the Edo texts that often
also reveal the prefered way of reading the title. (See eg. 'Makura no
soshi daijiten' for different labels given to the Sei's text.)
In my opinion, one reason why Sei Shonagon's text was often called Makura
no soshi already in Edo period could be the attempt to differentiate it
from popular erotic texts known as 'makura soshi'. Of course this doesn't
mean that Sei Shonagon's text(s) - mainly Maedabon was circulating widely
during Edo period - was 'saved' from erotic parodies. In fact it seems that
this 'differentiation attempt' increased erotic reading of Sei Shonagon's
text.
Miika Pölkki
University of Helsinki
Subject: [pmjs] Call for Papers, "New Voices in Rural Geography"
From: Philip Brown <brown.__@__.edu>
Date: August 26, 2005 8:51:57 GMT+09:00
I
pass along the following call for papers for Peter Nelson. After
discussion with him, it is clear that he is willing to consider
historical papers, too. For further information, contact Peter directly
at __@__.edu.
Phil Brown
Department of History
Ohio State University
Call for Papers – “New Voices in Rural Geography”
As
forces of social, technological, cultural, environmental and economic
change combine to restructure rural regions across the globe, the
discipline of rural geography is similarly impacted. New perspectives
and new insights are needed to understand the continuously evolving
rural landscape. The Rural Geography Specialty group welcomes new
voices into our discussions of rural places. This is an invitation to
emerging scholars to participate in a “New Voices” session(s) at the
AAG Meetings in Chicago. The session provides a venue for emerging
voices in rural geography to present and discuss their work. The
session seeks submissions from both undergraduate and graduate students
whose work interrogates contemporary rural landscapes. Papers from all
regional areas are welcomed, and it is hoped that this second “New
Voices” session will provide an opportunity for young scholars to
establish professional relationships with their future colleagues in
this exciting research specialty. All participants in the New Voices
session will automatically be entered in the Student Paper Competition.
If
interested in participating, submit your registration and abstract as
you would normally to the AAG website, and then forward your
registration number to:
Peter B. Nelson
Assistant Professor of Geography
Middlebury College
Middlebury, VT
__@__.edu
Subject: [pmjs] References concerning "K(w)aidan"
From: David Eason <__@__.edu>
Date: August 28, 2005 23:51:25 GMT+09:00
Greetings once again,
I wish to thank everyone who responded to my query both on and off the
list. During the past few weeks I received numerous and varied
responses suggesting texts in Japanese, secondary works in English and
Japanese, and the names of scholars working on the topic of
kaidan. It is clear that there is a far more widespread interest
in the topic than I had initial supposed, and, perhaps unsurprisingly
then, there is no shortage of research on the topic. Though I do
not wish to repeat what has already been written to the list, since my
original request went out to both H-Japan as well as PMJS and there may
be those who subscribe to one list and not the other, I want to just
briefly summarize some of the suggestions so kindly directed my way.
As for works in Japanese, it was suggested that in searching for work
on kaidan, especially during the early Edo period, rather than rely
solely on the word "kaidan," one might also want to search using
additional terms such as youkai, or to look at sewamono or setsuwa from
an even earlier period. Suggested readings included but were not
limited to the work of Komatsu Kazuhiko. Among works in English,
the title mentioned with the most frequency was Gerald Figal's
<Civilization and Monsters: Spirits of Modernity in Meiji Japan>,
though many other titles were also mentioned such as -
*The
Peony Lantern* by Asai Ryooi, translated by Maryellen Toman Mori, in
<An episodic festschrift for Howard Hibbett> (Highmoonnoon, 2000)
Noriko
Reider <Tales of the Supernatural in Early Modern Japan: Kaidan,
Akinari, Ugetsu Monogatari> (Lewiston, NY: Mellon, 2002)
Stephen Addiss (ed.) <Japanese Ghosts and Demons> (New York: Braziller, 1985).
It was also brought to my attention that Michael Foster, now at UC
Riverside, recently completed a dissertation relating to changes in the
way kaidan and youkai have come to be discussed in the modern
period. I was also told that Fred Kotas, Assistant Curator of the
Wason Collection on East Asia at Cornell, also worked on issues related
to kaidan.
Again, I greatly appreciate the assistance provided
by everyone who responded to my initial inquiry and hope that the above
references so kindly provided to me may also prove useful to anyone
else interested in kaidan.
Sincerely,
David
---------------
David A. Eason
PhD Candidate, Early Modern Japan
Department of History, UCLA
__@__.edu
SEPTEMBER
Subject: [pmjs] Journal of Women's History: Call for Manuscripts
From: Philip Brown <__@__.rr.com>
Date: September 6, 2005 4:57:12 GMT+09:00
The
Journal of Women's History has entered its second year at the
University of Illinois, and we continue to seek submissions on a range
of subjects animating women's and gender history. In particular, we are
interested in enhancing the Journal's consideration of international,
transnational, and global issues, from pre-modern times through the
recent past.
