The “Materials Workshop” is a continuing workshop series, held multiple times per year, under the joint sponsorship of the National Institute of Japanese Literature (NIJL) and the Inter-University Center for Japanese Language Studies (IUC). Its purpose is to orient and instruct interested participants in the use, handling, and research application of primary-source Japanese documents. We welcome in particular the participation of students and early-career researchers. In FY 2025, two sessions in total will be held, in November (Session XIII) and in February (Session XIV).
Materials Workshop: Session XIII
Theme: Medieval War-Tales
Topic:変遷する軍記物語の世界―本文の改作あるいは挿絵の付加―
Lecturer: Takizawa Mikao (Aoyama Gakuin University)
Date & Time: 11/5 (Wed), 15:00-17:00pm (JST)
Venue: NIJL (partially streamed online)
*Note 1: In partial-hybrid format, held in-person at NIJL, but with the first half also streamed via Zoom (no recording).
Language: Japanese
Overview
Each 2-hour workshop focuses on a different category of document (scrolls, manuscripts, emaki, hanpon, etc.), to be discussed by a field expert in its research use, according to the following schedule:
First Half: Orientation (1 hour) *Note: Hybrid-format (in-person & streamed via zoom)
The first hour involves a presentation by the lecturer, combining general explanation about the type of document, how to handle it, etc., with concrete illustration through specific examples.
Second Half: Open Floor (1 hour) *Note: In-person only
The second hour moves to a more open format under the lecturer’s guidance, allowing participants to engage hands-on with a variety of texts representing the genre, asking questions freely.
Registration (for Zoom link to streamed first half):Here
Deadline:Nov,2,2025(JST)
Inquiries:icjl@nijl.ac.jp