2020-3-10
■Events Nichibunken Forum
2020
The 335th Nichibunken Forum
2020-2-14
The 334th Nichibunken Forum
Intellectual Border-crossing and Interaction: Ozaki Hotsumi’s China Theory and the "Agrarian China School"
2020-1-14
The 333rd Nichibunken Forum
Regionality and Internationality in Swan Maiden Tales: By Way of Comparison between Japan and Korea
2019
2019-11-20
The 332nd Nichibunken Forum
Travel and Memories of the Asia-Pacific War: Japanese Impressions of the Papua New Guinea Campaign
2019-9-13
The 331st Nichibunken Forum
Hachiman: the Metamorphosis of a Deity
2019-7-5
The 330th Nichibunken Forum
Popular Religion Across Borders: The Relationship between Ōmoto and the Red Swastika Society in the Taisho and Early Showa eras
2019-6-14
The 329th Nichibunken Forum
Demons, Female Demons, and Mountain Witches: Relationship between Mountain Witches and Demons
2019-4-9
The 328th Nichibunken Forum
The Current Situation of Japanese studies in Vietnam
2019-3-12
The 327th Nichibunken Forum
The ideological origins of China’s modern revolution: Concerning the acceptance of state-founding
2019-2-12
The 326th Nichibunken Forum
On Animal Gift Giving in the International Relations of Ancient Japan
2019-1-11
The 325th Nichibunken Forum
A Tale of Feline Fiends and Mousy Men: The Otogizoshi Shuten Dōji and an Early Modern Parodic Handscroll
2018
2018-12-11
The 324th Nichibunken Forum
The Transformation of Family in Aged and Aging Societies in Asia:
2018-9-11
The 323rd Nichibunken Forum
A Comparison of ‛Disaster Literature' in Japan and Korea and Its Cultural Background
2018-6-12
The 322nd Nichibunken Forum
About Kanō Jigorō and Modern China: Intellectuality and Wisdom beyond the Times
2018-5-8
The 321st Nichibunken Forum
The Film War for Japan’s Collective War Memory
2018-4-10
The 320th Nichibunken Forum
Selecting Kyōchi in Japanese Zen Sub-Temples
2018-3-13
The 319th Nichibunken Forum
The Illustrated Textbook of Yukichi Fukuzawa,the Man who Led the People of Meiji Japan to Science: Unlocking Kinmō kyūri zukai
2018-2-13
The 318th Nichibunken Forum
The Eternal Resonance of the Hometown: Chinese Characteristics in Ōbaku Shōmyō
2018-1-9
The 317th Nichibunken Forum
Hugging Kannon: Visiting the 33 sites of Saigoku Pilgrimage
2017
2017-12-12
The 316th Nichibunken Forum
Making ‘Japan Tea’: The Transpacific Journey of Green Tea
2017-11-14
The 315th Nichibunken Forum
The Genius Loci of Katsura Imperial Villa: Ancient Myths and Culture in an Early Modern Japanese Garden
2017-10-10
The 314th Nichibunken Forum
Communication Cultures of Japan and Vietnam: Focusing on the Speech Acts of Meeting, Farewell, Praise and Refusal
2017-9-12
The 313th Nichibunken Forum
Cultural Exchanges 1200 years ago:
2017-7-25
The 312th Nichibunken Forum
Meiji Architect Itō Chūta: Travels through the Ottoman Empire
2017-6-13
The 311th Nichibunken Forum
Sino-Japanese Cultural Communication in Early Meiji as seen in “Conversation by Writing”
2017-5-9
The 310th Nichibunken Forum
Thinking about Dialect from Three “Reds” and Two “Colds”: The Meeting of Dialect and Typology
2017-4-11
The 309th Nichibunken Forum
Dressmaking in Modernity: A History of Changes in Japanese and Chinese Clothing Seen through My Mother’s Eyes
2017-2-10
The 308th Nichibunken Forum
Thinking about “the East Asian Safety Community” from Kyoto: Based on the Keywords of “Wars” “Disasters” and “History”
2017-1-10
The 307th Nichibunken Forum
Rethinking Early Modern Knowledge and Practicality: The Case of Baba Nobutake, a Kyoto Polymath
2016
2016-12-13
The 306th Nichibunken Forum
The North Korean Nuclear Issue and China’s New Policy Towards the Korean Peninsular
2016-11-15
The 305th Nichibunken Forum
Serbian Avant-garde Poetry and “Ancient Japanese Poetry”
2016-10-4
The 304th Nichibunken Forum
The Viewing Pleasures of Kinoshita Keisuke’s Films: The Forgotten Heart of Japan
2016-9-13
The 303rd Nichibunken Forum
Metamorphosing Yamato:
2016-7-12
The 302nd Nichibunken Forum
Pioneer of Modern Psychology in China- Daqi Chen’s Study in Japan and Beyond:From Clever Boy to Educationalist
2016-6-14
The 301st Nichibunken Forum
“Old but New”: Exploring the Diffusion of Japanese Culture from the Perspective of Haiku by Vietnamese People
2016-5-10
The 300th Nichibunken Forum
Lion Dance Connects East Asia
2016-4-12
The 299th Nichibunken Forum
Ningyōjōruri Bunraku:
2016-3-8
The 298th Nichibunken Forum
