- Title Pages
- The Oxford History Of Historical Writing
- [UNTITLED]
- General Editor’s Acknowledgements
- Foreword
- List of Maps
- Notes on the Contributors
- Advisory Board
- Editors’ Introduction
- Chapter 1 Chinese Official Historical Writing under the Ming and Qing
- Chapter 2 The Historical Writing of Qing Imperial Expansion
- Chapter 3 Private Historiography in Late Imperial China
- Chapter 4 A Social History of Japanese Historical Writing
- Chapter 5 Writing History in Pre-Modern Korea
- Chapter 6 Southeast Asian Historical Writing
- Chapter 7 Indo-Persian Historical Thoughts and Writings
- Chapter 8 Persian Historical Writing under the Safavids (1501–1722/36)
- Chapter 9 Ottoman Historical Writing
- Chapter 10 Islamic Scholarship and Understanding History in West Africa before 1800
- Chapter 11 Philology and History
- Chapter 12 Major Trends in European Antiquarianism, Petrarch to Peiresc
- Chapter 13 History, Myth, and Fiction
- Chapter 14 Historical Writing in Russia and Ukraine
- Chapter 15 Austria, the Habsburgs, and Historical Writing in Central Europe
- Chapter 16 German Historical Writing from the Reformation to the Enlightenment
- Chapter 17 Italian Renaissance Historical Narrative
- Chapter 18 Italian Historical Writing, 1680–1800
- Chapter 19 History and Historians in France, from the Great Italian Wars to the Death of Louis XIV
- Chapter 20 The Historical Thought of the French <i>Philosophes</i>
- Chapter 21 Writing Official History in Spain
- Chapter 22 Historical Writing in Scandinavia
- Chapter 23 Historical Writing in Britain from the Late Middle Ages to the Eve of Enlightenment
- Chapter 24 Scottish Historical Writing of the Enlightenment
- Chapter 25 English Enlightenment Histories, 1750–<i>c.</i>1815
- Chapter 26 European Historiography on the East
- Chapter 27 A New History for a ‘New World’
- Chapter 28 Mesoamerican History
- Chapter 29 Alphabetical Writing in Mesoamerican Historiography
- Chapter 30 Inca Historical Forms
- Chapter 31 Historical Writing about Brazil, 1500–1800
- Chapter 32 Spanish American Colonial Historiography
- Chapter 33 Historical Writing in Colonial and Revolutionary America
- Index
A Social History of Japanese Historical Writing
A Social History of Japanese Historical Writing
- Chapter:
- (p.80) Chapter 4 A Social History of Japanese Historical Writing
- Source:
- The Oxford History of Historical Writing
- Author(s):
Masayuki Sato
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
This chapter examines Japanese historical writing in the period from 1400 to 1800. Several important types of historiography emerged from the start of the Tokugawa period. One kind was typified by Hayashi Razan, who edited the official history of the Tokugawa government, the Honchō tsugan [Conspectus of Our Land] (1644–70). A second was that associated with Tokugawa Mitsukuni, who initiated the Dai Nihon shi [Great History of Japan] (1657–1906). A third type is exemplified by Arai Hakuseki, whose autobiography, Oritaku shiba no ki [Told Round a Brushwood Fire] (1716), is replete with historical insights and an acute consciousness regarding historical research. Other examples include the works of Ogyū Sorai and Motoori Norinaga, both of whom included many profound historical observations regarding Japanese tradition in their work.
Keywords: Japanese history, historiography, Tokugawa period, Hayashi Razan, Tokugawa Mitsukuni, Arai Hakuseki, Ogyū Sorai, Motoori Norinaga
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- Title Pages
- The Oxford History Of Historical Writing
- [UNTITLED]
- General Editor’s Acknowledgements
- Foreword
- List of Maps
- Notes on the Contributors
- Advisory Board
- Editors’ Introduction
- Chapter 1 Chinese Official Historical Writing under the Ming and Qing
- Chapter 2 The Historical Writing of Qing Imperial Expansion
- Chapter 3 Private Historiography in Late Imperial China
- Chapter 4 A Social History of Japanese Historical Writing
- Chapter 5 Writing History in Pre-Modern Korea
- Chapter 6 Southeast Asian Historical Writing
- Chapter 7 Indo-Persian Historical Thoughts and Writings
- Chapter 8 Persian Historical Writing under the Safavids (1501–1722/36)
- Chapter 9 Ottoman Historical Writing
- Chapter 10 Islamic Scholarship and Understanding History in West Africa before 1800
- Chapter 11 Philology and History
- Chapter 12 Major Trends in European Antiquarianism, Petrarch to Peiresc
- Chapter 13 History, Myth, and Fiction
- Chapter 14 Historical Writing in Russia and Ukraine
- Chapter 15 Austria, the Habsburgs, and Historical Writing in Central Europe
- Chapter 16 German Historical Writing from the Reformation to the Enlightenment
- Chapter 17 Italian Renaissance Historical Narrative
- Chapter 18 Italian Historical Writing, 1680–1800
- Chapter 19 History and Historians in France, from the Great Italian Wars to the Death of Louis XIV
- Chapter 20 The Historical Thought of the French <i>Philosophes</i>
- Chapter 21 Writing Official History in Spain
- Chapter 22 Historical Writing in Scandinavia
- Chapter 23 Historical Writing in Britain from the Late Middle Ages to the Eve of Enlightenment
- Chapter 24 Scottish Historical Writing of the Enlightenment
- Chapter 25 English Enlightenment Histories, 1750–<i>c.</i>1815
- Chapter 26 European Historiography on the East
- Chapter 27 A New History for a ‘New World’
- Chapter 28 Mesoamerican History
- Chapter 29 Alphabetical Writing in Mesoamerican Historiography
- Chapter 30 Inca Historical Forms
- Chapter 31 Historical Writing about Brazil, 1500–1800
- Chapter 32 Spanish American Colonial Historiography
- Chapter 33 Historical Writing in Colonial and Revolutionary America
- Index