■Events　Nichibunken-IHJ Forum

2017-7-4  The 11th Nichibunken-IHJ Forum

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Speaker

“The Future of Sino-Japanese Relations Seen from Tanigawa Michio’s Research in Chinese History---Cultural Exchange and Intellectual Thoughts”
LI Ji Cang   Visiting Research Scholar, International Research Center for Japanese Studies

Tanigawa Michio (1925-2013) belonged to the Kyoto school of Oriental History, in a line with Naito Konan (1866-1934). Naito saw the history of Japan and China through periodization and Tanigawa developed this theory in his “Gozoku Kyodotai ron” (theory of communities led by local ruling families) in opposition to the then mainstream history seen through the rulings of the emperor, thus changing the way people perceived Chinese history. Tanigawa, who lived through Japan’s defeat in World War II and postwar, also had in his purview the dramatic history of modern China progressing through the construction of new China, the Cultural Revolution and reform and reopening.
Tanigawa’s take on history had a grand framework from China to Japan, from East Asia to the world and from history to the future, but its quintessence was rediscovering the patterns of human existence, stressing the importance of the solidarity of people and finding universality in it. In this forum Dr. Li will talk about the essence of Tanigawan history to shed light on the future of Sino-Japan relations.
*This lecture will be held in Japanese.

Commentator

Anwei Liu   Professor, Tokyo Institute of Technology

Commentator

ITO Takayuki   Professor, International Research Center for Japanese Studies

Place:

Lecture Hall, International House of Japan (Address: 5-11-16 Roppongi, Minato-ku, Tokyo 106-0032)

Start time:

18:30

End time:

20:00

Enrollment:

Required

Fee ：

Free

How to enroll:

Go to IHJ web site to register

Host:

International House of Japan

Co-host:

International Research Center for Japanese Studies