Japanese Historiography and the Gold Seal of 57 C.E.: Relic, Text, Object, Fake

Erscheinungsjahr 2013
ISBN: 978-90-04-24388-0
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 42, 386 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 748 g

Reihe: Brill's Japanese Studies Library

In the year 57 C.E., the court of Later Han dynasty presented a gold seal to an emissary from somewhere in what is now Japan. The seal soon vanished from history, only to be unearthed in 1784 in Japan. In the subsequent two-plus centuries, nearly 400 books and articles (mostly by Japanese) have addressed every conceivable issue surrounding this small object of gold. Joshua Fogel places the conferment of the seal in inter-Asian diplomacy of the first century and then traces four waves of historical analysis that the seal has undergone since its discovery, as the standards of historical judgment have changed over these years and the investment in the seal’s meaning have changed accordingly.

Zielgruppe

Anyone interested in relations between China and Japan, especially the ways in which Japanese have looked at China and its history and culture, including graduate students, academics, academic libraries, educated laymen, and advanced undergraduates.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Fogel, Joshua A.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Asiatische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtswissenschaft Allgemein Historiographie
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Kultur- und Ideengeschichte

Über Autor(innen)

Fogel, Joshua A.
Joshua Fogel (Ph.D., Columbia, 1980) is Canada Research Chair and Professor of History at York University. He has written, edited, and translated over forty books and is the founding editor of the journal, Sino-Japanese Studies (www.chinajapan.org). His primary interest lies in the cultural dimension of Sino-Japanese relations.

Joshua Fogel (Ph.D., Columbia, 1980) is Canada Research Chair and Professor of History at York University. He has written, edited, and translated over forty books and is the founding editor of the journal, Sino-Japanese Studies (www.chinajapan.org). His primary interest lies in the cultural dimension of Sino-Japanese relations.