{"id":3310,"date":"2018-03-27T15:31:15","date_gmt":"2018-03-27T06:31:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/sgu\/?p=3310"},"modified":"2018-03-27T15:53:13","modified_gmt":"2018-03-27T06:53:13","slug":"what-is-an-author-in-early-modern-japan-answers-from-the-pages-of-illustrated-fiction-the-lecture-by-assistant-professor-david-atherton-harvard-university","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/sgu\/news-en\/2018\/03\/27\/3310\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cWhat is an Author in Early Modern Japan? Answers from the Pages of Illustrated Fiction\u201d The Lecture by Assistant Professor David Atherton (Harvard University)-Report-"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cWhat is an Author in Early Modern Japan?<\/h3>\n

Answers from the Pages of Illustrated Fiction\u201d<\/h3>\n

The Lecture by Assistant Professor David Atherton (Harvard University)<\/h3>\n

-Report-<\/em><\/h3>\n

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On January 15, 2018, the Global Japanese Studies Model Unit of Waseda University hosted a lecture by Assistant Professor David Atherton. The subject of his lecture, as indicated by its title, was authors within the context of the woodblock-printed fiction of early modern Japanese literature.<\/p>\n

In the woodblock print-illustrated fiction of the latter-half of the 18th century, authors themselves came to appear as characters. This development was related to changes in various circumstances surrounding publishing; changes in the relationship between those involved in publishing and authors resulted in authors appearing in their works as characters.<\/p>\n

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The lecture mainly discussed three works and considered motifs present in each. First, Dr. Atherton discussed the first woodblock-illustrated text in which the author appeared as a character, Sono Henp\u014d Bakemonobanashi<\/em> (1776) by Koikawa Harumachi. Second, he spoke about Sakusha Tainai Totsuki no Zu<\/em> (1804), in which the poet Santo Kyoden was illustrated as the \u201cauthor who gestated the book,\u201d employing motifs of pregnancy. Third, he examined Shikitei Sanba’s Hara no Uchi Gesaku no Tanehon<\/em> (1811), in which the apparent motif is of the process of book-making compared to a theatrical performance of ningy\u014d j\u014druri<\/em> (a form of play involving puppets and music) by means of metaphor.<\/p>\n

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Through these works, Dr. Atherton explicated various elements relating to the \u201cauthor,\u201d including the societal background, the genre of woodblock-illustrated fiction, and the very act of authorship. The lecture thus considered these various works and elements to thoroughly interrogate issues relating to the \u201cauthor.\u201d<\/p>\n

After the lecture proper, there was commentary by Professor Takashi Nakajima (Faculty of Education and Integrated Arts and Science) and a question and answer period. Professor Kazuaki Ueno (Faculty of Letters, Arts and Sciences) then brought the lecture event to a close with a few remarks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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