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Fall 2007 Fall 2007 Now Available from Center for Japanese Studies Publications Center for Japanese Studies DENSHO Center for Japanese Studies University of Michigan University of Michigan Fall 2007 Fall 2007 Now Available from Center for Japanese Studies Publications From the Director From the Executive Editor CONTENTS The Center I know that many people mourn the Our newest publication, A Zen Life Farewell to CJS 2 for Japanese Studies change. I agree that it's not the same as it in Nature: Musô Soseki in His Gardens, by has now reached its used to be. But here are two reasons why Keir Davidson, examines the design style kanreki, its sixtieth I think that our current situation is a sign and aesthetic of the medieval Japanese birthday. As many of strength and reflects the increased Zen monk Musô Soseki (1275-1351), who of you know, the importance of Japanese Studies. built gardens as places to meditate and to traditional Japanese First, we now have a wonderful staff, escape his busy public life. The book X-Treme Private calendar was based three full-time and two part-time, who begins with a discussion of Soseki’s rural Documentary: Kazuo Hara & on a 60-year cycle. enable us to more efficiently serve faculty, upbringing and the spiritual background Michael Moore 3 Kanreki, formed with the characters for students, the scholarly community, and to it, his quest for enlightenment as a Zen A Zen Life in Nature: Musô Soseki in His Gardens “circulate” or “return” and “calendar,” the public. Our latest large-scale event, monk, and his role as mediator in the tur- by Keir Davidson. (Blea Tarn in Cumbria, marks the beginning of a new cycle. (Yes, a public conversation at the Michigan bulent times that surrounded the Kemmu The Lake District, England. Photo courtesy I know that the term is traditionally only Theater with filmmakers Kazuo Hara Restoration and the establishment of the of Tony Watson.) for men. Please allow me the metaphor.) and Michael Moore, would have been Ashikaga shogunate. Other chapters look I suspect that the Center that exists at impossible without the selfless efforts in detail at the spiritual and cultural influ- Toyota Visiting the beginning of this new cycle is quite of our dedicated staff. ences that are crucial to understanding Professor Mark different from that which many of you Second, CJS faculty are now well- Soseki’s artistic and design sense and the McLelland 6 knew years ago. integrated into their respective depart- development of his garden building. Upcoming I've often heard faculty and former ments. Japan is not an exotic or unusual Finally, the book provides a detailed look at CJS Events 6 DENSHO students wax nostalgically about the years subject of study. We're mainstream, not the beautiful Upper Garden at Saihôji, built when CJS was housed in Lane Hall. Many isolated, and information on Japan is both by Soseki in 1339. A Zen Life in Nature CJS faculty had offices there, and I have more readily available and appreciated. should appeal to a broad audience, includ- heard that it was an exciting place to be a In my case, at least, that shift means that ing students of medieval Japanese history member of the community of scholars at I rely not only on my CJS colleagues for and religion, those interested in Zen the University studying Japan. help (as I've written in this column Buddhism and Zen gardens, and people Center for Japanese Studies Past CJS University of Michigan More than half of our current faculty before), but also on my colleagues in my with a general interest in garden design. A Events 7 Suite 3640, 1080 S. University came to Michigan after CJS moved out of department who actually are interested Zen Life in Nature is available in both cloth Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1106 Lane Hall in 1997. Faculty members are (or can fake interest well) in my Japan- (ISBN 9781929280377, $65.00) and paper Faculty and Associate News 8 now spread across the different schools and related work. (ISBN 9781929280414, $28.00) editions. departments of the university. I am the only True, some of these benefits seem to The author, Keir Davidson, a Student & faculty member with an office in the same have come at the expense of daily interac- landscape gardener for many years, has Alumni News 9 building as CJS. More often than not, our tion and “face time,” and I hope that we published three previous books on the communication is done by email. can find ways to improve that. But the CJS planning and construction of gardens of 2007 remains young and vibrant in and on Zen gardening: Simple Garden ways that might have been unexpected. Construction (1980, with Daniel Roberts), With apologies to Bob