Carmen Blacker: Scholar of Japanese Religion, Myth and Folklore: Writings and Reflections

Published by Amsterdam University Press 2017

Carmen Blacker

Scholar of Japanese Religion, Myth and Folklore: Writings and Reflections

Edited by: Hugh Cortazzi

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781898823575

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Carmen Blacker was an outstanding scholar of Japanese culture, known for her writings on religion, myth and folklore –most notably The Catalpa Bow. A third of the volume comprises extracts from her diaries covering more than forty years, with a plate section drawn from her photographic archive – an opportunity for insight into her life and work.

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Cortazzi Hugh :

Sir Hugh Cortazzi, GCMG, was British Ambassador to Japan 1980-1984 and Chairman of The Japan Society, London, 1985-1995. He has written extensively on Japan. His many books include Isles of Gold: Antique Maps of Japan (1983), The Japanese Achievement (1990) and his memoir Japan and Back and Places Elsewhere (1998). He compiled and edited seven volumes of Britain & Japan: Biographical Portraits, most recently volume X (2016).Sir Hugh Cortazzi, GCMG, was British Ambassador to Japan 1980-1984 and Chairman of The Japan Society, London, 1985-1995. He has written extensively on Japan. His many books include Isles of Gold: Antique Maps of Japan (1983), The Japanese Achievement (1990) and his memoir Japan and Back and Places Elsewhere (1998). He compiled and edited seven volumes of Britain & Japan: Biographical Portraits, most recently volume X (2016), for The Japan Society, in addition to Japan Experiences: Fifty Years, One Hundred Views (2001), British Envoys in Japan, 1859-1972 (2004) and The Growing Power of Japan, 1967-1972: Analysis and Assessments from John Pilcher and the British Embassy, Tokyo (2015). He also co-edited, with Peter Kornicki, Japanese Studies in Britain: A Survey and History (2016).

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Foreword Mami Mizutori Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
Preface Hugh Cortazzi Publicly Available Download PDF	xi
Introduction: Carmen Blacker – Friend, Scholar and Wife Publicly Available Download PDF	xv
Contributors Michael Loewe Publicly Available Download PDF	xv
List of Contributors Publicly Available Download PDF	xxxv
List of Plates Publicly Available Download PDF	xxxvi
PART I: CARMEN BLACKER AS SEEN BY HER FRIENDS
1. Carmen Elizabeth Blacker, 1924 –2009: A Biographical Memoir James Mcmullen Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	3
2. Biographical Portrait Peter Kornicki Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	28
3. Memories of Carmen Blacker Yokoyama Toshio Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	43
4. Words from HUGH CORTAZZI at Carmen Blacker’s Memorial Meeting Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	46
PART II: SELECTED EXTRACTS FROM CARMEN BLACKER’S DIARIES AND OTHER AUTOBIOGRAPHICALWRITINGS
Carmen Blacker's Introduction to her Collected writings Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	51
Introductions Carmen Blacker's Diaries Hugh Cortazzi Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	55
Extracts from the diaries Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	56
PART III: SELECTED BIOGRAPHICAL PORTRAITS BY CARMEN BLACKER
5. Three Great Japanologists: Chamberlain, Aston and Satow Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	203
6. Marie Stopes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	219
7. Arthur Waley Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	230
8. Minakata Kumagusu Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	236
9. Yoshio Markino Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	250
10. Christmas Humphreys Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	265
11. Cambridge Women Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	274
PART IV: SELECTED ACADEMIC WRITINGS
12. The Shinza or God-seat in the Daijosai: Throne, Bed or Incubation Couch? Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	283
13. Divination and Oracles in Japan Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	300
14. The Goddess Emerges from her Cave: Fujita Himiko and her Dragon Palace Family Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	320
15. The Exiled Warrior and the Hidden Village Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	328
16. Extracts from Legends of Heike Villages: The Fugitive Warrior as Ancestor Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	345
17. The Language of Birds Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	353
18. The Angry Ghost in Japan Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	361
PART V: SELECTED CARMEN BLACKER LECTURES
19. Remembering Carmen Blacker Donald Keene Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	373
20. A Glimpse of the Modestly Literate Picnic Lovers of Old Japan Toshio Yokoyama Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	383
21. Tsushima: Japan Viewed from the Margins – Archives, Books, Ginseng Peter Kornicki Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	399
22. Amaterasu’s Progress: The Ise Shrines and the Public Sphere of Post-war Japan John Breen Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	412
23. Unofficial and Commoner Worship od Confucius in Tokugawa Japan James Mcmullen Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	429
PART VI: A CELEBRATORY ESSAY
24. The Search for the Numinous in Wordsworth and Coleridge: Some Hints from The Catalpa Bow Hisaaki Yamanouchi Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	459
APPENDIX: Carmen’s Literary Gift. Compiled by PAUL NORBURY Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	475
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	479
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	483

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Language: English
Publisher: Amsterdam University Press
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 478
Illustrations
- Illustrations: 32
- Coloured Illustrations: 32
- Coloured Images: 32
Keywords: religion; myth; folklore; catalpa bow; japanese studies

eBook

Published: January 1, 2017
ISBN: 9781898823575