Protohistoric Yamato

Author : Gina L. Barnes,Gina Lee Barnes
Publisher : U of M Center For Japanese Studies
Page : 494 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1988-01-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780915703111

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Protohistoric Yamato by Gina L. Barnes,Gina Lee Barnes Pdf

Nara is located in the center of what is known today as the Kinai region of Japan. The ancient name for the region was the Go-Kinai ("five-within the royal domain"), referring to the five provinces of which it was composed: Settsu, Kawachi, Izumi, Yamato and Yamashiro. The name Yamato, presented above variously as a provincial unit (corresponding to the present-day Nara Prefecture), or geographical unit (the Nara Basin only), is also sometimes expanded and applied on a regional scale to mean the Kinai region. This is particularly true in scholarship dealing with the fifth and sixth centuries when Yamato was in ascendance. Therefore, the Nara Basin and its archeology are the keys to unlocking the mysteries of the emergence of Japanese civilization and the early state in Japan. These mysteries are entailed in the earliest recorded history of Japan--references to Japanese island "countries" and "queens" in the Chinese dynastic histories of the third to fifth centuries A.D., and references to "kings" and "emperors" in two late fifth- to early sixth-century sword inscriptions and in the extant chronicles of Japan compiled in the early eighth century.

Author : William Wayne Farris
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
Page : 358 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 1998-05-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0824820304

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Sacred Texts and Buried Treasures by William Wayne Farris Pdf

The Japanese have long sought inspiration and legitimacy from the written record of their ancient past. The shaping of bygone eras to contemporary agendas began at least by the early eighth century, when the first court histories, namely the Kojiki and the Nihon shoki, were compiled. Since the late nineteenth century, historians have extensively mined these texts and other written evidence and by the late 1970s had nearly exhausted their meager sources. Fortunately for all those interested in uncovering the origins of Japanese civilization, archaeologists have been hard at work. Today, thanks to this postwar "archaeology boom," Japan historians have never been closer to recreating the lives of prehistoric peasants, ancient princes, and medieval samurai. Sacred Texts and Buried Treasures offers substantial new insights into early Japanese history (A.D. 100-800) through an integrated discussion of historical texts and archaeological artifacts. It contends that the rich archaeological discoveries of the past few decades permit scholars to develop far more satisfactory interpretations of ancient Japan than was possible when they were heavily dependent on written sources.

Author : Karl F. Friday
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 621 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2017-07-14
Category : History
ISBN : 9781351692014

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Routledge Handbook of Premodern Japanese History by Karl F. Friday Pdf

Scholarship on premodern Japan has grown spectacularly over the past four decades, in terms of both sophistication and volume. A new approach has developed, marked by a higher reliance on primary documents, a shift away from the history of elites to broader explorations of social structures, and a re-examination of many key assumptions. As a result, the picture of the early Japanese past now taught by specialists differs radically from the one that was current in the mid-twentieth century. This handbook offers a comprehensive historiographical review of Japanese history up until the 1500s. Featuring chapters by leading historians and covering the early Jōmon, Yayoi, Kofun, Nara, and Heian eras, as well as the later medieval periods, each section provides a foundational grasp of the major themes in premodern Japan. The sections will include: Geography and the environment Political events and institutions Society and culture Economy and technology The Routledge Handbook of Premodern Japanese History is an essential reference work for students and scholars of Japanese, Asian, and World History.

Author : Gina Barnes
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2007-03-12
Category : History
ISBN : 9781134384693

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State Formation in Japan by Gina Barnes Pdf

This volume brings together for the first time a significant body of Professor Barnes' scholarly writing on Japanese early state formation. The writings are, in some cases, the only studies of these topics available in English.

Author : Gina L. Barnes
Publisher : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
Page : 554 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2022-12-29
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781803274003

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Tectonic Archaeology by Gina L. Barnes Pdf

The effects of tectonic processes on archaeological sites are evidenced by earthquake damage, volcanic eruptions, and tsunami destruction, but these processes also affect a broader sphere of landform structures, environment, and climate. An overview of tectonic archaeology is followed by a detailed summary of geoarchaeological fieldwork in Japan.

