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— New Steps in Japanese Studies Kobe University Joint Research Edited by Kazashi Nobuo and Marcella Mariotti Ca’ Foscari Japanese Studies 5 — New Steps in Japanese Studies Kobe University Joint Research edited by Kazashi Nobuo and Marcella Mariotti Edizioni Ca’Foscari New Steps in Japanese Studies Ca’ Foscari Japanese Studies Collana diretta da | A series directed by Paolo Calvetti, Massimo Raveri Bonaventura Ruperti, Guido Samarani 5 Edizioni Ca’Foscari Ca’ Foscari Japanese Studies General scientific editors Arts and Literature sub-series: Bonaventura Ruperti (Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia, Italia) History and Society sub-series: Guido Samarani (Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia, Italia) Linguistics and Language Education sub-series: Paolo Calvetti (Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia, Italia) Religion and Thought sub-series: Massimo Raveri (Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia, Italia) Scientific committee Arts and Literature sub-series: Tomoko Aoyama (The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia) Jaqueline Berndt (Kyoto Seika University, Japan) Luisa Bienati (Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia, Italia) Caterina Mazza (Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia, Italia) Carolina Negri (Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia, Italia) Andreas Regelsberger (Universität Trier, Deutschland) Silvia Vesco (Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia, Italia) Pierantonio Zanotti (Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia, Italia) History and Society sub-series: Kimio Ito¯ (Kyoto University, Japan) Toshio Miyake (Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia, Italia) Andrea Revelant (Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia, Italia) Steffi Richter (Universität Leipzig, Deutschland) Sven Saaler (Sophia University, Tokyo, Japan) Linguistics and Language Education sub-series: Patrick Heinrich (Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia, Italia) Hideo Hosokawa (Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan) Kikuo Maekawa (National Institute for Japanese Language and Linguistics, Tokyo, Japan) Marcella Mariotti (Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia, Italia) Barbara Pizziconi (SOAS, University of London, UK) Aldo Tollini (Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia, Italia) Religion and Thought sub-series: Andrea De Antoni (Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto, Japan) Federico Marcon (Princeton University, USA) Tatsuma Padoan (SOAS, University of London, UK) Executive coordinator Marcella Mariotti (Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia, Italia) Head office Dipartimento di Studi sull’Asia e sull’Africa Mediterranea Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia Palazzo Vendramin dei Carmini Dorsoduro 3462 30123 Venezia http://edizionicafoscari.unive.it/it/edizioni/collane/ca-foscari-japanese-studies/ New Steps in Japanese Studies Kobe University Joint Research edited by Kazashi Nobuo and Marcella Mariotti Venezia Edizioni Ca’ Foscari - Digital Publishing 2017 New Steps in Japanese Studies. Kobe University Joint Research Kazashi Nobuo and Marcella Mariotti (eds.) © 2017 Kazashi Nobuo and Marcella Mariotti per i testi | for the text © 2017 Edizioni Ca’ Foscari - Digital Publishing per la presente edizione | for the present edition Qualunque parte di questa pubblicazione può essere riprodotta, memorizzata in un sistema di recupero dati o trasmessa in qualsiasi forma o con qualsiasi mezzo, elettronico o meccanico, senza autorizzazione, a condizione che se ne citi la fonte. Any part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means without permission provided that the source is fully credited. Edizioni Ca’ Foscari - Digital Publishing Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia Dorsoduro 3246 30123 Venezia http://edizionicafoscari.unive.it/ [email protected] 1a edizione maggio 2017 ISBN 978-88-6969-152-2 [ebook] ISBN 978-88-6969-153-9 [print] Certificazione scientifica delle Opere pubblicate da Edizioni Ca’ Foscari - Digital Publishing: tutti i saggi pubblicati hanno ottenuto il parere favorevole da parte di valutatori esperti della materia, attraverso un processo di revisione anonima sotto la responsabilità del Comitato scientifico della collana. La valutazione è stata condotta in aderenza ai criteri scientifici ed editoriali di Edizioni Ca’ Foscari. Scientific certification of the works published by Edizioni Ca’ Foscari - Digital Publishing: all essays published in this volume have received a favourable opinion by subject-matter experts, through an anonymous peer review process under the responsibility of the Scientific Committee of the series. The evaluations were conducted in adherence to the scientific and editorial criteria established by Edizioni Ca’ Foscari. Innovative Japanese Studies through International Cooperation: The Fostering of Young Researchers by Cooperation with Overseas Institutes