Hakata : the cultural worlds of northern Kyushu / / edited by Andrew Cobbing.

• TeilnehmendeR: Cobbing, Andrew.
• Year of Publication: 2013
• Language: English
• Series: Regional Spaces, Cultures and Identities of East Asia 1.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (263 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.
• Other title: Preliminary Material --; Introduction --; 1. Hakata and Dazaifu: Crossroads, Boundaries, and Identity Formation in Ancient Kyushu /; 2. Michizane, Tenjin, and Dazaifu /; 3. Zen in Northern Kyushu /; 4. The Hakata Merchant’s World: Cultural Networks in a Centre of Maritime Trade /; 5. Chanoyu in Hakata: Zen, Karamono and the Reception of Tea Ceremony /; 6. Fictocritical Momentum: Yamakasa Masculinity as Hakata Tradition /; 7. Imagining Regional, National and Local Identities: ‘Asianism’ in Fukuoka /; 8. Matsumoto Jiichirō and Fukuoka /; 9. Traditional Craft Industries in Fukuoka Prefecture /; 10. Staging the Local and Sacramental: Yamakasa as New Noh /; Index.
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
• ISBN: 9004243089
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: edited by Andrew Cobbing.

In Hakata: The Cultural Worlds of Northern Kyushu , experts in various fields have collaborated to produce an interdisciplinary collection offering diverse insights on a region yet to be fully addressed in English. A historic port situated in a strategically vital region as the closest point of contact with the Asian continent, Hakata has long served as a key hub in the transcultural networks linking Japan with the outside world. This volume explores the rich legacy of these wider interactions, in particular the cosmopolitan, international dimension deeply embedded in Hakata's urban culture. With an identity all its own and quite distinct from other regions in Japan, it is a culture once again increasingly relevant in today's world of borderless communications.