A group for those researching or interested in premodern Japanese history.
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Steve McCarty deposited Symbolism of Fire and Air in Greco-Roman and Japanese Creation Myths in the group
Premodern Japanese History on Humanities Commons 1 year, 1 month ago
Two sections of a book comparing creation myths from ancient Greece and Rome with their Japanese counterparts from the early 8th Century Kojiki (古事記, “Records of Ancient Matters”). These fusion essays are summations of previous book sections by Greek and Japanese authors on the elements of fire and air, respectively, and, drawing from Plato and J…[Read more]
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Steve McCarty deposited Essence of Womanhood in the Fable ‘Ama’: 「海女」の和英翻訳・歴史的研究・解釈 in the group
Premodern Japanese History on Humanities Commons 1 year, 4 months ago
This paper renders the ancient folktale ‘Ama’ (Woman Diver) into English, investigates its origins, and interprets its timeless significance. From a prehistoric oral tradition, it evolved into a temple chronicle and a Noh play. The paper includes a summary in Japanese, and all the references are in Japanese. With a moving story and vivid…[Read more]
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Bryan Lowe deposited Japanese Mythology Syllabus in the group
Premodern Japanese History on Humanities Commons 2 years ago
Syllabus for Japanese Mythology Spring 2021
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Tariq Sheikh deposited This Side of the Long Tunnel: The Emergence of the Idea of Japan’s ‘Snow Country’ in the Nineteenth Century in the group
Premodern Japanese History on Humanities Commons 2 years ago
In Nobel laureate Kawabata Yasunari’s novel Snow Country, the protagonist Shimamura refers to an “old book” which gave him in-depth knowledge about the region known in Japan as the “Snow Country”. The name of the book is not disclosed by Kawabata, but it is now known that the “old book” is Hokuetsu Seppu (first published in 1837), written by Su…[Read more]
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Dennis Darling deposited The Uesugi: a study of a Japanese warrior family’s political and military involvement in eastern Japan, 1252-1455. Chapter 1: Early association with Court and warriors and emergence on the politico-military stage of eastern Japan, 1252-1336 in the group
Premodern Japanese History on Humanities Commons 2 years, 2 months ago
The essay is the first of a projected series of essays collectively entitled ‘The Uesugi: a study of a Japanese warrior family’s political and military involvement in eastern Japan, 1252-1455’. It examines the Uesugi family’s early history from around the time of its establishment to early 1336, the year war broke out between the Ashikaga and the…[Read more]
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Steve McCarty deposited East-West Symbolic Language of Dreams, Myths, Legends, Iconography, and Poetry in the group
Premodern Japanese History on Humanities Commons 2 years, 3 months ago
The ancient intuitive language of images is still within us. People have always lived myths and taken lessons from legends. The lore and iconography of the Pilgrimage of Shikoku provide vivid examples. Poetry relies on metaphors, while true haiku communicate through nature symbolism.
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Steve McCarty deposited Multilingual Japan in the group
Premodern Japanese History on Humanities Commons 2 years, 3 months ago
Linguistic diversity of Japan from prehistoric to recent times, officially denied or disregarded out of an unstated assimilationist policy.
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Steve McCarty deposited A Lecture on Japanese Prehistory and Mythology with Professor Steve McCarty in the group
Premodern Japanese History on Humanities Commons 2 years, 7 months ago
Entry to a Deep in Japan Podcast, during which Steve McCarty elucidates the origins of Japan, the Imperial line, and how people viewed their environment from 30,000 years ago to the golden age of the Heian Period. He tells moving legends to rival Sophocles, culminating in a fusion of many religions in a mountain range viewed as a maṇḍala that cou…[Read more]
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Danielle Skjelver started the topic Call for Peer Reviewers in the discussion
Premodern Japanese History on Humanities Commons 2 years, 10 months ago
The History of Applied Science & Technology Open Access Textbook editors seek peer reviewers for all regions and all periods.
