Reprot of the Workshop of Research Approach (1) of 2013 “Land of Peace? Land of Warriors? Or Land of Gods: Changes of Consciousness for Own Country Held by the Japanese People in the Edo Period”

<Date>
15-16 March 2013

<Time>
13:30-18:30 (15th March) / 10:00-17:10 (16th March)

<Venue>
Hosei University Ichigaya Campus, ’80 Building 7th Floor Conference Room

<Organizers>
Yuko Tanaka (Professor, Hosei University), Fumiko Kobayashi (Associate Professor, Hosei University), Yasuko Yokoyama (Professor, Hosei University)

<Executive Summary>
In this workshop, 17 presentation concerning “Japan-consciousness” and the way of feeling “Japan” through comparative methods was conducted by 15 scholars.

<Schedule>
15th March (13:30-17:45)
[Session I]
Yuko Tanaka (Hosei University) / Aims of This Research
Shinobu Komeie (Hosei University) / Figures of Pre-modern Japan for People
Yasuko Yokoyama (Hosei University) / National, Local, or Native? / Not Monstrous “Japan, Myself”
Yasushi Oki (University of Tokyo) / Existence of “Barbarians” Unlimitedly Created by a Consciousness of China and the Barbarians

[Session II]
Mayumi Tsuda (Keio University) / Eyes from “Michinoku”
Fumiko Kobayashi (Hosei University) / Ryukyu Applied as Underpinning
Jana Urbanová (Hosei University) / The Image of Yamato (Ancient Japan) in Omoro and Ryu ka
Hidetoshi Uchihara (Hosei University) / How Did People in Pre-modern Ryukyu Recognize Japan

16th March (10:00-17:00)
[Session III]
Akiko Takeuchi (Hosei University) / An Image of “Prosperous and Peaceful Land” Spread by Utai
Fumiko Kobayashi (Hosei University) / “Gentle” Lechery = Land of Sensuality / Effect of Musha-e
Shiduck Kim (Seoul National University) / Commentaries on Wars in a Foreign Country and Visualization of Japan as a Country of Military Glory
Kyoungja Han (Kyunghee University) / Circulation of an Image of a “Country of Military Glory” through Jyoruri
Taeko Oya (Aoyama Gakuin University) / Kyokutei Bakin’s “Yamato Damashi” and a “Country of Military Glory”

[Session IV]
Kumiko Hayashi (Kyoto Tachibana University) / Popularization of the Consciousness of a Divine Country by Jyoruri
Yasunori Fukuda (Nihon Women’s University) / Hiraga Gennai and “Shinkoku” (Divine Country)
Yu Kawazoe (Yokohama National University) / Gods in the Period of the “Opening of a Country” and Figures of Foreign Countries
Yasuko Yokoyama (Hosei University) / “National Crisises” and Thoughts of Divine Country

[General Discussion]