Report of Symposium “Japan-Consciousness and Its Past, Present and Future”

Date: 26th July 2014

Time: 9:50-18:40

Venue: Hosei University Boissonade Tower 26th Sky Hall, Hosei University Ichigaya Campus

Organiser: Shin Abiko (Hosei University)

Time Table
9:50-10:00
Opening Remarks

[Session I]
Theme: Confucianism and Japan-Consciousness
Chair: Fumiko Kobayashi (Hosei University)

10:00-10:30
Yasushi Oki (University of Tokyo) / Sinology, Confusianism and Japan-Consciousness

10:30-11:00
Junzo Kawada (Kanagawa University) / Yamaga Soko

11:00-11:30
Masaharu Hishida (Hosei University) / Social Background of Chinese New Confucianism and Its Thought

11:30-12:00
Discussion

[Session II]
Theme: Chinese Characters and Japan-Consciousness
Chair: Min Wang (Hosei University)

13:00-13:30
Yasuko Yokoyama (Hosei University) / Myself, A User of Chinese Characters, Barbarians, Non-user of Chinese Characters

13:30-14:00
Taro Tsurumi (Waseda University) / Yanagita Folklore and Chinese Characters

14:00-14:30
Izumi Yamada (Hosei University) / Japanese-language Education and Chinese Characters

14:30-15:00
Discussion

[Session III]
Theme: Rice, Rice Cultivation and Japan-Consciousness
Chair: Tsutomu Hoshino (Hosei University)

15:30-16:00
Fumiko Kobayashi (Hosei University) / Rice-eating as an Urban Culture

16:00-16:30
Yo Hamada (Teikyo University) / Multiple Layer Religious Culture and Open of Japan-Conscousness

16:30-17:00
Josef Kreiner (Hosei University) / Is Japanese Culture Rice Culture, Confusian Collectivistic Society and an Epigone of Chinese Civilization?

17:00-17:30
Discussion

17:30-18:30
General Discussion

18:30-18:40
Closing Remarks
Executive Summary

Hosei University Research Center for International Japanese Studies held the international symposium titled “Japan-Consciousness and Its Past, Present and Future” on 26th July 2014. In this symposium there were 9 speakers and examined “Japan-Conscousness” through three topics, Confusianism, Chinese Characters and Rice or Rice Cultivation.

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