UID:
almahu_9949701000902882
Format:
1 online resource (xii, 259 pages) :
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illustrations.
ISBN:
9789004229013
Series Statement:
Brill's Japanese studies library ; v. 38
Content:
In the Edo period, Japan had its first experience of what one might call "intellectual life" in a pregnant sense of the word: a scene that combined serious intellectual pursuits, from poetry writing to the interpretation of the Confucian classics, with intense social interaction. Edo-period Japan was crisscrossed by networks of poets, scholars, artists and collectors who exchanged information, discussed each other's work, cooperated in collaborative projects, and gossiped about each other. Intellectual life in Edo Japan was a seething cauldron of social interaction and competition, sometimes harmoniously productive, sometimes destructively vicious, but never stagnant. This volume, compiled in honour of Prof. W.J. Boot, offers eleven essays that explore the intellectual scene of Edo-period Japan from a variety of perspectives.
Note:
Preliminary Material --
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Introduction: Aspects of intellectual life in Edo Japan /
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Entertainment and education: An antiquarian society in Edo, 1824-25 /
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The prince who collected scholars: The network of Myōhō-in no miya Shinnin Hōshinnō (1768-1805) /
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"Not perfectly good": Some Edo responses to Confucius's characterization of Kings Wen and Wu /
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Confucianism versus feudalism: The Shōheizaka academy and late Tokugawa reform /
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Minding the gaps: An early Edo history of Sino-Japanese poetry /
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The Way of Heaven in 1816: Ideology or rhetoric? /
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The history and miraculous efficacy of the Black Amida: Its significance for Zōjōji and its role in the diffusion of Tokugawa myths /
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Insincere blessings? Court-Bakufu relations and the creation of engi scrolls in honour of Tokugawa Ieyasu /
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What's in a name? Padre João Rodriguez's discussion of naming practices in his Short grammar of the Japanese language /
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The Dūfu Haruma: An explosive dictionary /
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The Kurisaki school of sword wound surgery: From Sengoku to Genroku; Nagasaki to Edo (via Manila) /
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List of publications by Prof. Dr. Willem Jan Boot /
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List of contributors --
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Index.
Additional Edition:
Print version: Uncharted waters. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2012 ISBN 9789004216730
Language:
English