Author : Mark James Hudson
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 1999-08-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780824864194

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Ruins of Identity by Mark James Hudson Pdf

Many Japanese people consider themselves to be part of an essentially unchanging and isolated ethnic unit in which the biological, linguistic, and cultural aspects of Japanese identity overlap almost completely with each other. In its examination of the processes of ethnogenesis (the formation of ethnic groups) in the Japanese Islands, Ruins of Identity offers an approach to ethnicity that differs fundamentally from that found in most Japanese scholarship and popular discourse. Following an extensive discussion of previous theories on the formation of Japanese language, race, and culture and the nationalistic ideologies that have affected research in these topics, Mark Hudson presents a model of a core Japanese population based on the dual origin hypothesis currently favored by physical anthropologists. According to this model, the Jomon population, which was present in Japan by at least the end of the Pleistocene, was followed by agriculturalists from the Korean peninsula during the Yayoi period (ca. 400 BC to AD 300). Hudson analyzes further evidence of migrations and agricultural colonization in an impressive summary of recent cranial, dental, and genetic studies and in a careful examination of the linguistic and archaeological records. The final sections of the book explore the cultural construction of Japanese ethnicity. Cultural aspects of ethnicity do not emerge pristine and fully formed but are the result of cumulative negotiation. Ethnic identity is continually recreated through interaction within and without the society concerned. Such a view necessitates an approach to culture change that takes into account complex interactions with a larger system. Accordingly, Hudson considers post-Yayoi ethnogenesis in Japan within the East Asian world system, examining the role of interaction between core and periphery in the formation of new ethnic identities, such as the Ainu. He argues that the defining elements of the Ainu period and culture (ca. AD 1200) can be linked directly to a dramatic expansion in Japanese trade goods flowing north as Hokkaido became increasingly exploited by core regions to the south. Highly original and at times controversial, Ruins of Identity will be essential reading for students and scholars in Japanese studies and will be of interest to anthropologists and historians working on ethnicity in other parts of the world. Text adopted at University ofChicago

Author : Michael Weiner
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 456 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0415208556

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Race, Ethnicity and Migration in Modern Japan: Race, ethnicity and culture in modern Japan by Michael Weiner Pdf

Author : Stefan Tanaka
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 1995-02-08
Category : History
ISBN : 0520916689

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Japan's Orient by Stefan Tanaka Pdf

Stefan Tanaka examines how late nineteenth and early twentieth century Japanese historians created the equivalent of an "Orient" for their new nation state. He argues that the Japanese attempted to use a variety of pasts—Chinese, Indian, and proto-historic Japanese—to construct an identity that was both modern and Asian.

Author : Anna Andreeva
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 439 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2020-05-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9781684175710

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Assembling Shinto by Anna Andreeva Pdf

"During the late twelfth to fourteenth centuries, several precursors of what is now commonly known as Shinto came together for the first time. By focusing on Mt. Miwa in present-day Nara Prefecture and examining the worship of indigenous deities (kami) that emerged in its proximity, this book serves as a case study of the key stages of “assemblage” through which this formative process took shape. Previously unknown rituals, texts, and icons featuring kami, all of which were invented in medieval Japan under the strong influence of esoteric Buddhism, are evaluated using evidence from local and translocal ritual and pilgrimage networks, changing land ownership patterns, and a range of religious ideas and practices. These stages illuminate the medieval pedigree of Ryōbu Shintō (kami ritual worship based loosely on esoteric Buddhism’s Two Mandalas), a major precursor to modern Shinto. In analyzing the key mechanisms for “assembling” medieval forms of kami worship, Andreeva challenges the twentieth-century master narrative of Shinto as an unbroken, monolithic tradition. By studying how and why groups of religious practitioners affiliated with different cultic sites and religious institutions responded to esoteric Buddhism’s teachings, this book demonstrates that kami worship in medieval Japan was a result of complex negotiations."

Author : Gina Barnes
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 330 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2007-03-12
Category : History
ISBN : 9781134384686

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State Formation in Japan by Gina Barnes Pdf

This volume brings together for the first time a significant body of Professor Barnes' scholarly writing on Japanese early state formation, brought together so that successive topics form a coherent overview of the problems and solutions of ancient Japan. The writings are, in some cases, the only studies of these topics available in English and they differ from the majority of other articles on the subject in being anthropological rather than cultural or historical in nature.