"The Inevitability of the Modern" and Japanese Conservatism: Lessons from Fukuda Tsuneari (1912-1994)
2016-2-19
The 297th Nichibunken Forum
Remembering the Russo-Japanese War in Russian Literature：
2016-1-5
The 296th Nichibunken Forum
Humour in Japanese Art:
2015
2015-12-1
The 295th Nichibunken Forum
How Should Japan and China Get Along
2015-11-17
The 294th Nichibunken Forum
A View of East Asian History Through The Railway
2015-10-13
The 293rd Nichibunken Forum
The Basis of Law, Education and Culture: Lessons from Tanaka Kōtarō (1890-1974)
2015-9-15
The 292nd Nichibunken Forum
Why is He so Loved and so Hated？ Susano’o no Mikoto as Literary Character
2015-7-7
The 291st Nichibunken Forum
Onna Mono: On the Appearance and Representation of “Women” in Japanese Traditional Performing Arts
2015-6-11
The 290th Nichibunken Forum
The Goddess of Fire and the Man Who became a God: On the 16th Century Ido Tea Bowl
2015-5-12
The 289th Nichibunken Forum
Chiang Kai Shek’s Perspective on Japan
2015-4-14
The 288th Nichibunken Forum
Changing Perceptions of Japan from the High Growth Era through the “Lost Decades”
2015-3-10
The 287th Nichibunken Forum
"My Research on Japanese Film and Soft Power Diplomacy"
2015-2-10
The 286th Nichibunken Forum
"Buddhism and Pacifism: Challenges For Japanese Buddhism"
2015-1-13
The 285th Nichibunken Forum
"Globalization and the Metamorphosis of Popular Culture in Japan: Analyzing the Taiga Drama Television Series"
2014
2014-12-12
The 284th Nichibunken Forum
"Breaking a Taboo: Researching and Exhibiting Shunga Erotic Art"
2014-11-27
The 283rd Nichibunken Forum
"Observations on Metaphor in Classical Japanese Literature: With Focus on Poetic Language, Translation and Expansions of Metaphor"
2014-10-14
The 282nd Nichibunken Forum
"On Japanese Aesthetics as Seen in the First Books in which Japan Introduced Itself to the World"
2014-9-16
The 281st Nichibunken Forum
"Goto Shinpei Studies: A Chinese Perspective"
2014-7-8
The 280th Nichibunken Forum
"Buddhist Socialism in Japan: Seno'o Girō and the Youth League for Revitalizing Buddhism"
2014-6-10
The 279th Nichibunken Forum
"Between Religion and the Secular: On the Gion Matsuri and Festivals in Sardinia"
2014-5-13
The 278th Nichibunken Forum
"The Shanghai Uchiyama Bookstore: A Cultural Link between China and Japan"
2014-4-8
The 277th Nichibunken Forum
"The Mid-nineteenth Century Russian Empire as Seen by Mori Arinori: Images False and True"
2014-3-11
The 276th Nichibunken Forum
"Representations of “kawaii”: Its Formation and Development"
2014-2-12
The 275th Nichibunken Forum
"The Teachings of the Bedchamber in Late Imperial China: On Popular Sexology Imported from Meiji Japan"
2014-1-21
The 274th Nichibunken Forum
"The Scenery of the Other: 19th Century East Asia as Seen in Western Pictorial Newspapers"
2013
2013-12-10
The 273rd Nichibunken Forum
"A Modern History of Noh Drama and the Colonies"
2013-11-5
The 272nd Nichibunken Forum
"Thoughts on Tradition and Tourism:
2013-10-8
The 271st Nichibunken Forum
"The Japanese-Language Literature of Brazil"
2013-9-20
The 270th Nichibunken Forum
"Speaking of Shunga, Spoken by Shunga:
2013-7-9
The 269th Nichibunken Forum
"European Nobility and Japanese Beauty: About an Unknown 17th Century Japonism"
2013-6-11
The 268th Nichibunken Forum
"Thinking on the Spirits of Mimizuka"
2013-5-14
The 267th Nichibunken Forum
"Esoteric Buddhist Monks and Kami Worship in Medieval Japan: On the Ryôbu Shintô Traditions at Ise and Miwa"
2013-4-9
The 266th Nichibunken Forum
"The Worlds of the East and West as Seen in Transmission of the Fighting Arts"
2013-3-12
The 265th Nichibunken Forum
“Encounters with the Non-human in Japanese Theatre: Spirits, Animals, Technology”
2013-2-12
The 264th Nichibunken Forum
“Shifting Discourses on Similarity and Difference in Chinese and Japanese Culture: With Reference to Modern Academia in Japan and West”
2013-1-15
The 263rd Nichibunken Forum
“The History of Theatre in Sri Lanka and the Impact upon It of Japanese Traditional Theatre”
2012
2012-12-11
The 262nd Nichibunken Forum
“On Medieval Japanese Culture: Karamono and Zen Fads among the Upper Classes”
2012-11-6
The 261st Nichibunken Forum
“From “Pan-Europa” to “the Beautiful Country”: Coudenhove-Kalergi and Japan”
2012-10-9
The 260th Nichibunken Forum
“Religious Culture in 16/17th Century Japan in the Accounts of European Missionaries”
2012-9-11
The 259th Nichibunken Forum
“An Invitation to Chinese Culture: The Perspective from Chinese Characters”
