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Mission: (Im)possible - Comps Prep (Preliminary Reading Edition)
In preparation for my comprehensive exams, which I'll sit in late December or early January, I'm planning to do some intensive reading in the subject of Japanese political history. I've got books and articles covering the Kofun through Muromachi periods--roughly one-thousand years of cultural development--and with any luck I'll have read the majority of them thoroughly in the next two weeks. (I know, right?)
Here's my list, in bibliographic form, ordered alphabetically, for anyone who's interested in it:
* Adolphson, Mikael and Edward Kamens and Stacie Matsumoto, ed. Heian Japan, Centers and Peripheries. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, 2007.
* Berry, Mary Elizabeth. The Culture of Civil War in Kyoto. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1997.
* Borgen, Robert. Sugawara no Michizane and the Early Heian Court. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, 1994.
* Conlon, Thomas. The Culture of Force and Farce: Fourteenth-Century Japanese Warfare. No. 2000-01 of Occasional Papers in Japanese Studies Cambridge: Harvard University, Edwin O. Reischaeur Institute of Japanese Studies, January 2000.
* ---. State of War: The Violent Order of Fourteenth-Century Japan. Ann Arbor: The University of Michigan, Center for Japanese Studies, 2003.
* Hall, John W. and Toyoda Takeshi, ed. Japan in the Muromachi Age. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1977.
* Hurst, G. Cameron III. Insei: Abdicated Sovereigns in the Politics of Late Heian Japan, 1086-1185. New York: Columbia University Press, 1976.
* Mass, Jeffrey P. The Kamakura Bakufu: A Study in Documents. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1976.
* ---. "The Origins of Kamakura Justice." Journal of Japanese Studies 3 no. 2 (Summer 1977): 299-322.
* ---. The Development of Kamakura Rule, 1180-1250: A History with Documents. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1979.
* ---. "Translation and Pre- 1600 History." Journal of Japanese Studies 6 no. 1 (Winter 1980): 61-88.
* ---. "Patterns of Provincial Inheritance in Late Heian Japan." Journal of Japanese Studies 9 no. 1 (Winter 1983): 67-95.
* ---. Lordship and Inheritance in Early Medieval Japan: A Study of the Kamakura Soryo System. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1989.
* ---. Antiquity and Anachronism in Japanese History. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1992.
* ---. "The Missing Minamoto in the Twelfth-Century Kanto." Journal of Japanese Studies 19 no. 1 (Winter 1993): 121-145.
* ---. Yoritomo and the Founding of the First Bakufu: The Origins of Dual Government in Japan. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1999.
* ---. Family, Law, and Property in Japan, 1200-1300. No. 2000-03 of Occasional Papers in Japanese Studies Cambridge: Harvard University, Edwin O. Reischaeur Institute of Japanese Studies, December 2000.
* McCullough, William. "The Azuma Kagami Account of the Shôkyû War." Monumenta Nipponica 23 no. 1/2 (1968): 102-155.
* Piggott, Joan R. The Emergence of Japanese Kingship. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1997.
* Varley, H. Paul. The Ônin War: History of Its Origins and Background with a Selective Translation of The Chronicle of Ônin. New York: Columbia University Press, 1967.
* ---. Imperial Restoration in Medieval Japan. New York: Columbia University Press, 1971.
* Williams, Yoko. Tsumi: Offense and Retribution in Early Japan. London: Routeledge Curzon, 2003.
I appear to be reading every Jeffrey Mass book/article known to man, but he is the go-to guy for Kamakura period history, so...
Wish me luck.
Here's my list, in bibliographic form, ordered alphabetically, for anyone who's interested in it:
* Adolphson, Mikael and Edward Kamens and Stacie Matsumoto, ed. Heian Japan, Centers and Peripheries. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, 2007.
* Berry, Mary Elizabeth. The Culture of Civil War in Kyoto. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1997.
* Borgen, Robert. Sugawara no Michizane and the Early Heian Court. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, 1994.
* Conlon, Thomas. The Culture of Force and Farce: Fourteenth-Century Japanese Warfare. No. 2000-01 of Occasional Papers in Japanese Studies Cambridge: Harvard University, Edwin O. Reischaeur Institute of Japanese Studies, January 2000.