Dylan, CJS, now in Zen Gardening (1982 [published in the U.S. its kanreki year, “was so much older then; as The Art of Zen Gardens, 1983]), and Announcements 12 it's younger than that now.” Garden Planning and Construction (1983, Calendar 14 with Daniel Roberts). He resides in Mark D. West, Director Shropshire, England. continued on page 11 Center for Japanese Studies University of Michigan Fall 2007 From the Toyota Visiting Professor Farewell to CJS X-Treme Private Documentary: Kazuo Hara + Michael Moore Several years ago, documentary filmmaker Hara Kazuo and I reunited over beers at a favorite spot in Tokyo. This was shortly after Fahrenheit 911 had its Japanese release and the conversation inevitably turned to the topic of Michael Moore. The film had impressed both of us. Of course, as a kind of retrospective of the early Bush years, Hara's experience was quite different than mine; his relationship Sadafumi Kawato, 2006-07 TVP to 9/11, the wars, the election and every- thing else in the film, was that of an I was CJS’s Toyota Visiting Professor (TVP) from September appalled and bemused spectator, while I 2006 to April 2007. This was not the first time for me to stay in the basically felt dazed and abused. Soon, United States for an extended period of time. In past years, I was however, we were talking about Moore's on the east coast (MIT) and on the west coast (Stanford University). approach to history, particularly the way Therefore, I thought Ann Arbor, Michigan was the best place for me he pivots the past around his own wonder- to stay for the third time in the United States, and it proved to be true. fully peculiar point of view. It was in this It has been a great privilege to be a TVP because I was able context that Hara mentioned that he to focus on my research with the relatively light teaching obligation. had heard, through the grapevine, Above: Abé Mark Nornes introduces the films of Kazuo Hara. In addition, I was free from all administrative work and other Left: Michael Moore at the on-stage conversation. that Moore admired his work. obligations at my home institution. CJS has provided me with a This made perfect with the films (all of which have recently been comfortable working environment with friendly and excellent faculty sense. Hara entered the two released on DVD by Facets Video). and staff. I was happy that I was able to nurture some new ideas for documentary film scene women Even from this brief description, it my research during my time here. I also enjoyed my almost daily through still photography giving should be obvious why Michael Moore might chats with Yuri, Sandy, Jane, and Ann. Another pleasant memory for and made a name for birth find himself attracted to the work of Hara me was when CJS’s Director, Mark West, took me to the Michigan himself with a string of on Kazuo. Both exemplify an approach to docu- Stadium where the Wolverines easily beat Northwestern, although astounding films. His their mentary based on the affective presence of we had to leave after the halftime because it was a freezing debut effort, Sayonara own, the filmmaker. They insert themselves into October day. CP, features a man with at home. the historical world to see what happens, In retrospect, eight months was not a long time at all. I taught cerebral palsy who shares Hara fol- record how their interaction with the people two minicourses, attended numerous professional lectures/seminars, the life challenges posed by his lowed this before the camera reveals something that made a few trips to the both coasts, gave several presentations in disease-everything from sex and with the infa- would otherwise never have happened or and outside of the University of Michigan, and enjoyed a vacation marriage to dealing with the attitudes mous Emperor’s would have remained hidden. In this sense, in the LA area with my elder children who visited during their of healthy people to simply speaking in Naked Army Marches On both filmmakers forged a personal documen- spring recess. the first place. The film had no Japanese (1987), about the suppressed history of the tary firmly anchored in the subjectivity of Although it seems to have been a mild winter all over the subtitles, so the audience was forced to horrible fighting in New Guinea at the end the director, a kind of filmic essay. And the world, I had never before experienced three consecutive weeks of meet him on his terms. It climaxes with of World War II. The director followed a 1970s were a formative experience for both below freezing temperatures like we had in February. I noted the the man’s poetry reading, first in a crowded veteran trying to uncover the troubling filmmakers as well.
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