2012-7-10
The 258th Nichibunken Forum
“Images True and False: Chinese Style Research on Japan”
2012-6-12
The 257th Nichibunken Forum
“Archetypical Cinematographic Style in Japanese Cinema”
2012-5-15
The 256th Nichibunken Forum
“Self-other Recognition and Modern Japanese and Chinese Intellectuals: An Intellectual History Approach”
2012-4-10
The 255th Nichibunken Forum
“Memory and Commemorationin the Modern History of East Asia”
2012-3-13
The 254th Nichibunken Forum
“Assassination and Advice Reading Kano Shigenobu's “Folding Screens: Mirror of the Emperor, Kanyo Palace””
2012-2-14
The 253rd Nichibunken Forum
“The Path to a Life Fulfilled: KaibaraEkiken and His “Lessons for Life””
2012-1-17
The 252nd Nichibunken Forum
“Classical Literature as a Source of Vietnam Faith and Convention”
2011
2011-12-13
The 251st Nichibunken Forum
“Resistance and Despair: An Inquiry into “Pro-Japanese” Discourses in Korea”
2011-11-8
The 250th Nichibunken Forum
“Golden Age of Modern Japan: The Life and Times of Emperor Taisho”
2011-10-11
The 249th Nichibunken Forum
“A Dialogue between Art and Colonialism: On the First Manchukuo Art Exhibition as State Strategy”
2011-9-13
The 248th Nichibunken Forum
“Japanese Language Education and the State of Japanese Studies in Vietnam”
2011-7-12
The 247th Nichibunken Forum
“From Takeshima to the “Korean Wave”: The Interface of Japanese and Korean “Geopolitical Mentalities””
2011-6-14
The 246th Nichibunken Forum
“ZHU Shunshui and Japan”
2011-5-17
The 245th Nichibunken Forum
“The Manchurian Research of the Kantō Governor General's Office”
2011-4-26
The 244th Nichibunken Forum
“The Orphan in Postwar Japanese Cinema”
2011-3-9
The 243rd Nichibunken Forum
“Hagiwara Sakutaro and Modern Japan: A Pioneer for His Time”
2011-2-15
The 242nd Nichibunken Forum
“The Laughter of Yaji and Kita that Transcends Time and Space: From Novel to Ukiyoe”
2011-1-18
The 241st Nichibunken Forum
“Modern Japan in the Works of Russian Refugees”
2010
2010-12-14
The 240th Nichibunken Forum
“The Thought and Literature of Oda Makoto: Writing Short-Stories as Holistic Novels”
2010-11-9
The 239th Nichibunken Forum
“Contemporary Japanese Criticism and Korean Arts”
2010-10-12
The 238th Nichibunken Forum
“Japanese-style Education in Brazil before World War II: Transnational and Transcultural Practices”
2010-9-14
The 237th Nichibunken Forum
“War, Memory and Imagination: on Hideyoshi's Invasions of Korea (The Imjin War)”
2010-7-13
The 236th Nichibunken Forum
“Place Names in Early Japanese Poetry: Observations from an English Literary Perspective”
2010-6-8
The 235th Nichibunken Forum
“What Does It Mean to Translate
2010-5-11
The 234th Nichibunken Forum
“Chiang Kai-shek’s Personality and Japan’s Role in Its Formation”
2010-4-13
The 233rd Nichibunken Forum
“Depiction and Imagination: Landscape in Bashō’s Haibun”
2010-3-9
The 232nd Nichibunken Forum
“On the Formation and Transmission of Gagaku in East Asia”
2010-2-9
The 231st Nichibunken Forum
“The Formation of Japanese Culture and Its Particularity”
2010-1-19
The 230th Nichibunken Forum
“Dancing with Monkeys, Flying with Eagles: Research on the Digitization of Cultural Heritage in Virtual Space”
2009
2009-12-8
The 229th Nichibunken Forum
“Kaichō and the Culture of Secret Buddhas in Early Modern Japan”
2009-11-16
The 228th Nichibunken Forum
“Modern Buddhism from the Viewpoint of Secularization: A Comparison between Japan and Vietnum”
2009-10-26
The 227th Nichibunken Forum
“Korean Sunjeong Manhwa and Japanese Shoujo Manga”
2009-9-8
The 226th Nichibunken Forum
“Japanese Engineers and French Engineers: Actors of Innovation”
2009-7-14
The 225th Nichibunken Forum
“The Emperor’s Gift: Meiji Diplomatic History”
2009-5-12
The 224th Nichibunken Forum
“Changing States and Nations in a Globalized World”
2009-4-14
The 223rd Nichibunken Forum
“Genealogy of “Media-Mix”: Modern Japanese Literature, Bestsellers, and Visual Culture”
2009-3-9
The 222nd Nichibunken Forum
“Biographies of 'Unknown' People in the Edo Period”
2009-2-17
The 221st Nichibunken Forum
“Naito Konan's Influence on Chinese Scholars”
2009-1-16
The 220th Nichibunken Forum
“Shiga Naoya's View of the Kansai Region”
2008
2008-12-10
The 219th Nichibunken Forum
“The Adaptation of Western Genres in Japanese Popular Music: Case Studies in Children's Songs, Hip-Hop, and Reggae”
2008-11-12
The 218th Nichibunken Forum
