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Mimesis International MIMESIS INTERNATIONAL HASEKURA LEAGUE INTERCULTURAL STUDIES EDITIONS n. 1 Editorial Board Raffaele Milani (University of Bologna), Rolando Minuti (University of Florence), Ikuko Sagiyama (University of Florence), Andreas Niehaus (Ghent University), Judit Arokay (Heidelberg University), Harald Fuess (Heidelberg University), Ivo Smits (Leiden University), Franco Mazzei (University of Naples “L’Orientale”), Giangiorgio Pasqualotto (University of Padua), Matilde Mastrangelo (Sapienza University of Rome), Glenn Hook (University of Sheffield), Akihiro Ozaki 尾崎彰宏 (Tohoku University), Ryūsaku Nagaoka 長岡龍作 (Tohoku University), Hiroo Satō 佐藤弘夫 (Tohoku University), Yoshimichi Satō 佐藤嘉倫 (Tohoku University), Akinori Takahashi 高橋章則 (Tohoku University), Paul Ziche (Utrecht University), Bonaventura Ruperti (Ca’ Foscari University of Venice), Georg Stenger (University of Vienna) HOW TO LEARN? 学びの作法 NIPPON/JAPAN AS OBJECT, NIPPON/JAPAN AS METHOD 対象としてニッポン、方 法としてニッポン Acts of the 1st Symposium of the Hasekura League University of Florence Palazzo Marucelli-Fenzi, 29-30 October 2015 Edited by Christopher Craig, Enrico Fongaro, and Akihiro Ozaki MIMESIS INTERNATIONAL © 2016 – MIMESIS INTERNATIONAL www.mimesisinternational.com e-mail: [email protected] Isbn: 9788869770524 Book series: Hasekura League Intercultural Studies Editions, n. 1 © MIM Edizioni Srl P.I. C.F. 02419370305 TABLE OF CONTENTS GREETING ADDRESS by Luigi Dei 11 OPENING REMARKS by Toshiya Ueki 植木俊哉 15 Executive Vice President of Tohoku University KEYNOTE LECTURE THE BIRTH OF GHOSTS. IN SEARCH OF A NEW PERSPECTIVE OF JAPANESE CULTURE by Hiroo Satō 佐藤弘夫 19 Tohoku University INTERCULTURAL AESTHETICS AND VISUAL ARTS. METHODOLOGICAL QUESTIONS OF INTERCULTURAL UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN JAPAN AND EUROPE by Georg Stenger 37 University of Vienna SOME IDEAS FOR AN INTERCULTURAL DIALOGUE by Giangiorgio Pasqualotto 53 University of Padua THE AESTETHIC CATEGORIES 59 by Raffaele Milani University of Bologna VERMEER’S LOVE LETTER AND THE EAST by Akihiro Ozaki 尾崎彰宏 69 Tohoku University BUDDHIST BELIEF AND IMAGERY IN ANCIENT JAPAN by Ryūsaku Nagaoka 長岡龍作 87 Tohoku University HISTORY AND POLITICAL THOUGHT FILLING THE GAPS: JAPAN IN EARLY MODERN KNOWLEDGE by Francesco Campagnola 105 Ghent University JAPAN AS AN OBJECT OF STUDY: HISTORICAL AND INSTITUTIONAL CONTEXT by Glenn D. Hook University of Sheffield 121 SOME REFLECTIONS ON TAKEUCHI YOSHIMI’S ASIA AS METHOD by Noemi Lanna 131 University of Naples “L’Orientale” NEW LIGHT ON TOHOKU UNIVERSITY LIBRARY’S COLLECTION OF CHINESE STONE RUBBINGS by Kōji Ōno 大野晃嗣 141 Tohoku University PHILOSOPHY AND LITERATURE IN INTERCULTURAL CONTEXT THE SIGNS OF THOUGHT (THOUGHT AND METHOD) by Marcello Ghilardi 157 University of Padua “Sahō” aS a method? Some reflectionS on “nippon/apan aS method” by Enrico Fongaro 173 Tohoku University “feelingS” and the “background” of rationality niShida kitarō and Schelling ON INTEGRATING RATIONALITY AND FEELINGS by Paul Ziche 187 Utrecht University doeS “taSte” matter in hiStory? making SenSe of the SENSES AS REFLECTED IN JAPAN’S MODERN ALCOHOLIC TRANSITION by Harald Fuess 199 Heidelberg University JAPAN STUDIES IN THE NETHERLANDS: JAPAN AS TEXTS, JAPAN AS PEOPLE by Ivo Smits 219 Leiden University CONCEPTUAL AND METHODOLOGICAL PARALLELS OF KOKUGAKU AND PHILOLOGIE by Hiroyuki Etō 江藤裕之 225 Tohoku University BORDER-CROSSING METHODS:A TENTATIVE LINKING OF ITALIAN MEDIEVAL LITERATURE AND HEIAN LITERATURE by Edoardo Gerlini 237 University of Florence IDENTITY AND IDENTITIES THROUGH LANGUAGE AND HISTORY JAPAN IN GLOBAL HISTORY: QUESTIONING EUROPE, QUESTIONING JAPAN by Patrick Pasture 251 University of Leuven JAPANESE HISTORICAL LINGUISTICS AS A METHODOLOGY by Kazuo Ōki 大木一夫 261 Tohoku University CONSTRUCTIONAL REDUPLICATION IN JAPANESE by Naoyuki Ono 小野尚之 283 Tohoku University colorS in culture interchangeS from heiankyō TO THE CITY OF EDO AND LONDON by Ikuko Sagiyama, Matilde Mastrangelo, Luca Milasi 293 THE SYMBOLIC VALUE OF THE COLORS IN HEIAN LITERATURE by Ikuko Sagiyama 鷺山郁子 295 University of Florence enchō’S colorS in ghoSt Story deScriptionS by Matilde Mastrangelo 303 Sapienza University of Rome A SUN SOAKED IN BLOOD: THE SYMBOLIC VALUE OF COLORS in natSume SōSeki’S london diarieS by Luca Milasi 309 Sapienza University of Rome CLOSING REMARKS IN THE INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM IN FLORENCE by Takashi kuroda 黒田卓 319 Dean of Graduate School of International Cultural Studies of Tohoku University We are proud to present this book as the inaugural volume in a new Japanese Studies series. It is a collection of the papers presented at the International Symposium “How to Learn: Nippon/Japan as Object, Nippon/Japan as Method,” held on 29-30 October 2015 at the University of Florence. While