Author : Neil Asher Silberman,Alexander A. Bauer,Cornelius Holtorf,Margarita Díaz-Andreu García,Emma Waterton
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 865 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Archaeology
ISBN : 9780195076189

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The Oxford Companion to Archaeology by Neil Asher Silberman,Alexander A. Bauer,Cornelius Holtorf,Margarita Díaz-Andreu García,Emma Waterton Pdf

Author : J. Edward Kidder
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
Page : 418 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2007-02-28
Category : History
ISBN : 9780824830359

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Himiko and Japan's Elusive Chiefdom of Yamatai by J. Edward Kidder Pdf

In this, the most comprehensive treatment in English to date, a senior scholar of early Japan turns to three sources - historical, archaeological and mythological - to provide a multifaceted study of ancient Japanese society. Analyzing a tremendous amount of recent archaeological material and synthesizing it with a thorough examination of the textual sources, Professor Kidder locates Yamatai in the Yamato heartland, in the southeastern part of the Nara basin. He describes the formation in the Yayoi period of pan-regional alliances that created the reserves of manpower required to build massive mounded tombs. It is this decisive period, at the end of the Yayoi and the beginning of the Kofun, that he identifies as Himiko's era. He maintains, moreover, that Himiko played a part in the emergence of Yamato as an identifiable political entity. In exploring the cultural and political conditions of this period and identifying the location of Yamatai as Himiko's area of activity, Kidder considers the role of magic in early Japanese society to better understand why an individual with her qualifications reached such a prominent position. He enhances Himiko's story with insights drawn from mythology, turning to a body of commentary for explanations buried deep in mythological stories and the earliest descriptions. Himiko and Japan's Elusive Chiefdom of Yamatai is required reading for Japan historians as well as scholars with an interest in literature and art history during this formative stage in Japan's past.

Author : G Hurst I,G. Hurst I, II
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 1998-07-11
Category : History
ISBN : 0300116748

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Armed Martial Arts of Japan by G Hurst I,G. Hurst I, II Pdf

This unique history of Japanese armed martial arts--the only comprehensive treatment of the subject in English--focuses on traditions of swordsmanship and archery from ancient times to the present. G. Cameron Hurst III provides an overview of martial arts in Japanese history and culture, then closely examines the transformation of these fighting skills into sports. He discusses the influence of the Western athletic tradition on the armed martial arts as well as the ways the martial arts have remained distinctly Japanese. During the Tokugawa era (1600-1867), swordsmanship and archery developed from fighting systems into martial arts, transformed by the powerful social forces of peace, urbanization, literacy, and professionalized instruction in art forms. Hurst investigates the changes that occurred as military skills that were no longer necessary took on new purposes: physical fitness, spiritual composure, character development, and sport. He also considers Western misperceptions of Japanese traditional martial arts and argues that, contrary to common views in the West, Zen Buddhism is associated with the martial arts in only a limited way. The author concludes by exploring the modern organization, teaching, ritual, and philosophy of archery and swordsmanship; relating these martial arts to other art forms and placing them in the broader context of Japanese culture.

Author : Ian Shaw,Robert Jameson
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 644 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2002-05-06
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0631235833

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A Dictionary of Archaeology by Ian Shaw,Robert Jameson Pdf

This dictionary provides those studying or working in archaeology with a complete reference to the field.

Author : Yoko Williams
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2013-10-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9781136874222

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Tsumi - Offence and Retribution in Early Japan by Yoko Williams Pdf

Covering the period from before the emergence of the first political units through to the formation of the Japanese ritsuryo state in the 8th century, this book offers a ground-breaking scholarly diachronic analysis of tsumi (offence and retribution) from a politico-historical perspective. Taking as its starting point the native forms of tsumi in the realms of myth and prayer, the study traces their development through the periods of the formation of the state and the centralization of the governing structure, to the introduction of a written-law system of governing. Through detailed and logical analysis this study illuminates early Japanese political thought, written and unwritten law and the essentially political notion of tsumi.