ISBN:
9783111345918
,
9783111345710
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (xi, 287 pages)
Series Statement:
Welten ostasiens volume 39
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Ciorciaro, Alexandra Time in diaries of court and Bakufu officials in the late 13th century
Keywords:
Time History To 1500
;
Time study History To 1500
;
Japanese diaries 1185-1600
;
Journaux intimes japonais - 1185-1600
;
Japan History Kamakura period, 1185-1333
;
Japon - Histoire - 1185-1333 (Époque de Kamakura)
;
Court and bakufu
;
Kanbun diaries
;
Medieval Japan
;
Time studies
Abstract:
Human existence is fundamentally defined by time. Throughout history and across cultures, societies have negotiated time in various ways. This monograph studies temporality as it emerges from diaries produced by government officials during the late thirteenth century in Japan, thereby contributing a perspective gleaned from non-literary texts to the study of time in the social sphere of noble elites in the Kamakura period. In synthesising different approaches to the study of time, it analyses various aspects of time to obtain a comprehensive picture of how time is expressed in these diaries, scrutinise the time practices that they disclose, and reflect on related conceptualisations and evaluations of time. The monograph argues that we may discern a plurality of coexisting modes of time and that certain aspects and concerns took precedence over others in different situations depending on the symbolic forms that dominated them. As part of the 'Time in Medieval Japan' (TIMEJ) research project of the University of Zurich, this research aims to contribute to a more nuanced understanding of medieval Japan as multi-faceted society with diverse approaches to time
Description / Table of Contents:
Frontmatter -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 Temporality of Diaries -- Chapter 2 Temporal Routines -- Chapter 3 Time Reckoning, Notions of Time, and Temporal Regimes -- Chapter 4 The Coordination of Action -- Chapter 5 Chronoschemes and Evaluations of Time -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index
Note:
In English