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Steve McCarty deposited Kūkai and Zentsūji in the group
Premodern Japanese History on Humanities Commons 3 years, 1 month ago
The author did in situ research for an MA in Asian Religions on Japan’s greatest saint, Kūkai, in his birthplace of Zentsūji, along the Pilgrimage of Shikoku that symbolically recapitulates his career, and at Kōya-san, the mountaintop monastery south of Kyōto that Kūkai founded in the early 9th Century. Kūkai was a key figure igniting the golde…[Read more]
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Steve McCarty deposited Shikoku Bilingual Guidebook 『ようこそ四国へ 英和ガイドブック』 in the group
Premodern Japanese History on Humanities Commons 3 years, 6 months ago
This published Japanese-English guidebook to the island of Shikoku, emphasizing its culture and history, has been available by permission on the Web in French, Spanish, and Dutch at European Websites, as well as this English-Japanese version since 1997. Most of the chapters are bilingual, with English and Japanese alternating for those studying…[Read more]
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Steve McCarty deposited Kagawa: A Guide to Sanuki, Gateway to Shikoku in the group
Premodern Japanese History on Humanities Commons 3 years, 6 months ago
A cultural, historical, and practical guidebook to Kagawa Prefecture on the island of Shikoku across the narrow Seto Inland Sea from the main island of Japan. Formerly the province of Sanuki, a compact area with convenient train lines, it has great potential for tourism. An active region culturally for more than 2,000 years, it was the birthplace…[Read more]
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Steve McCarty deposited Newspaper articles in Japanese in the group
Premodern Japanese History on Humanities Commons 3 years, 6 months ago
In-situ research findings and cross-cultural observations largely written by the author in Japanese (see additional information). Contents: ancient and classical history of Sanuki Province (now Kagawa Prefecture), where Kukai and his nephew Enchin were born, inspiration for the Pilgrimage of Shikoku; Buddhist syncretism with several Asian…[Read more]
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Steve McCarty deposited The Woman Diver and the Dragon Ball in the group
Premodern Japanese History on Humanities Commons 3 years, 7 months ago
A Noh play and temple chronicle, thought to have prehistoric origins in one of the oldest professions, was translated for the Shikoku Bilingual Guidebook by Akiko Takemoto and Steve McCarty. The co-author narrates this podcast, telling the heart-wrenching story of a woman’s ultimate sacrifice, with an overlay of Buddhism and archetypal symbolism.…[Read more]
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Steve McCarty deposited Stone-Hand Temple and the Pilgrimage of Shikoku in the group
Premodern Japanese History on Humanities Commons 3 years, 7 months ago
A gripping legend about the origin of the Pilgrimage of Shikoku seems to prove reincarnation. This five-minute podcast recounts the miracle story, then poses discussion questions that could, and have been, used educationally with groups to get at the underlying motive and purpose of the legend.
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Steve McCarty deposited Zen and Esoteric Buddhism Papers in the group
Premodern Japanese History on Humanities Commons 3 years, 7 months ago
Two papers on the Jungian psychology of Asian religions from M.A. coursework at the University of Hawaii in 1978. “Equations of Freedom with Enlightenment” analyzes Chinese Buddhism, Taoism, and Zen as to the meaning of liberation. Then “This World as a Symbolic Body of the Buddha” analyzes the Shingon Buddhist cosmology of Kukai and its Tantric…[Read more]
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Steve McCarty deposited Kompira Daigongen appearing to Kukai at Hashikura Temple in the group
Premodern Japanese History on Humanities Commons 3 years, 7 months ago
Hashikuradera, the inner sanctuary of Kompira-san on Shikoku island, defied the Meiji government and has kept Buddhism and Shinto on the same hallway to this day. This old map depicts the syncretic divinity Kompira Daigongen whirling through the air from Kompira-san or Elephant’s Head Mountain (upper left) to meet Kukai, just labeled the great…[Read more]
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Steve McCarty deposited Similar Proverbs in English, Japanese, and Chinese in the group
Premodern Japanese History on Humanities Commons 3 years, 7 months ago
A multilingual podcast, recorded in August 2005 by native speakers of English, Japanese, and Chinese, found proverbs with a similar meaning in each culture. The author arranged this podcast during a Translation class between Japanese and English with fourth year students at Shinonome University in Matsuyama, on Shikoku island in Western Japan.
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Peter Kornicki replied to the topic ADDITIONS TO DOCUMENTS in the discussion
Premodern Japanese History on Humanities Commons 3 years, 8 months ago
Following Ross’s example, I have uploaded a file containing a catalogue of a hitherto unknown collection of Japanese books in Denmark.
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Peter Kornicki created the doc Bramsen’s books in the group
Premodern Japanese History on Humanities Commons 3 years, 8 months ago
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