* ---. State of War: The Violent Order of Fourteenth-Century Japan. Ann Arbor: The University of Michigan, Center for Japanese Studies, 2003.
* Hall, John W. and Toyoda Takeshi, ed. Japan in the Muromachi Age. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1977.
* Hurst, G. Cameron III. Insei: Abdicated Sovereigns in the Politics of Late Heian Japan, 1086-1185. New York: Columbia University Press, 1976.
* Mass, Jeffrey P. The Kamakura Bakufu: A Study in Documents. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1976.
* ---. "The Origins of Kamakura Justice." Journal of Japanese Studies 3 no. 2 (Summer 1977): 299-322.
* ---. The Development of Kamakura Rule, 1180-1250: A History with Documents. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1979.
* ---. "Translation and Pre- 1600 History." Journal of Japanese Studies 6 no. 1 (Winter 1980): 61-88.
* ---. "Patterns of Provincial Inheritance in Late Heian Japan." Journal of Japanese Studies 9 no. 1 (Winter 1983): 67-95.
* ---. Lordship and Inheritance in Early Medieval Japan: A Study of the Kamakura Soryo System. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1989.
* ---. Antiquity and Anachronism in Japanese History. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1992.
* ---. "The Missing Minamoto in the Twelfth-Century Kanto." Journal of Japanese Studies 19 no. 1 (Winter 1993): 121-145.
* ---. Yoritomo and the Founding of the First Bakufu: The Origins of Dual Government in Japan. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1999.
* ---. Family, Law, and Property in Japan, 1200-1300. No. 2000-03 of Occasional Papers in Japanese Studies Cambridge: Harvard University, Edwin O. Reischaeur Institute of Japanese Studies, December 2000.
* McCullough, William. "The Azuma Kagami Account of the Shôkyû War." Monumenta Nipponica 23 no. 1/2 (1968): 102-155.
* Piggott, Joan R. The Emergence of Japanese Kingship. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1997.
* Varley, H. Paul. The Ônin War: History of Its Origins and Background with a Selective Translation of The Chronicle of Ônin. New York: Columbia University Press, 1967.
* ---. Imperial Restoration in Medieval Japan. New York: Columbia University Press, 1971.
* Williams, Yoko. Tsumi: Offense and Retribution in Early Japan. London: Routeledge Curzon, 2003.
I appear to be reading every Jeffrey Mass book/article known to man, but he is the go-to guy for Kamakura period history, so...
Wish me luck.
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I used a little form for each book on which I noted bibl info, major arguments, methodological maneuvers of note, questions it raised, and major authors with whom the author engaged. if it didn't boil down onto the page, it was something I could look up later, but the pile of sheets made it easier for me to organize and visualize connections between material. It may not work for everyone, but it definitely helped me get organized.
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And this is a fabulous suggestion; thanks so much! Questions for clarification: Did you type these sheets and then print them out, or did you hand-write them? Are we talking one single-spaced page (or so) in Word or something more akin to index cards?
You're awesome!
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I liked also, btw, that I could rearrange them in a binder - whether I felt like grouping them by topic, date, or alphabetical.
I got the idea from Travis (of course). If you like, I can send you the form I used.
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some people claim timelines help, too. there's some nifty timeline software, too, where you can put artworks and historical events and so on on different parallel timelines and see how stuff plays out. I haven't done that, but have heard others rave about it.
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Thanks again! You are the QUEEN!
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I'm sure you'll do great. Go get 'em!!
(Though, point of clarification - you are doing art history, right? I certainly understand and appreciate the importance of history to art history, but I don't see any art books on that list at all...)
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Yeah, I'm doing art history. My three exam areas are Japanese handscrolls (emphasis on Heian and Kamakura objects), Chinese painting (Han thru Tang dynasties), and Japanese monsters & theories of the grotesque. These books are just the stuff I'm reading before I kick things off, because I really feel that my grasp of history should be solidified and expanded before I jump into the other things. Things will make more sense to me if I'm super-conversant with the historical context.