of Japanese Studies Program for Advancing Strategic International Networks to Accelerate the Circulation of Talented Researchers (JSPS) New Steps in Japanese Studies. Kobe University Joint Research / Edited by Kazashi Nobuo and Marcella Mariotti — 1. ed. — Venezia : Edizioni Ca’ Foscari - Digital Publishing, 2017. — 184 p.; 23 cm. — (Ca’ Foscari Japanese Studies; 5). — ISBN 978-88-6969-153-9. URL http://edizionicafoscari.unive.it/it/edizioni/libri/978-88-6969-153-9/ DOI 10.14277/978-88-6969-152-2 New Steps in Japanese Studies Kobe University Joint Research edited by Kazashi Nobuo and Marcella Mariotti Contents Preface Masumoto Hiroko 7 Foreword Bonaventura Ruperti 9 PART 1. LITERATURE & CULTURE: CROSSINGS AND MITATE War Brides as Transnational Subjects in Mori Reiko’s The Town of the Mockingbirds Linda Flores 13 Dōgen and mitate Aldo Tollini 31 Multiple Modernities and Japan Nagai Kafū and H.G. Wells Yui Kiyomitsu 43 Da ‘monello’ a ‘ragazzo per bene’ La trasformazione del protagonista in Le avventure di Pinocchio nella loro prima traduzione giapponese Matsumoto Fūko 61 Visual Images of Japanese Culture in Geography Textbooks in Italy (1912-2014) Umemura Mugio 77 PART 2. JAPANESE LANGUAGE AND JAPANESE EDUCATION Reading Lessons for Advanced-Level Learners Using Modern Japanese Literature Learners’ and Teachers’ Observations from Portfolios Sugihara Saki, Kiso Miyako 99 On the Multiple Clause Linkage Structure of Japanese A Corpus-based Study Maruyama Takehiko, Stephen W. Horn, Kerri L. Russell, Bjarke Frellesvig 131 PART 3. NUCLEAR QUESTIONS: FROM HIROSHIMA TO FUKUSHIMA Engaged Foreign Language Pedagogy: Translating Hadashi no Gen Marcella Mariotti 157 Bio-Politics over Radiation From Hiroshima, Chernobyl to Fukushima Kazashi Nobuo 175 New Steps in Japanese Studies Kobe University Joint Research edited by Kazashi Nobuo and Marcella Mariotti Preface Masumoto Hiroko This book contains the contributions of the joint-research project con- ducted by the programme entitled Innovative Japanese Studies through International Cooperation: The Fostering of Young Researchers by Cooper- ation with Overseas Institutes of Japanese Studies at the Graduate School of Humanities, Kobe University, Japan. As a part of the global initiative Program for Advancing Strategic International Networks to Accelerate the Circulation of Talented Researchers” the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) supported this programme, which was implemented from October 2013 to March 2016. This programme sent young researchers to leading institutes of Japa- nese Studies at three universities in Europe – Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, University of Oxford and University of Hamburg – for one year. At the same time, it allowed associated researchers to participate in joint- research projects between Kobe University and these three European uni- versities: Japanese Literature and Modern Japanese Sociocultural Studies at Ca’ Foscari University of Venice; Linguistics and Japanese Linguistics at University of Oxford; and Teaching Japanese as a Foreign Language at University of Hamburg. This programme was aimed at strengthening and developing the friendship between Kobe University and its partner institu- tions, as well as providing an opportunity for young researchers to become involved in Japanese Studies programmes around the world. Our sincere gratitude is extended to our colleagues in Venice, Oxford, and Hamburg for their participation in shaping the project, and their ef- forts in the development and realisation of this anthology cannot be over- stated. In addition, special thanks are due to Ca’ Foscari University of Venice and its press, Edizioni Ca’ Foscari, for making the publication of this book possible. Also, it is necessary to recognise the financial support of JSPS for this project. Without the assistance of these researchers and the support of these organisations, this intercultural and international cooperation could not have taken place. On behalf of the editorial committee, Dean, Graduate School of Humanities, Kobe University 7 9New Steps in Japanese Studies Kobe University Joint Research edited by Kazashi Nobuo and Marcella Mariotti Foreword Bonaventura Ruperti It is a great joy for me to present the publication of this book. As Prof. Masumoto wrote, this book is the result of a long-lasting joint- research project, the programme Innovative Japanese Studies through International Cooperation: The Fostering of Young Researchers by Co- operation with Overseas Institutes of Japanese Studies by the Graduate School of Humanities, Kobe University, Japan, implemented from October 2013 to March 2016. Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, University of Oxford and University of Hamburg were the partners of this programme; European young research- ers went to study to these three universities for a year. Between difficulties and fruitful experiences, they grew up improving their knowledges and their consciousness as researchers in an international dimension. Their papers show a deep insight
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