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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 room 8-9 at the Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies
Faculty of Asian and
Middle Eastern Studies
Sidgwick Avenue
Cambridge
CB3 9DA
Monday 29 July 2024
In praise of shops
9.00-9.30 Introductory remarks
9.30-10.30 (individual work and check of participants’ level)
Shop in 高田 from『金草鞋』(1813-1834)
Original held at Waseda University Library
No link to Minna de honkoku
10.45-12.15 (interactive lecture)
Shop in 高田 from『金草鞋』(1813-1834)
Original held at Waseda University Library
Let’s consolidate: how to produce publishable diplomatic and semi-diplomatic transcriptions (respectively 翻刻 and 校訂).
14.00-15.30 (group work)
Shikitei Sanba greetings customers of his shop from『名揚巻両個助六』(1814)
Original held at Senshu University Library
No link to Minna de honkoku
15.45-17.15 (interactive lecture)
Shikitei Sanba’s shop from『江戸水福話』(1812)
Original held at National Diet Library
Link to Minna de honkoku (available at the beginning of the summer school)
Transcriber: TBC
Tuesday 30 July 2024
Commercials I: the world of hikifuda
9.00-10.30 (interactive lecture) – sōrōbun light
Hikifuda for 鍛冶屋金右衛門
Original held in private collection (Cambridge)
No link to Minna de honkoku
10.45-12.15 (interactive lecture) – sōrōbun
Hikifuda for selling prostitutes at cheap prices
Original held in private collection (Cambridge)
Link to Minna de honkoku (available at the start of the summer school)
14.00-15.30 (mixed work) – sōrōbun
Beginners and intermediate (group work)
Continue reading hikifuda for selling prostitutes at cheap prices
Original held in private collection (Cambridge)
Link to Minna de honkoku (available at the start of the summer school)
Advanced (only if/when you have finished transcribing the previous material)
Hikifuda for 大黒屋 from scroll 『麓の塵』- sōrōbun
Original held at Cambridge University Library
Link to Minna de honkoku (available at the beginning of the summer school)
Transcriber: TBC
15.45-17.15 (group work and interactive lecture) – sōrōbun light
Completing hikifuda for selling prostitutes at cheap prices
Original held in private collection (Cambridge)
Link to Minna de honkoku (available at the start of the summer school)
Surprise hikifuda
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If you want something to work on your own:
Beginners: hikifuda of 片柳店 – sōrōbun light
Original held in private collection (Cambridge)
No link to Minna de honkoku
Tuesday 30 July, 19.30-21.30
Formal dinner at Emmanuel College
(optional and separate charge)
Wednesday 31 July 2024
Commercials II: media pitches
9.00-10.30 (group work)
Ad for 漱石香 written by Hiraga Gennai, from 『飛花洛陽』(1783)
Original held at the National Diet Library
Link to Minna de honkoku (available at the beginning of the summer school)
Transcriber: Kataoka Natsuha
10.45-12.15 (interactive lecture)
Let’s check together the ad for 漱石香 written by Hiraga Gennai, from 『飛花洛陽』(1783)
Original held at the National Diet Library
Link to Minna de honkoku (available at the beginning of the summer school)
Transcriber: Kataoka Natsuha
14.00-15.30 (group work)
Ad for 御洗粉 written by Santō Kyōden, from 『ひろふ神』(1794)
Original held at the Ad Museum Tokyo
No link to Minna de honkoku
15.45-17.15 (interactive lecture)
Ad for 御洗粉 written by Santō Kyōden, from 『ひろふ神』(1794)
Original held at the Ad Museum Tokyo
No link to Minna de honkoku
Thursday 1 August 2024
A wealth of information
9.00-10.30
Beginners (individual work): pitch for tobacco from『浮世くらべ』(1774)
Original held at the National Diet Library
No Link to Minna de honkoku (available at the beginning of the summer school)
Intermediate and advanced (individual work or in pairs): pitch for tobacco from『浮世くらべ』(1774)
Original held at the National Diet Library
No link to Minna de honkoku (available at the beginning of the summer school)
10.45-12.15 (pair work – mixed levels)
Commercial text for treating white hair in 『江戸買物独案内』(1824)
Original held at the National Diet Library
No link to Minna de honkoku
14.00-15.30 (pair work -mixed levels)
Commercial leaflet for dango from 『商牌雜集』
Original held at the National Diet Library
Link to Minna de honkoku (available at the beginning of the summer school)
15.45-17.15 (individual work)
Beginners: Commercial leaflet for tsukudani from 『商牌雜集』
Original held at the National Diet Library
Link to Minna de honkoku (available at the beginning of the summer school)
Transcriber: TBC
Intermediate and advanced: Commercial leaflet for tsukudani from 『商牌雜集』
Original held at the National Diet Library
Link to Minna de honkoku (available at the beginning of the summer school)
Transcriber: TBC
Friday 2 August 2022
Printing and transcribing your hikifuda
9.00-12.15 (pair work)
Workshop with block cutter Nagai Saeko and printer Ogawa Nobuto. We will be printing from a wide number of early modern woodblock, many of which contain advertising materials. We will also be given the opportunity to see and experience how a woodblock is cut.
