Summer school 2021 for general public

Welcome to our Summer School in Early Modern Japanese Palaeography

Heso no yadogae 諺臍の宿替, Tenpō era. Private Collection, Suzuran bunko (Cambridge, UK)

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Start of the summer school

Shukō kiku 趣向気工, 1794. Private Collection, Suzuran bunko (Cambridge, UK)

Collaboration with Minna de honkoku

This year we continue our collaboration with the wonderful AI platform Minna de honkoku developed by Prof Hashimoto Yuta (National Museum of Japanese History).

Learn more about the platform with these two videos.
The first video has been created by Joseph Bills and explains all the technical features of Minna de honkoku.

The second video is by Laura Moretti. It uses a passage from the きのふはけふの物語 (Kan’ei era) [National Diet Library, shelf mark に-63] (which is part of the Beginners’ track) to: 1) show how to transcribe in Minna de honkoku by combining our rules for transcriptions and what Joseph has explained about Minna de honkoku; 2) how we expect you to work on the texts during the summer school.

Our activities

Sunday 1 August 2021: konshinkai

Open only to the participants of the eighth summer school.


Programme at a glance

Shared activities

Rakugo performance by master Tatekawa Shinoharu 立川志の春

The rakugo performances are open to everyone. Please click here to learn more.

Guest lecture: Dr Ellis Tinios and Dr Alessandro Bianchi in dialogue


Title: Presenting Text in Early Modern Japan
Date and time: Wednesday 4 August, 12.00-13.15 BST (Time Zone Converter)
Open only to the participants of the eighth summer school.

Guest lecture: Prof Sasaki Takahiro


Title: 和歌短冊から学ぶ室町時代のくずし字 (the lecture will be delivered in Japanese)
Date and time: Monday 9 August, 12.00-13.15 BST (Time Zone Converter)
Accessible only to the participants of the eighth summer school.


Guest lecture: Ms Helen Magowan


Title: Reading Between the Lines
Date and time: Thursday 12 August, 12.00-13.15 BST (Time Zone Converter)
Accessible only to the participants of the eighth summer school.

Programme for Beginners’ sessions
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Programme for Intermediate/Advanced sessions
(only for participants)