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Sakishima comprises a group of islands situated between Okinawa and
Taiwan, forming a culturally important bridge between Japan and
Taiwan. Studies of the languages of the Ryukyuan islands are
valuable for an accurate understanding of the linguistic history of
Japan as a whole. This monograph is the first attempt in any
language at a large-scale reconstruction of the three languages of
the southern Ryukyus (Sakishima), viz., Miyako, Yaeyama
andYonaguni. An introduction outlines a brief history of the area,
with a concise linguistic history, followed by an explanation of
the languages studied. Succeeding chapters are devoted to the
reconstruction of each of the three proto-languages. The three
proto-languages are then compared and proto-Sakishima is
reconstructed. This monograph provides data illustrating the
importance of the language of Sakishima in understanding the
linguistic history of the larger language family of Japonic.
As the first book in English on the origins of Japanese
historiography, using both archaeological and textual data, this
book examines the connection between ancient Japan and the Korean
kingdom of Paekche and how tutors from the kingdom of Paekche
helped to lay the foundation for a literate culture in Japan.
Illustrating how tutors from the kingdom of Paekche taught Chinese
writing to the Japanese court through the prism of this highly
civilized culture, the book goes on to argue that Paekche tutors
guided the early Japanese court through writing, recording family
history, and ultimately an early history of the ruling family. As
the Japanese began to create their own history, they relied on
Paekche histories as a model. Triangulating textual data from
Kojiki, Nihon shoki, and Sendai kuji hongi, the author here
demonstrates that various aspects of early king genealogies and
later events were manipulated. Offering new theories about the
Japanese ruling family, it is posited that Emperor Jito had her
committee put Jingu in power, and Suiko on the throne in place of
original male rulers to enhance images of strong, female rulers, as
she envisioned herself. The Birth of Japanese Historiography will
be a valuable resource for students and scholars of Japanese
history, historiography, and linguistics.
As the first book in English on the origins of Japanese
historiography, using both archaeological and textual data, this
book examines the connection between ancient Japan and the Korean
kingdom of Paekche and how tutors from the kingdom of Paekche
helped to lay the foundation for a literate culture in Japan.
Illustrating how tutors from the kingdom of Paekche taught Chinese
writing to the Japanese court through the prism of this highly
civilized culture, the book goes on to argue that Paekche tutors
guided the early Japanese court through writing, recording family
history, and ultimately an early history of the ruling family. As
the Japanese began to create their own history, they relied on
Paekche histories as a model. Triangulating textual data from
Kojiki, Nihon shoki, and Sendai kuji hongi, the author here
demonstrates that various aspects of early king genealogies and
later events were manipulated. Offering new theories about the
Japanese ruling family, it is posited that Emperor Jito had her
committee put Jingu in power, and Suiko on the throne in place of
original male rulers to enhance images of strong, female rulers, as
she envisioned herself. The Birth of Japanese Historiography will
be a valuable resource for students and scholars of Japanese
history, historiography, and linguistics.
Kokugaku "national study" is an academic field of study that spans
a number of disciplines, including philology, poetry, literature,
linguistics, history, religion, and philosophy. It began as a
movement to recapture a sense of Japanese uniqueness, by focusing
on Japanese poetic and linguistic elements found in the earliest
surviving texts. As the movement grew, there was an attempt to
separate native religious elements from Buddhist elements. This
expanded to a vigorous attempt to weed out Confucian (and by
extension anything "Chinese") elements from native elements. This
began as an investigation into the earliest anthology, Man'yoshu,
which some Kokugaku scholars argued preserved a pristine picture of
the "true heart" of the ancients. Kokugaku matured under the
tutelage of Kamo no Mabuchi and Motoori Norinaga, and expanded to
include literary, linguistic, and historical analysis. With the
death of Norinaga the philosophy of the movement fractured, and
under Hirata native religious elements were amplified, with an
advance toward nationalism. This anthology contains 26 essays by 13
influential Kokugaku scholars, covering roughly two centuries of
thought, from 1690 down to the beginning of the Meiji Restoration
in 1868. The volume is arranged according to four subjects: poetry,
literature, scholarship, and religion/Japan (as a state).
Kokugaku "national study" is an academic field of study that spans
a number of disciplines, including philology, poetry, literature,
linguistics, history, religion, and philosophy. It began as a
movement to recapture a sense of Japanese uniqueness, by focusing
on Japanese poetic and linguistic elements found in the earliest
surviving texts. As the movement grew, there was an attempt to
separate native religious elements from Buddhist elements. This
expanded to a vigorous attempt to weed out Confucian (and by
extension anything "Chinese") elements from native elements. This
began as an investigation into the earliest anthology, Man'yoshu,
which some Kokugaku scholars argued preserved a pristine picture of
the "true heart" of the ancients. Kokugaku matured under the
tutelage of Kamo no Mabuchi and Motoori Norinaga, and expanded to
include literary, linguistic, and historical analysis. With the
death of Norinaga the philosophy of the movement fractured, and
under Hirata native religious elements were amplified, with an
advance toward nationalism. This anthology contains 26 essays by 13
influential Kokugaku scholars, covering roughly two centuries of
thought, from 1690 down to the beginning of the Meiji Restoration
in 1868. The volume is arranged according to four subjects: poetry,
literature, scholarship, and religion/Japan (as a state).
This is a partial translation of one of the most important texts
produced by Motoori Norinaga. It covers a wide range of Norinaga's
thought and provides a lens onto his philological methodology, as
well as how he viewed literature, poetry, history, linguistics, and
Shinto.
This is a partial translation of one of the most important texts
produced by Motoori Norinaga. It covers a wide range of Norinaga's
thought and provides a lens onto his philological methodology, as
well as how he viewed literature, poetry, history, linguistics, and
Shinto.
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