“The Joint Practice of Zen and Pure Land in Japan: A Look at the Obaku School ”
2008-10-9
The 217th Nichibunken Forum
“Lu Xun's Transborder into Japan on Kaizou during the 1930ｓ”
2008-9-11
The 216th Nichibunken Forum
“What Japanese Studies in Korea Can Tell Us”
2008-7-9
The 215th Nichibunken Forum
“Strange Words in the Man'yōshū and Distribution of the Ainu Language in the Japanese Islands in Prehistory”
2008-6-11
The 214th Nichibunken Forum
“The Approach of a European towards Japanese Religions: The Dialogues of Emile Guimet with Japanese Monks and Priests”
2008-5-14
The 213th Nichibunken Forum
“Korean Residents in Japan Seen through Their Novels in the Golden Age”
2008-4-23
The 212th Nichibunken Forum
“A Comparison of Industrialists in Modern Japan and China: Shibusawa Eiichi and Zhang Jian”
2008-3-18
The 211th Nichibunken Forum
An Arctic Passage to the Far East: The Visit of the Swedish Vega Expedition to Meiji Japan in 1879
2008-2-26
The 210th Nichibunken Forum
The Culture of Kansai's Jazz Cafés
2008-1-16
The 209th Nichibunken Forum
Before, During, and After Zen: Venerative Practices, Buddhism, and the World of Merit in Premodern Japan
2007
2007-12-12
The 208th Nichibunken Forum
Light Shed on Sino-Japanese Cultural Exchanges by Archeological ArtifactFound in China: The Wadô Kaihô Coin and the Grave Stone of Sei Shinsei (an Envoy to the Tang Court)
2007-11-14
The 207th Nichibunken Forum
Ideal Flowers of Entertainment: Comparing Korean gisaeng and the Japanese yujô
2007-10-10
The 206th Nichibunken Forum
Touring "Beautiful" Korea in Pre-war Japan
2007-9-11
The 205th Nichibunken Forum
Understanding Japanese Women and Culture through Miyamoto Tsuneichi's Works
2007-7-25
The 204th Nichibunken Forum
The Wrath of the Deity Kôjin and the Great Hanshin-AwajiEarthquake in Awaji Island, Japan
2007-6-13
The 203rd Nichibunken Forum
Cultural Conception of "Ki" and "Kokoro":Linguistic Perspectives on Japanese and Thai Mentality
2007-5-16
The 202nd Nichibunken Forum
Images of Japan in Tang Dynasty Literature
2007-4-18
The 201st Nichibunken Forum
Transnational Learning in Iran: Integrating a Japanese EducationalModel
2007-3-13
The 200th Nichibunken Forum
Tea for Enjoyment and tea as Accomplishment: A Chinese Perspectiveon Cha no yu
2007-2-13
The 199th Nichibunken Forum
Theories of Japanese Buddhism: Factors and Means in TheirDevelopment (read by Prof. KASAYA because of speaker's illness)
2007-1-16
The 198th Nichibunken Forum
Indo-Japan Relations and Japanese Studies in India:MiyazawaKenji�s Vegetarianism
2006
2006-12-13
The 197th Nichibunken Forum
Tales of Foreign Ships: How did Images of Ships Change atthte End of the Edo Period
2006-11-14
The 196th Nichibunken Forum
The Japanese Pantheon Represented on Paper Charms
2006-10-10
The 195th Nichibunken Forum
Japan-related Content in the New Zealand High Schools' SocialStudies Curriculum
2006-9-19
The 194th Nichibunken Forum
Creating the Pacific Islands: Images and Representationsby Their "Discoverers"
2006-7-11
The 193rd Nichibunken Forum
Views on Modernization and Change in Rural Villages: Japaneseand China Compared
2006-6-13
The 192nd Nichibunken Forum
Japanese Writers in Xinjing During the Manchuko Period (1932-1945)
2006-5-16
The 191st Nichibunken Forum
The Representation of Kyoto Culture by 18c Korean Embassies
2006-4-18
The 190th Nichibunken Forum
The Influence of Japanese Oni in theKorean Imagination of Tokebi(monsters)
2006-3-14
The 189th Nichibunken Forum
Kokugo as Myth: Language Modernization in Japanand Egypt
2006-2-21
The 188th Nichibunken Forum
A Longing for Suburban Retreat: Suburban Aesthetic Spacein Early Modern Japan
2006-1-10
The 187th Nichibunken Forum
Representing the 'Female' Body in Kabuki -Ryûkôsai and His Contemporaries-
2005
2005-12-20
The 186th Nichibunken Forum
Why Are Korean Young People Attracted to Contemporary JapaneseNovels
2005-11-16
The 185th Nichibunken Forum
Archaeology and Writing: Kanji Culture in Ancient Japan
2005-10-11
The 184th Nichibunken Forum
Korean Views on O-bon Festivities in Japan
2005-9-20
The 183rd Nichibunken Forum
Mediance and Sustainability in Japanese Habitation
2005-7-12
The 182nd Nichibunken Forum
Overcoming the Haunted History of the Korea-Japan Relationship:A Personal Attempt
2005-6-14
The 181st Nichibunken Forum
The Worship of Confucius in Tokugawa Japan
2005-5-10
The 180th Nichibunken Forum
Issues in the Contemporary history of Korea and Japan-1973to 1988-
2005-4-12
