Sophia University Institute of Comparative Culture presents the symposium

Women and Networks in Nineteenth Century Japan

Sophia University, Tokyo
Saturday, June 8, 2013
Building 12, 1F, Rm. 102

10:00 – 10:15　WELCOME ADDRESS
David H. SLATER (Sophia University, Director of ICC ŌGUCHI Yūjirō (Ochanomizu University, Professor Emeritus)

10:15 – 11:30　CONSTRUCTING RELATIONS THROUGH TEXTS
CHAIR: Gaye ROWLEY (Waseda University)

1. Luke ROBERTS (UC Santa Barbara)
"Women of the Samurai Mori House of Tosa Domain"

2. Marcia YONEMOTO (University of Colorado, Boulder) "Women and the Making of Family Networks in the Late Tokugawa Period”

3. YABUTA Yutaka (Kansai University)
“The Network of Nishitani Saku and Family Seen through their Correspondence”

11:30 – 11:40: Break

11:40 – 12:40　TIES OF NUNS AND GEISHA
CHAIR : UMEZAWA Fumiko (Keisen University)

4. YOKOYAMA Yuriko (Independent Scholar)
“A Financial Network of the Brothels in Edo: Focusing on Shin-Yoshiwara“

5. Matthew MITCHELL (Duke University)
“Beyond the Convent Walls: the Networks and Travels of Daihongan’s Abbesses in the 19th Century”

12:40 – 14:00: Lunch break

14:00 – 15:00　LINKING WOMEN THROUGH EDUCATION CHAIR : YOKOTA Fuyuhiko (Kyoto University)

6. SUGANO Noriko (Teikyō University, ret.)
“Interpreting the Development of The Greater Learning for Women”

7. KAWATA Atsuko (Aikoku Gakuen Junior College)
“Naito Masu: The Networks of an Educator for Girls in the Early Meiji Period”

15:00 – 15:10: Break

15:10 – 16:10　WOMEN IN HOUSEHOLDS OF SCHOLARS AND DOCTORS CHAIR : Kate WILDMAN NAKAI (Sophia University, Prof. Emerita)

8. Bettina GRAMLICH-OKA (Sophia University)
“Tadano Makuzu and the Lack of the Right Network”

9. NISHIZAWA Naoko (Keio University)
“The Network of the Female Members of Fukuzawa Yukichi’s Family”

16:10 – 16:20: Break

16:20 – 17:20　WOMEN IN TIMES OF TURMOIL
CHAIR : SAKURAI Yuki (Independent Scholar)

10. Laura NENZI (UT, Knoxville)
“A Loyalist Mission behind the Scenes: the Many Networks of Kurosawa Tokiko”

11. Anne WALTHALL (UC Irvine)
“Male/Female Networks: Hirata Atsutane and Orise in exile”

17:20 – 17:45　 CLOSING REMARKS AND DISCUSSION

SHIBA Keiko (Independent Scholar)

18:00 – 19:30: 　 RECEPTION


No registration necessary
No translation provided
Both Japanese and English will be used

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