14.00-17.15 (group work)
Choose one of the materials that you have printed in the morning and transcribe it with your colleagues.
Monday 5 August 2022
The Sanba brand
9.00-10.30 Sōrōbun boost (TBC session with Prof Sato Katsura)
TBC
10.45-12.15 (individual work)
Beginners: Shikitei Sanba’s products from『江戸買物独案内』(1824)
Original held at the National Diet Library
No link to Minna de honkoku
Intermediate and advanced: Shikitei Sanba’s products from 『江戸水福話』(1812)
Original held at National Diet Library
No link to Minna de honkoku (available at the beginning of the summer school)
14.00-15.30 (pair work)
Beginners: Shikitei Sanba’s products from 『賑式亭福ばなし』(1835, back of the front cover)
Original held at the Ad Museum Tokyo
No link to Minna de honkoku
Intermediate and advanced: Shikitei Sanba’s products from 『賑式亭福ばなし』(1835, back of the front cover AND back of the back cover)
15.45-17.15 (group work)
Shikitei Sanba’s products from 『江戸水福話』(1812)
Prepare both diplomatic and semi-diplomatic transcription
Original held at National Diet Library
Link to Minna de honkoku (available at the beginning of the summer school)
Transcriber: TBC
Tuesday 6 August 2022
The Kyōden brand
9.00-10.30 Sōrōbun boost (TBC session with Prof Sato Katsura)
TBC
10.45-12.15 (pair work)
Beginners: Santō Kyōden’s shop ad from 『咲替花之二番目』 (1811)
Original held at Waseda University Library
No link to Minna de honkoku
Intermediate and advanced: Santō Kyōden’s shop ads from『蝶鵆曽我俤』(1816)
Produce both diplomatic and semi-diplomatic transcription
Original held at National Diet Library
No link to Minna de honkoku
14.00-15.30 (pair work)
Beginners: description of 読書丸 from『人間万事吹矢の的』(1803)
Produce both diplomatic and semi-diplomatic transcription
Original held at National Diet Library
No link to Minna de honkoku
Intermediate and advanced: description of 読書丸 from album『江戸時代名物集』
Original held at National Diet Library
Link to Minna de honkoku (available at the beginning of the summer school)
Transcriber: TBC
15.45-17.15 Sōrōbun boost (TBC session with Prof Sato Katsura)
TBC
Wednesday 7 August 2022
Senki no myōyaku
9.00-10.30 Sōrōbun boost (TBC session with Prof Sato Katsura)
TBC
10.45-12.15 (group work)
Different parts of hikifuda for 東山堂の疝積湯
Original kept at UEDA City Museum
No link to Minna de honkoku
14.00-15.30 (group work)
Beginners: ad for せんきの妙薬 from 『南色梅早咲』(1820)
Original kept in private collection Ebi Bunko
Link to Minna de honkoku (available at the beginning of the summer school)
Transcriber: TBC
Intermediate and advanced: explanation leaflet for せんきの妙薬
Original kept at Nichibunken (宗田文庫)
Link to Minna de honkoku (available at the beginning of the summer school)
Transcriber: TBC
15.45-17.15 (group work and presentations)
Beginners: ad for せんきの妙薬 from 『南色梅早咲』(1820)
Original kept in private collection Ebi Bunko
Link to Minna de honkoku (available at the beginning of the summer school)
Transcriber: TBC
Intermediate and advanced: explanation leaflet for せんきの妙薬
Original kept at Nichibunken (宗田文庫)
Link to Minna de honkoku (available at the beginning of the summer school)
Transcriber: TBC
Thursday 8 August 2022
Narrating to advertise: 恋紅染 (1762)
OCR-supported transcription, human-produced semi-diplomatic transcription and translation
9.00-10.30 (group work)
The goal of the first session is for the 5 groups to produce a diplomatic transcription of the allocated passages. For this task you can use the OCR-function available in the NDL 次世代デジタルライブラリー
Link: https://lab.ndl.go.jp/dl/book/10301183?keyword=%E6%81%8B%E7%B4%85%E6%9F%93&page=1
10.45-12.15 (group work)
The goal of the second session is for the 5 groups to produce a semi-diplomatic transcription of the allocated passages. In other words, you need to come up with kanji instead of kana, insert punctuation, and insert the necessary paragraphs.
14.00-15.30 (group work)
The goal of the second session is for the 5 groups to produce an English translation of the allocated passages.
15.45-17.15 (presentations)
In this session all the groups will join forces and we will read through the whole text.
FOR THE WHOLE SESSION PLEASE USE THE FOLLOWING SHARED DOCUMENT: LINK
Friday 9 August 202
Playing to advertise
9.00-10.30 Sōrōbun boost (TBC session with Prof Sato Katsura)
TBC
10.45-12.15 (individual work)
Choose one koma from the sugoroku titled 初商出世双六 (1854) and transcribe its content.
14.00-15.30 (presentations)
Let’s go through the sugoroku together.
15.30-16.00 (closing remarks)
Japanese Early Modern Palaeography 