The 179th Nichibunken Forum
The Idea of "the Path" in Medieval Discussionsof Noh
2005-3-8
The 178th Nichibunken Forum
Media Communication in Asia: Japanesse TV Dramas inthe Eyes of Chinese Univeristy Students
2005-2-8
The 177th Nichibunken Forum
I felt something ominous about this coincidence...:Ryunosuke Akutagawa's "Cogwheels", Strindberg andInsanity
2005-1-11
The 176th Nichibunken Forum
Mishima Yukio as Nationalist: The Postwar Starting Point
2004
2004-12-14
The 175th Nichibunken Forum
More Than a Liturgist: The Buddhist Priest as Mediator inEarly Modern Village Society
2004-11-9
The 174th Nichibunken Forum
Foreign Students in Meiji Japan and Civilization and Enlightenment
2004-10-19
The 173rd Nichibunken Forum
What's "Japanese" about Japanese Shamanism
2004-9-14
The 172nd Nichibunken Forum
Death of a Salesman: Service Overtime, The Gulf War and Karoshi
2004-7-13
The 171st Nichibunken Forum
The Unknown Utamaro: A Poetic/Grammatical Analysis of ATournament of Comic Poems about a Multitude of Birds
2004-6-8
The 170th Nichibunken Forum
A Comparison of Suicide among Modern Japanese and ChineseWriters
2004-5-11
The 169th Nichibunken Forum
Alternate Attendance(sankin kotai)and Japanese Culture
2004-4-13
The 168th Nichibunken Forum
Furyu: The Practice of Aesthetic Lifein East Asia
2003
2003-12-9
The 167th Nichibunken Forum
WHERE PEOPLE MEET DEITIES: Form and Structure of Sacred Placesin the Miyaiko Islands, Okinawa
2003-11-11
The 166th Nichibunken Forum
Naruse Jinzo's Family Reform Movement and Its Influence inAsia
2003-10-14
The 165th Nichibunken Forum
Abe Tomoji's Depiction of Peking
2003-9-9
The 164th Nichibunken Forum
The Material Culture of Contemporary Japanese Homes
2003-7-8
The 163rd Nichibunken Forum
Bulgarian Views of the Japanese Culture: About Its Perceptionand Translated Japanese Fiction
2003-6-10
The 162nd Nichibunken Forum
Is It Possible to Translate Poetry
2003-5-20
The 161st Nichibunken Forum
Becoming the Messengers of the Kami:Play in House-blessing Ritual
2003-4-8
The 160th Nichibunken Forum
Prewar Japanese City Making in Manchuria
2003-3-11
The 159th Nichibunken Forum
The Myth of Monolingualism: Language and the Nation-state
2003-2-18
The 158th Nichibunken Forum
The Hidden Modernity in Anchoretal Landscape Paintings-"Reading" TomiokaTessai-
2003-1-14
The 157th Nichibunken Forum
Private Violence and Public Virtue in Late Tokugawa Japan
2002
2002-12-10
The 156th Nichibunken Forum
The Body in Question: Medicine and Culture in Meiji Japan
2002-11-5
The 155th Nichibunken Forum
JINDAI MOJI and Japanese Chiristianity - The Kokugaku (Nativist)Movement and Japanese Character Reform-
2002-10-8
The 154th Nichibunken Forum
From Transmission to Tradition-Remarks on " Enlightenment" inPremodern Japan
2002-9-10
The 153rd Nichibunken Forum
Special Pictorial Features of Paintings of Beautiful Womenin the 18th and 19th Centuries
2002-7-9
The 152nd Nichibunken Forum
Buildings and Power: The Problem of Tokyo Architectural Spaceat thte Beginning of Meiji Period
2002-6-11
The 151st Nichibunken Forum
China-Japan Relations and Mutual Understanding
2002-5-14
The 150th Nichibunken Forum
A Zen Psychological Outlook on Life
2002-4-9
The 149th Nichibunken Forum
Social Networks and Samurai Protocols in Early Rakuchu RakugaiScreens: The Case of the Sanjo Screens
2002-3-12
The 148th Nichibunken Forum
The Comparative Studies of Japan and Korea in Language andCulture
2002-2-12
The 147th Nichibunken Forum
Onomatopoeia and Its Rhetorical Use in Modern Japanese Poetry
2002-1-15
The 146th Nichibunken Forum
Pro-Japanese Buddhism and Korea Society
2001
2001-12-11
The 145th Nichibunken Forum
Oba Minako's "Three Crabs": Mini-Skirt Boom & GenderRelationship
2001-11-13
The 144th Nichibunken Forum
Close-Kin Marriage in Japan and Clan Exogamy in China
2001-10-9
The 143rd Nichibunken Forum
The Japanese-Korean Linguistic Area in Ancient Times: Deities,Countries, and People
2001-9-18
The 142nd Nichibunken Forum
Charity in Hagiographic Texts
2001-7-10
The 141st Nichibunken Forum
Rethinking Chushingura-Three Hundred Years of the Forty-SevenRonin-
2001-6-12
The 140th Nichibunken Forum
Creating the Foundation of Contemporary Chinese Architecture-ZhaoDongri, an Architect Trained in Japan and Diet Hall of P.R.China-
2001-5-8
The 139th Nichibunken Forum
Toward a New Understanding of Haiku in the West
2001-4-10
The 138th Nichibunken Forum
A Comparison between Chinese and Japanese Names-Consanguinityand Sociality of Relatives-
