Japan studies

Japanese studies (or Japanology) is a term generally used to describe the historical and cultural study of Japan.  In North America, the academic field is usually referred to as Japanese studies.  The term "Japanology" is more often used in Europe.

Japanology is the study of many subjects, including
 Japanese language
 Japanese calligraphy
 Japanese culture
 Japanese divinities
 Japanese history
 Japanese literature
 Japanese art
 Music of Japan
 Manga
 Anime
 Science and technology in Japan

The roots of Japanology begin with the Dutch at Dejima, Nagasaki in the Edo period.

Japanology was encouraged by the Asiatic Society of Japan at Yokohama which was established in 1872.

Notable Japanologists
 Edwin O. Reischauer
 Edward Seidensticker
 Ruth Benedict
Lafcadio Hearn
 Donald Keene
 Helen Hardacre
 Francis Xavier
 Ernest Mason Satow
 Richard Ponsonby-Fane

Notable foreign centers of Japanese studies
 University of Virginia Japanese Text Initiative
 Harvard University - Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies
 University of California, Berkeley - Center for Japanese Studies
 Columbia University - The Center for Japanese Legal Studies
 Oxford University -  Nissan Institute of Japanese Studies
 School of Oriental and African Studies - The Japan Research Centre and Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Cultures
 School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences – Centre de Recherches sur le Japon
 Leiden University - Japanese Languages and Cultures
 Universitas Indonesia - Japanese Area Studies Program

Associations for Japan Studies overseas
 European Association for Japanese Studies
 British Association for Japanese studies
 The Society for Japanese Studies (United States)

Notable Academic Journals
 Journal of Japanese Studies (The Society for Japanese Studies)
 Monumenta Nipponica (Sophia University)
 Social Science Japan Journal (Oxford University Press)

Related pages
 Bushido
 Oriental studies

References

 Other websites 
Electronic journal of contemporary Japanese studies
European Association for Japanese Studies 

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