―Project of the International Conference on Japanese Literature (ICJL)―
The National Institute of Japanese Literature (NIJL) is pleased to announce the Second Session of our new "Materials Workshops"series, to take place on 12/16 (Wednesday), 9am-11am Japan time.
NOTE: This time the workshop will focus on Edo-period hanpon.
This series of workshops is designed to orient and instruct interested participants in the use, handling, and research application of primary-source documents. We particularly welcome the participation of graduate students and early career researchers.
(This is the last of the three sessions planned from November to the end of 2020.)
Here follow (A) information about the upcoming 12/16 session, and (B) a brief overview of the workshop series and its goals.
[A] “Materials Workshop”: Session III
Topic: Edo-period hanpon (江戸時代の版本)
Lecturer: Kigoshi Shunsuke 木越俊介 (Associate Professor, NIJL)
Date: 12/16 (Wednesday)
Time:Tokyo 9am-11am
Venue: All sessions conducted on ZOOM, live and unrecorded
Description:
「江戸時代の版本―刊記の読み方」
江戸時代の版本に付されている刊記は、分かるようで分からないことが多々あります。たとえば、「複数の本屋さんの名前があるのはなぜ？」「同じ内容の本なのに刊記が異なるのはなぜ？」など、誰もが疑問に思う点を、文化的背景とともに丁寧に説明します。
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[B] About the “Materials Workshop” Series
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.
First Half: Orientation (1 hour)
The first hour involves a presentation by the lecturer, combining general explanation of the *type* of document with concrete illustration through specific *examples*.
Second Half: Q&A Session (1 hour)
The second hour involves an open Q&A session where participants can make inquiries general and specific about the documents discussed during the first hour.
Requirements
No expertise or preparation is expected or necessary, though the session is (1) in Japanese, and (2) restricted to those pursuing or planning to pursue a career connected to research in the humanities.
Registration & Inquiries
No fees or review process involved. Simply register at this page, and we will send you the necessary ZOOM link by 12/14.
Any inquiries about this or future workshops are welcome at:
icjl@nijl.ac.jp