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■Conferences/Symposiums 　Nichibunken Thursday Seminar

2020

2019

2019-9-19
The 259th Nichibunken Thursday Seminar
Proposal from the Team for Coordination between Projects to make Effective Use of Research Results in Japan-related Documents Artifacts Held Overseas: NIHU International Collaborative Research Utilization

2018

2017

2017-10-19
The 241st Nichibunken Thursday Seminar
A Comparative Reading of Nichibunken’s First Thirty Years: On The Emergence of A New Japanology, “Three Scholars in Dialogue On The ‘Nichibunken Problem’”, and When Nichibunken Was Young

2016

2015

2015-9-17
The 220th Nichibunken Thursday Seminar
Judgments on Two Recent Books by Professor Kuramoto Kazuhiro:In the Shadows of the Imperial Succession in the Heian Period [the 'Mad' Emperors] (KADOKAWA,2014) and The Birth of 'Travel' along the Tokaido] (Kawade Shobo Shinsha,2015)

2014

2013

2013-12-19
The 203rd Nichibunken Thursday Seminar
The Fate of Historical Documents Relating to Former Colonies: The Disposal of Documents by Japan and the Appropriation of Documents by GHQ
2013-4-18
The 196th Nichibunken Thursday Seminar
In What Places Were Ancient Japanese Burial Mounds Built? －－Location and Viewshed Analysis of Keyhole-shaped Burial Mounds 　 　　　　　　　　　(3rd－7th Centuries)

2012

2012-6-21
The 188th Nichibunken Thursday Seminar
Archive uses and associations:an Introduction to Cultural Heritage Online and an Image Index(ebiki) database of woodblock prints(nishiki-e)
2012-5-24
The 187th Nichibunken Thursday Seminar
Kyoto's Western style architecture,gaedens-and power?Shirahata Yozaburo,Niwa o yomitoku(Deciphering gardens),and Inoue Shoichi,Kyoto yokan uoccingu(Scrutinizing Kyoto's Western style architecture).The Authors Conversation.

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2006

2006-10-19
The 139th Nichibunken Thursday Seminar
How to Create a New Japan: Ideas from Three New Books
“Bi no kuni” Nihon o tsukuru [Creating “Beautiful Japan”](Nikkei Bijinesu-jin Bunko, 2006).Kanjô dôro no jidai [ANew Age of Ring Roads] (Nikkei BP Sha, 2006)Bunkaryoku: Nihon no sokojikara[The Cultural Power of Japan: Beyond an Economically and MilitarilyPowerful State] (Wedge, 2006). All in Japanese
2006-6-22
The 137th Nichibunken Thursday Seminar
Animism Renaissance: Accomplishment of the Trilogy of Civilizationof Witchcraft,Civilization of Dragons,and theMountain Worship and the Japanese
2006-2-23
The 133rd Nichibunken Thursday Seminar
Notions and Senses of the Body in Japan: a review lectureon The Influence of the Mechanical Conceptof the Body in Edo-period Japan by Frederik Cryn

2005

2005-10-27
The 130th Nichibunken Thursday Seminar
About Zen to yu na no Nihonmaru (Zen:A Cargo Boat of Japanese Culture) Text: YAMADA Shoji, Zen to yu na no Nihyonmaru (Zen:A Cargo Boat of Japanese Culture), Kobundo, 2005
2005-7-21
The 128th Nichibunken Thursday Seminar
Theme: An Economist' s Reading on Japanese Modernity: A Reviewof INOKI Takenori, JapaneseModernity in Literature: between Social Sciences and Literature(Yuhikaku,2004)
2005-6-23
The 127th Nichibunken Thursday Seminar
Theme: Thinking on Cultural Intercourse among the Nations, Seeing the Forest for the Trees: Temples, Timber, and Truculence in theEarly Modern Period
2005-1-20
The 123rd Nichibunken Thursday Seminar
Theme: Thinking on Cultural Intercourse among the Nations, Japanese Studies in Korea as Seen in Databases Related to Linguistics andLiterature

