2008 Era of Retired Monarchs Workshop

Professor Motoo Endō, University of Tokyo
Professor Joan Piggott, University of Southern California

The Project for Premodern Japanese studies Kambun workshop for the Summer of 2008 focused on Heian Kambun materials. Participants spent four weeks doing directed readings and translations of Heian Period texts concerning the era of retired monarchs (insei). Professor Motoo Endo of the University of Tokyo Historiographical Institute led the discussions.

The Project for Premodern Japanese Studies provided residency at university apartments adjacent to the USC campus for visiting scholars who could use the extensive East Asian library, which houses than 4000 volumes in the Japan collection. The USC History department, the East Asia Studies center, and USC's conference services served as staff support to aid participants.

Translations

    1.    Iwashimizu monjo (石清水文書): The Oral Proclamation of Go-Shirakawa of Hōgen 1 (1156), Intercalary 9th Month 8th Day (保元元年閏九月八日後白河天皇宣命)
    2.    Hyōhanki (『兵範記』): Hōgen 3(1158) 4th Month, 20th day: Fujiwara Nobuyori’s Power as Go-Shirakawa’s Intimate (保元三年四月二〇日 後白河近臣の藤原信頼の権勢)
    3.    Koyasan monjo Hōkanshū (高野山文書宝簡集): Order from the Office of Retired Tennō Go-Shirakawa of Heiji 1 (1159), 4th Month, 20th Day (平治元年四月二十日：後白河院庁下文)
    4.    Hyakurenshō (『百練抄』): The Fall of Go-Shirakawa, and Direct Rule by Nijō Tennō (後白河院の失脚、二条親政)
5.    Gyokuyō (『玉葉』): A Mass Protest by Enryakuji Monks: Kaō 1 (1169), 12th Month, 23rd Day (嘉応元年一二月二三日)

Participants

Dan Sherer, Kevin Wilson, Michelle Damian, Sachiko Kawai, Laura Nuffer, Nan Ma Hartman