2001-3-6
The 137th Nichibunken Forum
What are Buddhist Percepts
2001-2-6
The 136th Nichibunken Forum
Millionaire's Mountain-A Comparative View on Early ModernBusiness Organization in Japan and Europe-
2000
2000-12-12
The 135th Nichibunken Forum
Meiji Japan Seen from the Eyes of Chinese Intellectuals-RereadingTravel Journals-
2000-11-14
The 134th Nichibunken Forum
KAGE (Light � Shade) in Japanese-Searching forthe Roots of Japanese Culture-
2000-10-10
The 133rd Nichibunken Forum
Who Can't Read and Write
2000-9-12
The 132nd Nichibunken Forum
What is 'mono no aware' anyway
2000-7-11
The 131st Nichibunken Forum
Obon and Orthdox Chiristian Pentecost-Comparative Approach-
2000-6-13
The 130th Nichibunken Forum
Dejima-Nagasaki-Japan-The World: The Nostalgic Journeys ofSadakichi Hartman (1871-1945) and Tomisaburo Kuraba (nee ThomasAlbert Glover 1871-1944), Two men from the International Settlement
2000-5-9
The 129th Nichibunken Forum
The "5•7•5", Meter in Japan and Korea
2000-4-11
The 128th Nichibunken Forum
The Western Boundary of Asia
2000-3-14
The 127th Nichibunken Forum
The Imperial Family and the Establishment of the JapaneseRed Cross Society
2000-2-8
The 126th Nichibunken Forum
Lion Dance in East Asia-Its Tradition and Genealogy-
2000-1-11
The 125th Nichibunken Forum
Oh, Night and Divine - A Comparison between Japanese andEuropean New Year Customs-
1999
1999-12-14
The 124th Nichibunken Forum
Demons Once Were Real - A Reading of "The Tale of LordHaseo " Scroll-
1999-11-16
The 123rd Nichibunken Forum
Japan Sailors in Russia in Edo Period
1999-10-12
The 122nd Nichibunken Forum
Kanbun for the XXIst Century- The Future of Dead Languages-
1999-9-7
The 121st Nichibunken Forum
On Some Observations of the Yi Dynasty's Envoys in EarlyMeiji Era of Japan
1999-7-13
The 120th Nichibunken Forum
Witnessing Violence in Persona Lives and in Society in PsychotherapyClinical Situations
1999-6-8
The 119th Nichibunken Forum
On Words-Characteristics of Japanese Culture Reflected inWords of Japanese Language-
1999-5-11
The 118th Nichibunken Forum
Naito Konan's Handwriting-His Poem Exalting the Tomb of KingTaejo, the Founder of the Koryo Dynasty
1999-4-13
The 117th Nichibunken Forum
On Translating Ishikawa Jun's Legend of Gold and Other Stories
1999-3-16
The 116th Nichibunken Forum
What's the Translator Doing to Our Poems
1999-2-9
The 115th Nichibunken Forum
Japan's Democracy-The Callenges Presented by Okinawa
1999-1-12
The 114th Nichibunken Forum
A Cosmological Approach to Symbolosm of "The Middle"
1998
1998-12-8
The 113th Nichibunken Forum
The Rise of Regionalism and Japan's Role in East Asia
1998-11-10
The 112th Nichibunken Forum
The Michiyuki in Japanese Performing Arts
1998-10-6
The 111th Nichibunken Forum
AIGAN Start of Yasuoka Shotaro's "Afterthe War"
1998-9-8
The 110th Nichibunken Forum
Problems of Japanese Education as Reflected in ProjectiveDrawing Tests
1998-7-14
The 109th Nichibunken Forum
Classical Allusion as Special Poetic Image: Zhuangzi's Butterflyin the World of Haikai
1998-6-9
The 108th Nichibunken Forum
A Cultural Geography of Cosmetics
1998-5-19
The 107th Nichibunken Forum
The Cinematic Body in the Work of Kansai Mieko
1998-4-7
The 106th Nichibunken Forum
Ghost and Monsters in Edo Literature
1998-3-3
The 105th Nichibunken Forum
Japanese Spirit and Chinese/Western Lernings: Japanese CulturalCharactteristics as Seen in Vocabulary and Writing System
1998-2-10
The 104th Nichibunken Forum
A Medieval Zen Heretic- Ikkyu Sojun and His Writings
1998-1-13
The 103rd Nichibunken Forum
Some Observations on Kyoto: An Experience of a Korean CulturalAnthropologist
1997
1997-12-9
The 102nd Nichibunken Forum
From Monkey to Nun-KYOGEN Actors' Roles of Passage
1997-11-11
The 101st Nichibunken Forum
Japan and the Japanese- A Look from Outside
1997-10-14
1997-9-9
The 99th Nichibunken Forum
Behind the Scenes of "The Chrysanthemumand the Sword"
1997-7-8
The 98th Nichibunken Forum
Literature of the Other Side- Recovery from Modernity
1997-6-10
The 97th Nichibunken Forum
The World of Tokugawa Merchants: Mitsui Takafusa "SomeObservations on Merchants"
1997-5-13
The 96th Nichibunken Forum
Pure Land Buddhist Thought and Language -Why did Ippen Compose Waka and Shinran Not
1997-4-15
The 95th Nichibunken Forum
Weak Thought: A Look at the Future of Hermeneutics
1997-3-18
The 94th Nichibunken Forum
Bento(Lanch Box) and Japanese Culture