2004

2004-10-21
The 120th Nichibunken Thursday Seminar
Theme: Thinking on Cultural Intercourse among the Nations
'Aesthetic for the Meal' in Hue and Kyoto: A comparison of Culture in theold capitals of Vietnam and Japan
2004-9-16
The 119th Nichibunken Thursday Seminar
Theme: Thinking on Cultural Intercourse among the Nations,The 'Rites' Begin with Drinking and Eating: On the etiquette of meal inthe Edo-Period
2004-7-22
The 118th Nichibunken Thursday Seminar
Theme: Thinking on Cultural Intercourse among the Nations
Light and Shadow of Throwing Life Away: Analysis and comparison of thereasons for suicide among the literati in modern China and Japan

2003

2003-12-18
The 113th Nichibunken Thursday Seminar
Theme: "Yoshida T_go, a giant in the study of placenames - and the birth of the Dictionary of Japanese place names" Text:SENDA Minoru, "Yoshida T_go, a giant in the study of placenames _ and the birth of the Dictionary of Japanese place names" (KadokawaShoten Publishing, Co. Ltd.), Chapter 6:'The logic of localtopographies'
2003-5-22
The 107th Nichibunken Thursday Seminar
Theme: "Translator tells all: Beauty of 'Romance ofThree Kingdoms (Sangokushi)""Text : Luo Guanzhong,translated by Inami Ritsuko "Romance of Three Kingdoms" (SangokushiEngi) 7 vols., Chikuma Shobo, 2002-2003 (comments from eachvolume)
2003-4-24
The 106th Nichibunken Thursday Seminar
Theme: "CULTURE Round Table"Text : Shirahata Yozaburo, "JapaneseCulture That Everyone Should Know", Wani Books, 2003Introduction, Contents, Moji (Characters)p.334, Nengajo (NewYears Greetings)p.106,Wa (Harmony)p.178
2003-1-23
The 105th Nichibunken Thursday Seminar
Theme: "Rethinking Globalism" Text : Inoki Takenori,Freedom and Order-The Two Faces of Competitive Society, (Chuokoron-Shinsha, 2001), Section 4 Chapter 10 'Globalism _ Japanese Perceived Problems?'

2002

2002-11-21
The 104th Nichibunken Thursday Seminar
Theme: "The Nation' s General Interest Magazine-Readinginto the 'King' Era"Text : Sato Takumi, The "King" Period-TheGeneral Interest Magazine and Gleichschaltung, (Iwanami Shoten,2002), ,Introduction, Part 3 Chapter 1, Gleichschaltung and "The Radion Magazine" 1925-1932
2002-9-19
The 103rd Nichibunken Thursday Seminar
Theme: "Are Civilizations and Nature Conflicting Entities?" Text: Shuntaro Ito, "Civilizationand Nature: From Conflict to Integration" Section 1 'Civilizationand Nature', Tosui Shobo, 2002
2002-7-18
The 102nd Nichibunken Thursday Seminar
Can the spirit of Bushido become the philosophy forJapan's future? Text: Kazuhiko Kasaya, "Bushido and the Present-day :Hints from the Edo Period for Regenerating Japan",TheSankei Shimbun, pp.78-107
2002-6-20
The 101st Nichibunken Thursday Seminar
Theme: "An Archeology of Shame"Text: ShoichiInoue, Seeing Panties: The Birth of Shame in ContemporaryJapaneseHistory (Asahi Shinbun), Postscript
2002-4-18
The 99th Nichibunken Thursday Seminar
Theme: “To Seek the Way for the Forest Civilization” Text:Yoshinori Yasuda, Japan as a Number One Forest Country, (Tokyo:Chuokoron-Shinsha,2002), Chapter 1
2002-1-24
The 97th Nichibunken Thursday Seminar
Theme: “An Ecological View vs. A Maritime View of History of Civilizations”Text: Tadao Umesao, ed. The Current ‘ An EcologicalView of History Japanese Civilization in the World Context’,(Tokyo:Chuokoron-Shinsya,2001)Chapter 2 and 3 (dialogue between Umesao Tadao and KawakatsuHeita)

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