offering a breathtaking array of scholarship on Japan and its connections with the world, the symposium also marked the formation of the Hasekura League for Japanese Studies. Reflecting the diversity of the League’s membership and its goals, the works contained herein represent scholarship from a variety of disciplines and specialities united by a common concern with Japan and its place in global studies. We envision this series as a forum to offer the latest and best research and scholarship on Japanese Studies from the Hasekura League and its affiliates. The League is at an exciting point in its development, with a series of meetings scheduled in 2017 and preparations underway for future publications in this series. Moving forward in pursuit of its goals of promoting integrated and interdisciplinary collaboration in pursuit of a new direction in Japanese Studies, we hope that the Hasekura League will become a leading force in international scholarship. September, 2016 The Editors LUIGI DEI Rector of University of Florence GREETING ADDRESS Good morning, everybody. I am very happy to welcome all the participants to the International Symposium “How to learn Nippon/Japan as object, Nippon/Japan as method” on behalf of the Rector of the University of Florence, Professor Alberto Tesi. I am twice glad because I would like to give my personal greeting to all of you as the elected Rector who will start his 6-year government next Monday, and I want to thank friend and colleague Rolando Minuti for having invited me to be here this morning. Looking at the programme of your Symposium, I was impressed by the extent of the treated themes that cover so many aspects of topics dealing with history, philosophy, intercultural studies, aesthetics and visual arts, political thought, and litera- ture. I am particularly sensitive to all the subjects that remind me of Japan, since my sister-in-law, Mrs. Chisato Tanaka, is from Japan. Every time we meet – she married my brother in 2001 – I continuously ask her about Japan, since her presence in our fam- ily stimulated my curiosity towards this fascinating country and its world. We often discuss the different costumes and habits, history, concept of time, and culture, together with some minor things as food, humour, photographs and so on. Unfortunately I have never visited Japan and I would like to do so. Maybe during the next six years it could happen – perhaps a visit to Tohoku University. I believe that Italy and Japan are closer than one normally thinks. Both peoples are curious about each other and in some way fascinated by the two cultures, which appear so 12 How to learn? Nippon/Japan as object, Nippon/Japan as method distant until one starts to penetrate the folds of the two wonder- ful worlds. I believe that after this Symposium you will go back with a satisfied curiosity and with an enhanced vision of Nippon/ Japan as object and as method. With more than thirty contribu- tions by scholars coming from Tohoku University and from re- nowned universities in Italy and Europe, it is guaranteed that the quality of the Symposium will be top level and that all the par- ticipants will gain a wide frame of knowledge and an overview of the most advanced research and studies on this subject. Let me conclude by looking towards my next adventure as rector of the University of Florence and quoting a sentence that I found on the web as a Japanese saying. I am not sure, of course, about the veracity of the attribution of the adage to Japanese tradition and therefore I beg your pardon if the saying is really not from Japan. But the sense is truly appropriate for me in this moment and I would like to share it with you. “Even a journey of a thousand miles starts with a step.” This can be fitting for my new engage- ment, but if you meditate a little bit, even for every human chal- lenge. Your symposium-journey is going to start. I made the first step with these opening remarks, now I want to give you my best wishes for a successful meeting and also for enjoying our city. Thank you very much for your attention. TOSHIYA UEKI 植木俊哉 Executive Vice President of Tohoku University OPENING REMARKS It is indeed my great honor and privilege to make a brief remark on behalf of Tohoku University on the occasion of this wonderful and unique international symposium on “Nippon (or Japan) as Object, Nippon (or Japan) as Method”. First of all, on behalf of Tohoku University, I would like to express my deepest appreciation to the University of Florence and to all the members of the University who have kindly accepted the idea of this symposium and provided this wonderful venue. In particular, I want to express my deepest gratitude to Professor Minuti and Professor Sagiyama, who worked so hard to secure as our venue this splendid historical Palazzo Marucelli-Fenzi,
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