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Please note that slight changes could be made to the programme
before the start of or during the Summer School depending on a number of factors
All classes are held in the Upper Hall (on the left at the entrance of Emmanuel College)
Monday 31 July 2023
Entertaining on the streets
9.00-10.30 (individual work and check level participants)
道下 and 放火 from 『人倫訓蒙図彙』(1690)
Original held at the National Diet Library
No link to Minna de honkoku
10.45-12.15 (individual work)
＊オマケ＊
綾織 (vol. 7, 21r), from 『人倫訓蒙図彙』(1690)
Original held at the National Diet Library
Link to Minna de honkoku (available at the start of the programme)
14.00-15.30 (group work)
Double-page spread (1v-2r) from『鳩八幡豆と徳利』(1786)
Original held at the National Diet Library
No link to Minna de honkoku
15.45-17.15 (lecture)
Let’s consolidate: how to produce a publishable transcription (翻刻 and 校訂文).
Tuesday 1 August 2023
Spectacles of wonder: karakuri
9.00-10.30 (lecture)
Lecture by Prof Satoko Shimazaki (UCLA)
Entertaining Ideas of Another Edo: Kabuki and Sumida River
10.45-12.15 (individual work)
Excerpts from 『竹田新からくり 』 (1758) and『璣訓蒙鏡草』（1730）
Originals held at the National Diet Library
Link to Minna de honkoku (available at the start of the programme)
14.00-15.30 (pair work)
Excerpt from 『似我蜂物語』(1661)
Original held at the National Diet Library
Learning how to check and proofread AI-generated transcriptions
15.45-17.15 (individual work)
＊オマケ＊
Beginner level: passage titled「邯鄲栄花春」from [武田からくり] (18th century?)
Original kept at the Waseda University Library
No link to Minna de honkoku
Intermediate and advanced level: introduction to [武田からくり] (18th century?)
Original kept at the Waseda University Library
No link to Minna de honkoku
Wednesday 2 August 2022
Magic tricks
9.00-10.30 (individual work)
Excerpts from『座敷げい手妻からくり』
Original kept at the Art Research Center, Ritsumeikan University
Link to Minna de honkoku (available at the start of the programme)
10.45-12.15
Beginner level (individual work): excerpts from 『手妻早伝授』(1849)
Original held at the Cambridge University Library
No link to Minna de honkoku
Intermediate level (individual work): excerpts from 『手妻独稽戸』(1843; by Jippensha Ikku)
Original held in private collection Cambridge
No link to Minna de honkoku
Advanced level (group work): sheet printed with no title (transcribe as much as you can!)
Original held in private collection Cambridge
No link to Minna de honkoku
14.00-15.30 (group work)
Double page spread (7v-8r) from 『浮世宿替女将門』(1769)
Original kept at the National Diet Library
Link to Minna de honkoku (available at the beginning of the programme)
Prepare 校訂文
15.45-17.15 (interactive lecture)
Passage from 式亭三馬自筆『雑記』(16r-16v)
Original kept at the Daitokyu bunko (Gotoh Museum) and reproduced by Musashino shoin (2016)
No link to Minna de honkoku
Thursday 3 August 2022
Entertaining with animals
9.00-10.30 (interactive lecture; follow up from Wednesday)
口上 from album of ephemera kept at the Cambridge University Library
Link to Minna de honkoku (available at the start of the programme)
10.45-12.15
Beginner level (individual work)
猿回 from 『人倫訓蒙図彙』(1690)
Original held at National Diet Library
No link to Minna de honkoku
Intermediate and advanced level (group work)
Ephemera ［猿芝居］
Original held at MFA Boston
Link to Minna de honkoku (available at the start of the programme)
14.00-15.30 (individual work)
A camel in Edo: passage from album of ephemera kept at the Cambridge University Library
Link to Minna de honkoku (available at the start of the programme)
15.45-17.15 (group work)
Group 1 Fake animals: 象 in Nagoya; passage from handwritten 『新卑姑射文庫』 (1820-1821)
Images included in 名古屋市博物館資料叢書３, vol. 1.
No link to Minna de honkoku
Group 2 Fake animals: a deer make of confectionery; passage from handwritten 『名陽旧覧図誌』 (late Edo period).
Images from 東洋文庫
No link to Minna de honkoku
Friday 4 August 2022
Misemono: entertainment and learning
9.00-10.30 (group work: mixed levels working together)
Excerpts from 『両国山広弘地開帳見世物語』
Original kept at the Art Research Center, Ritsumeikan University
Link to Minna de honkoku (available at the start of the programme)
10.45-12.15 (pair work)
＊オマケ＊
Double-page (8v-9r) spread from 『鯨魚尺品革羽織』(1799)
Original kept at the National Diet Library
Link to Minna de honkoku (available at the start of the programme)
Prepare 校訂文
14.00-15.30 (individual work)
Ephemera on 力持ち: an educational spin off.
Original kept in private collection Cambridge
No link to Minna de honkoku
15.45-17.15 (pair work)
Half folio (1r) from 這奇的見勢物語 (1801)
Original kept at the National Diet Library
Link to Minna de honkoku (available at the beginning of the programme)
Prepare 校訂文
Monday 7 August 2022
More on misemono
9.00-10.30 (interactive lecture)
Excerpts from handwritten 『寛政文政間日記』(1801-1828) about misemono in Nagoya
Original kept at the National Diet Library; images included in 名古屋市博物館資料叢書３, vol. 1.