Among our forthcoming articles are:
Carolyn Herbst-Lewis, "Waking Sleeping Beauty: The Premarital Pelvic Exam and
Heterosexuality during the Cold War"
Sara Butler, "Abortion by Assault: Violence against Pregnant Women in Thirteenth- and Fourteenth-Century England"
Barbara Weinstein, "Inventing the 'Mulher Paulista': Politics, Rebellion, and the Gendering of Brazilian Regional Identities"
Julie Willett, "Hands Across the Table: A Short History of the Manicurist in the
Twentieth Century"
Afsaneh Najmabadi, "Beyond the Americas: Are Gender and Sexuality Useful
Categories of Historical Analysis?" (One of the keynote addresses from the 13th
Berkshire Conference of Women Historians)
Our
first History Practice section, vol. 17.4, features reflections upon
the ways in which colleagues' teaching of gender and women's history
has been impacted by war. The second History Practice, with
contributions from scholars based in the United States, Africa, India
and Japan, focuses on women historians and conditions of work in the
21st century. We welcome suggestions for future History Practice themes.
Vol.
18: 1 features our first Book Forum, in which scholars examine Leslie
Peirce's Morality Tales: Law and Gender in Ottoman Court of Aintab
(California, 2003). We plan to continue to spotlight books that have
had a significant impact on women's history within the past decade, as
well as new titles whose thematic concerns, method, and theoretical
groundwork speak to a broad and diverse women's history audience.
We
hope that whether you are a just beginning your career as a historian
or are a senior scholar in the field, you will consider submitting your
work for consideration at the Journal of Women's History. Please see
our website for submission guidelines
(http://www.press.jhu.edu/journals/journal_of_womens_history/guidelines.html)
and contact us at __@__.edu if you have any questions.
Jean Allman and Antoinette Burton, editors
Marilyn Booth, Book Review Editor
Jennifer Edwards and Rebecca McNulty, Managing Editors
Subject: [pmjs] CFP: Journal of Women's History, soliciting articles for an issue on domestic violence
From: Philip Brown <brown.__@__.edu>
Date: September 26, 2005 3:58:09 GMT+09:00
The Journal of Women's History is soliciting articles for a special
issue on domestic violence, guest edited by Megan McLaughlin and
Elizabeth Pleck. We seek manuscripts from the broadest possible
chronological, geographical, and methodological range, and from
individuals residing around the world. For the purposes of this issue,
domestic violence is very broadly defined to mean emotional, physical,
and sexual violence occurring within the household, including (but not
limited to) female infanticide, servant abuse, marital rape, etc. The
editors are especially interested in:
* the relationship of domestic violence to notions of shame and honor
* the relationship of domestic violence to public and private space
* changing attributions of the causes of domestic violence
* changing representations of domestic violence in popular culture, in
law and religion, in media of any type
* changing definitions of the boundary between acceptable and
illegitimate domestic violence
* the relationship of domestic violence to discourses of power and
difference
* community regulation of domestic violence
* changing understandings of woman as "victim."
The deadline for submissions is December 1, 2005. Please send four
one-sided, double-spaced copies of your manuscript (no more than 10,000
words, including endnotes and figures) to Journal of Women's History at
the address below. Mark the envelope "Attention: Megan McLaughlin and
Elizabeth Pleck." For more details on our submission policy see our
website.
Journal of Women's History
c/o Department of History
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
309 Gregory Hall, MC-466
810 S. Wright St.
Urbana, IL 61801 U.S.A.
Email: __@__.edu and __@__.edu
Visit the website at
http://www.press.jhu.edu/journals/journal_of_womens_history/guidelines.html
Subject: [pmjs] EMJ Panels at the AAS
From: Philip Brown <brown.__@__.edu>
Date: September 28, 2005 22:08:31 GMT+09:00
Hello all,
One of the purposes in establishing the Early Modern Japan Network was
to assure that there were panels on EMJ subjects at the AAS (a number of
very good panels have sometimes not made it on to the AAS program). If
you submitted a panel to the AAS that was rejected, or if you had an
idea for a panel that came too late to submit, and would like to have
another shot at presenting your work to EMJ scholars at the AAS, please
submit panel proposals and paper abstracts to me. We typically meet the
first Thursday afternoon of the AAS.
I have a couple of proposals in hand, but would like to solicit more
broadly.
Thanks,
Philip Brown
EMJNet
brown.__@__.edu
__@__.rr.com
--
Philip Brown
Department of History
Ohio State University
TEL: +1 614 292 0904
FAX: +1 614 292 2282
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