1997-2-18
The 93rd Nichibunken Forum
Japan Through Its Language
1997-1-21
The 92nd Nichibunken Forum
Information and Culture in Nara Japan
1996
1996-12-17
The 91st Nichibunken Forum
Chinese Borrowings from the Japanese Language
1996-11-26
The 90th Nichibunken Forum
Chinese Diplomats in Early Meiji Japan
1996-10-1
The 89th Nichibunken Forum
Shakushi Rice Scoop�Woman�Soul: Shakushi in JapaneseFolk Beliefs
1996-9-10
The 88th Nichibunken Forum
The Realm of Evil Spirits
1996-7-30
The 87th Nichibunken Forum
Chikuzen Biwa: A Lute Tells about Culture
1996-6-11
The 86th Nichibunken Forum
Sumo as a Social Construction
1996-5-28
The 85th Nichibunken Forum
The Secret Life of Plants in the Noh Theatre
1996-4-16
The 84th Nichibunken Forum
Gothic Fiction in Modern Japanese Literature
1996-3-12
The 83rd Nichibunken Forum
The Foundation of Japanese Modern Art History: Neologismsin Modern Art Criticism
1996-2-13
The 82nd Nichibunken Forum
Snow: Real and Imaginary
1996-1-16
The 81st Nichibunken Forum
Japanese Modernity and Asia:; The Case of Painting
1995
1995-12-19
The 80th Nichibunken Forum
Internationalization of Haiku: Some Aspects of Haiku Movementin Europe
1995-11-28
The 79th Nichibunken Forum
Toyotomi Hideyoshi and the Art of Kodaiji Temple, Kyoto
1995-10-17
The 78th Nichibunken Forum
The Origin and Philosophical Development of Thunder God inJapan and China
1995-9-26
The 77th Nichibunken Forum
Honorific Expressions in Japan and China
1995-7-25
The 76th Nichibunken Forum
A Comparative Study of "Han(Grudge)" in Japaneseand Korean Cultures
1995-6-6
The 75th Nichibunken Forum
Women Artists in Edo Period Japan
1995-5-9
The 74th Nichibunken Forum
The Origin of Waka Poem: Myth and History
1995-4-11
The 73rd Nichibunken Forum
The Narrative Tradition in Japanese Music: The Changing Roleof Melodic Patterns
1995-3-14
The 72nd Nichibunken Forum
The Analects and the Abacus: Shibusawa Eiichi and the Developmentof Capitalism in Japan
1995-2-14
The 71st Nichibunken Forum
A Comparison of the Creationj Myths Represented in JapaneseAncient Documents (Kojiki nad Nihonshoki) with Those of OtherCultures in East Asia
1995-1-10
The 70th Nichibunken Forum
Netsuke-in the Collection of the State Hermitage Museum-
1994
1994-12-20
The 69th Nichibunken Forum
Mechanisms of Cross-Cultural Friction: A View from JapaneseExpressions
1994-11-15
The 68th Nichibunken Forum
The Healthyt Diet in China and Japan: A Comparative Studyof Culinary Culture
1994-9-13
The 67th Nichibunken Forum
Imaginary Funeral Procession of Toyotomi Hideyoshi (1536-1598)
1994-7-12
The 66th Nichibunken Forum
Observations on the Heian Vernacular
1994-6-14
The 65th Nichibunken Forum
Seduction and Repulsion: Shanghai in the Japanese Imagination
1994-5-10
The 64th Nichibunken Forum
Introducing Contemporary Japan in the Phillippines: Issuesand Perspectives
1994-4-12
The 63rd Nichibunken Forum
Literacy and Modern Literarutre in the Izumo Region, 1880-1930
1994-3-8
The 62nd Nichibunken Forum
Watsuji's Theory of Milleu and Its present Meaning
1994-2-8
The 61st Nichibunken Forum
A View on Japanese Culture and Literature from Outside: TheMain Characteristics of Haiku
1994-1-18
The 60th Nichibunken Forum
Nature and Forgery: Conspiracy in the Works of Inoue Yasushi
1993
1993-12-14
The 59th Nichibunken Forum
Historic Relations between Japan and Belgium: From NambanArt to Western Learing
1993-11-9
The 58th Nichibunken Forum
The Notion fo Impermanence in East and West
1993-10-12
The 57th Nichibunken Forum
Ogyu Sorai in Tokugawa Japanese Thought
1993-9-14
The 56th Nichibunken Forum
Comparative Study of Japanese and Korean Culture on the Viewof Traditional Mathematics
1993-7-13
The 55th Nichibunken Forum
Narrating Tears: Discourse in Heian Leterature
1993-6-8
The 54th Nichibunken Forum
Epocal Choice in 10th Century Japan and Korea: Chinese CivilService Examination System
1993-5-11
The 53rd Nichibunken Forum
The Symbolic Load of the Selected Royal Bride: Status Culture,Old and New
1993-4-13
The 52nd Nichibunken Forum
The Thought and Practice of Mnodern Japanese Intellectuals:The Case of Arishima Takeo (1878-1923)
1993-3-9
The 51st Nichibunken Forum
Charles L. Freer (1854-1919) and the Freer Gallery of Art:A Collection of Japanese Art in America
1993-2-9
The 50th Nichibunken Forum
Between Legend and History: The Religious Life of Hojo Masako
1993-1-12
The 49th Nichibunken Forum
A Comparative View on the Reception of Christianity in Japanand Korea
