Graduate Summer School in Japanese Early-modern Palaeography
Emmanuel College (Cambridge, UK)
5-17 August 2019
Programme
Daily life in Edo-period Japan 江戸時代の庶民生活

General structure for each day
First session 9.00-10.30
10.30-10.45 Coffee break
Second session 10.45- 12.15
12.15-13.45 Lunch break
Third session 13.45-15.15
15.15-15.30 Coffee break
Fourth session 15.30- 17.00
All the sessions are held in the Upper Hall

Other remarks
Registration takes place on Monday 5 August, 8.30am-9.00am in the Upper Hall.
A formal dinner will be hosted at Emmanuel College on Thursday 8 August. A charge of £35 is applied.
Sunday 11 August is a free day.

First week
Mon 5 Aug

9.00-10.15

10.45-12.15

13.45-15.15

15.30-17.00

Hentaigana/kuzushiji (wabun)
身の鏡 (1659), vol. 1, section 6
Checking participants’ level (LM)

Hentaigana/kuzushiji (wabun)
身の鏡 (1659), vol. 1, section 6
Pair work (LM)

Kanbun/kanbun kundoku
笑府 饅頭Interactive lecture (YS)

Kanbun/kanbun kundoku
笑府 饅頭Interactive lecture (YS)

Tue 6 Aug

Hentaigana/kuzushiji (wabun)
因果物語 (ひらがな本, 1661), vol. 3, section 2
Pair work (LM)Assignment special project
風流狸の遊
Hentaigana/kuzushiji (wabun)
観音経和談抄 (1683 edition, selected passage)
Individual work (LM)

Kanbun/kanbun kundoku
通詩選笑知Interactive lecture and individual work (YS)

Kanbun/kanbun kundoku
通詩選笑知Interactive lecture and individual work (YS)

Wed 7 Aug

Hentaigana/kuzushiji (wabun)
秘事指南車 (1736), selected passages
Individual work (LM)

Hentaigana/kuzushiji (wabun)
臍の宿替 (1830s), selected passages
Group work (LM)

Kanbun/kanbun kundoku
通詩選笑知Interactive lecture and individual work (YS)

Kanbun/kanbun kundoku
通詩選笑知Interactive lecture and individual work (YS)

Thu 8 Aug

Hentaigana/kuzushiji (wabun)
手妻早伝授 (1849) and 手妻独稽古 (1830s)
selected passages
Pair work (LM)

Kanbun/kanbun kundoku
太平楽府Interactive lecture and individual work (YS)

Hentaigana/kuzushiji (wabun)
鬼子母神 変生男子
Group work (LM)

Lecture by Dr Ellis Tinios:‘Action in print: the interplay of text andimage in gōkan’

Fri 9 Aug

Hentaigana/kuzushiji (wabu)
両頭筆善悪日記 (1799), selected passages
Group work (LM)

Hentaigana/kuzushiji (wabun)
趣向気工 (1794), selected passages
Individual work (LM)

Kanbun/kanbun kundoku
太平楽府Interactive lecture and individual work (YS)

Hentaigana/kuzushiji (wabun)
やしなひ草 manuscript, selected passage
Individual work (YS)Sat 10 Aug

Kanbun/kanbun kundoku
太平楽府Group work (YS)

Kanbun/kanbun kundoku
太平楽府Group work (YS)

Hentaigana/kuzushiji (wabun)
Printing from block and reading from printed sheet: leaflet for 実母散
Pair work (LM)Second week

9.00-10.15

Mon 12 Aug

Introduction to sōrōbun grammar
Reading sōrōbun (Manual L.Moretti)
Interactive lecture (YS)

Introduction to sōrōbun grammar
Reading sōrōbun (Manual L.Moretti)
Interactive lecture (YS)

Hentaigana/kuzushiji (easy sōrōbun)奉公人請状
Interactive lecture (LM)

Hentaigana/kuzushiji (easy sōrōbun)奉公人請状
Interactive lecture and pair work (LM)Tue 13Aug

Lecture by Prof Sasaki Takahiro(video-conference)
Title: TBC

Hentaigana/kuzushiji (sōrōbun)起請文
Group work (LM)

Hentaigana/kuzushiji (easy nyohitsu)
女諸通文鑑 (1802)
Interactive lecture and pair work (LM)Wed 14 Aug

Kanbun/kanbun kundoku
漢訳 傾城買四十八手「見ぬかれた手」
Group work (YS)

Kanbun/kanbun kundoku
漢訳 傾城買四十八手「見ぬかれた手」
Group work (YS)
Kanbun/kanbun kundoku
漢訳 傾城買四十八手「見ぬかれた手」
Group work (YS)

Hentaigana/kuzushiji (easy nyohitsu)
遊女の手紙Group work (LM)Session with calligraphy master Yukiko Ayres
The calligraphy of Toda Eiji 戸田栄治 (from女諸通文鑑)

Thu 15 Aug

Hentaigana/kuzushiji (easy nyohitsu)
遊女の手紙Group work (LM)

Hentaigana/kuzushiji (easy nyohitsu)
遊女の手紙Group work (LM)

Kanbun/kanbun kundoku
漢訳 傾城買四十八手「見ぬかれた手」
Group work (YS)

Session with calligraphy master Yukiko Ayres
The calligraphy of Rankei 蘭渓 (from 新薄雪物語).

Fri 16 Aug

Kanbun/kanbun kundoku
両巴卮言Group work (YS)

Kanbun/kanbun kundoku
両巴卮言Group work (YS)

Hentaigana/kuzushiji (easy nyohitsu)
通俗大雑書 (1810)
Individual work (LM)Session with calligraphy master Yukiko Ayres
The calligraphy of Koma

Sat 17 Aug

Special workshop on Deep Learning for kuzushiji
Led by Prof Akama Ryō

Teaching staff:
LM
Laura Moretti
YS
Yamabe Susumu (山邊進)YAYukiko Ayres (惠杏壽昌鶴)

10.45-12.15

13.45-15.15

Hentaigana/kuzushiji (wabun)
Presentations special projectGroup presentations (LM)15.30-17.00