No link to Minna de honkoku
10.45-12.15 (pair work for beginners and individual work for intermediate/advanced students)
Excerpts from handwritten 『寛政文政間日記』(1801-1828) about misemono in Nagoya
Original kept at the National Diet Library; images included in 名古屋市博物館資料叢書３, vol. 1.
No link to Minna de honkoku
14.00-15.30 (lecture; sōrōbun)
Excerpt from 『寛政撰要類集』with request about misemono in conjunction with kaichō at Nezu Gongen Shrine
Original kept at the National Diet Library
Link to Minna de honkoku (available at the start of the programme)
15.45-17.15 (lecture)
Lecture by Prof Sato Katsura (Aoyama Gakuin University)
Title TBC
Monday 7 August, 18.00-20.00
Rakugo performance (in English; open to the public)
Master Tatekawa Shinoharu
Queen’s Building, Emmanuel College
Free of charge for the participants of the summer school
Tuesday 8 August 2022
The world of storytelling I
9.00-10.30 (individual work)
太平記読み from 『人倫訓蒙図彙』(1690)
Original kept at the National Diet Library
No link to Minna de honkoku
10.45-12.15 (pair work)
Woodblock print 『世間坊賎丸講釈図』
Original kept at Waseda University Library
No link to Minna de honkoku
Prepare 校訂文
14.00-15.30 (interactive lecture taught by Prof Sato Katsura; sōrōbun)
Excerpts from 『市中取締類集』
Original kept at the National Diet Library
No link to Minna de honkoku
15.45-17.15 (individual work)
The first rakugoka
Introduction to『 醒睡笑』 (National Diet Library; 1658 edition)
Batsubun from 『枝珊瑚珠』 (National Diet Library; 1690)
Excerpt from 『近世奇跡考』(Cambridge University Library; 1804)
No link to Minna de honkoku
Tuesday 8 August, 19.30-21.30
Formal dinner at Emmanuel College
(optional and separate charge)
Wednesday 9 August 2022
The world of storytelling II
9.00-10.30 (interactive lecture taught by Prof Sato Katsura; sōrōbun)
Excerpts from 『市中取締類集』
Original kept at the National Diet Library
No link to Minna de honkoku
10.45-12.15 (individual work)
Excerpts from 『落話中興来由』
Original kept at the National Diet Library
Link to Minna de honkoku (available at the start of the programme)
14.00-15.30 (pair work)
Excerpts from 『落話中興来由』
Original kept at the National Diet Library
Link to Minna de honkoku (available at the start of the programme)
15.45-17.15 (group work and presentations)
At the origin of koten rakugo I
Story 「百物語」from jestbook『無塩諸美味』(group 1)
Story「焙炉」from jestbook『軽口新玉箒』(1798) (group 2)
Story「犬生人」from collection of local stories『諸国里人談』(1743) (group 3)
Story 「武蔵坊のつかみ料理」from second volume of jestbook 『往古噺の魁』(1844)
No link to Minna de honkoku
Wednesday 9 August, 18.00-20.00
Rakugo performance (in Japanese; open to the public)
Master Tatekawa Shinoharu
Queen’s Building, Emmanuel College
Free of charge for the participants of the summer school
Thursday 10 August 2022
The world of storytelling III
9.00-10.30 (individual work)
Surimono signed by 扇遊亭長屋万
Original held in private collection Cambridge
Link to Minna de honkoku (available at the start of the programme)
10.45-12.15 (pair work)
Excerpt「小野小町」 from jestbook 〔百眼昔はなし〕(1844) and passage on Ono no Komachi in magic trick book 『手じなふうじ箱』(mid 19th century?)
Original held in private collection Cambridge
No link to Minna de honkoku
14.00-15.30 (workshop with rakugo master Tatekawa Shinoharu)
お楽しみに！
15.45-17.15 (group work and presentations)
At the origin of koten rakugo II
Story from「鈍副子」section from jestbook『醒睡笑』(group 1)
Double-page spread (1v-2r) from 『腕雕一心命』(1810) (group 2)
Extract from「木斎咄医者評判」(1695) (group 3)
No link to Minna de honkoku
Thursday 10 August, 18.00-20.00
Rakugo performance (in Japanese; open to the public)
Master Tatekawa Shinoharu
Queen’s Building, Emmanuel College
Free of charge for the participants of the summer school
Friday 11 August 202
Other early modern entertainments: a glimpse
9.00-10.30 志道軒 (interactive lecture)
Passage from handwritten 『賤のをだ巻』(1802)
Digital images provided by NIJL
No link to Minna de honkoku
10.45-12.15 謎坊主春雪 (group work: mixed levels)
Passage from 『塵塚談』(1814)
Digital images provided by NIJL
No link to Minna de honkoku
14.00-15.30 Party fun (pair work)
Excerpts from niwaka books including『一寸俄』（19th century）, 『酒宴道具一ト口俄』(1848), 『有合道具即席俄』(1851)
(Based on presentation delivered by Laura Moretti at AAS 2023 and part of her wider research project on The Ecology of Playthings in Early Modern Japan)
Original held in private collection Cambridge
No link to Minna de honkoku
15.30-16.00 (closing remarks)
Japanese Early Modern Palaeography 