1992
1992-12-8
The 48th Nichibunken Forum
Japanese Firms and Technology: Trasfer in Asia
1992-11-10
The 47th Nichibunken Forum
On the Medical and Cultural History of Syphilis in Japan
1992-10-13
The 46th Nichibunken Forum
Intution and Basho's Haiku
1992-9-8
The 45th Nichibunken Forum
Chinese Images of Shotoku Taishi
1992-7-14
The 44th Nichibunken Forum
Japanese Society Viewed from Australia
1992-6-9
The 43rd Nichibunken Forum
From Heiho to Bugei : The Development of Martial Arts inTokugawa Japan
1992-5-12
The 42nd Nichibunken Forum
Reading and Translating: Tanizaki Recent Trends in America
1992-4-14
The 41st Nichibunken Forum
Japanese Art in Czechoslovakia
1992-3-10
The 40th Nichibunken Forum
The poet Masaoka Shiki (1867-1902) and the Essays of theMeiji Period
1992-1-14
The 39th Nichibunken Forum
Is India Too Far From Japan
1991
1991-12-10
The 38th Nichibunken Forum
The Role of Korean Buddhism in the Anciest Japanese Buddhism
1991-11-12
The 37th Nichibunken Forum
The Origins of Japanese Language: In Search of the RelationshipBetween Japanes and Korean Languages as well as Ancient ChineseBone and Tortoise-Shell Inscriptions
1991-10-8
The 36th Nichibunken Forum
The Image of the Japanese in Chinese Poetry
1991-9-10
The 35th Nichibunken Forum
A Forgotten Corner of Asia: Fifty Years of Burma-Japan Relations
1991-7-9
The 34th Nichibunken Forum
German Unification and the Mori-Ogai-Gedenkstatte in Berliin
1991-6-11
The 33rd Nichibunken Forum
Haiku in India
1991-5-14
The 32nd Nichibunken Forum
In the Footsteps of Engelbert Kaempfer: Kyoto 300 Years Ago
1991-4-9
The 31st Nichibunken Forum
Literature of Tanizaki Junichiro in Poland
1991-3-5
The 30th Nichibunken Forum
Japanese Garden Information and Barroque Europe: the Voyageof Georg Meister
1991-2-12
The 29th Nichibunken Forum
Translation of Japanese Literature in the USSR: From Ancientto Modern
1991-1-8
The 28th Nichibunken Forum
Birth and Development of "The Tale ofthe Heike"(Book one) from the Linguistic Pointof View
1990
1990-11-13
The 27th Nichibunken Forum
A Comparative Study of the Relationship between Lord andVassal: Japanese Tales on Yoshitsune and the Egyptian Legendof Sultan Baibars
1990-10-9
The 26th Nichibunken Forum
Buddhism and Social Action in Contemporary Japan
1990-9-11
The 25th Nichibunken Forum
Customs of the New Year: China and Japan
1990-7-10
The 24th Nichibunken Forum
The Tragedy of Lu Xun and Natsume Soseki from the Viewpointof Cultural Tradition
1990-6-12
The 23rd Nichibunken Forum
Murakami Haruki: The Anatomy of a Myth
1990-5-8
The 22nd Nichibunken Forum
Kakinomoto no Hitomaro: "Originality" inJapanese Literature
1990-4-10
The 21st Nichibunken Forum
Forgotton Soldierss: Indian Students in Japan During WorldWar II
1990-2-13
1990-1-9
The 19th Nichibunken Forum
The Rhetoric of Edoism
1989
1989-12-12
The 18th Nichibunken Forum
Foreigh Workers in Japan and Japan's Internationalization
1989-11-14
The 17th Nichibunken Forum
A Comparison of Japanese and American Social Structure: AsSeen Through the Example of the Regional Development Policy-MakingProcess
1989-10-3
The 16th Nichibunken Forum
The Chinese Who Came to Japan in the Yayoi Period
1989-9-12
The 15th Nichibunken Forum
Smallpox Deity and Smallpox Pictures in Later Edo Period
1989-8-8
The 14th Nichibunken Forum
Problem in the Study of Modern Japanese Literature
1989-7-11
The 13th Nichibunken Forum
The Meaning of State Shinto for Present-day Japan
1989-6-13
1989-5-9
The 11th Nichibunken Forum
The Moneylenders of Medieval Kyoto: Freedom and Constraintsin Urban Society
1989-4-11
The 10th Nichibunken Forum
Educational Funding and Japan's Postewar Growth
1989-2-14
The 9th Nichibunken Forum
Meiji Japan: Viewed through the Eyes of Chinese Students
1988
1988-12-13
The 8th Nichibunken Forum
The Letters of Eshinni, Buddhist Woman of Medieval Japan
1988-10-11
The 7th Nichibunken Forum
Images of Woman Japanese Fiction: Reality and Fantasy
1988-8-9
The 6th Nichibunken Forum
On Popular Entertainment in the Late Edo Period :Focussingon the "ken" Game
1988-6-14
The 5th Nichibunken Forum
Problems in the Studies of Oshio Heihachiro
1988-4-19
The 4th Nichibunken Forum
Differences between Eastern and Western Civilizations AsSeen in Gardens
1988-2-19
The 3rd Nichibunken Forum
Modernization of Sumo
1987
1987-12-11
The 2nd Nichibunken Forum
The Formation of Documents in the Namban Period and the Developmentof Nambangaku
1987-10-12