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.

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.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material -- Introduction -- 1. Hakata and Dazaifu: Crossroads, Boundaries, and Identity Formation in Ancient Kyushu / Bruce L. Batten -- 2. Michizane, Tenjin, and Dazaifu / Robert Borgen -- 3. Zen in Northern Kyushu / Nobuyoshi Yamabe -- 4. The Hakata Merchant’s World: Cultural Networks in a Centre of Maritime Trade / Andrew Cobbing -- 5. Chanoyu in Hakata: Zen, Karamono and the Reception of Tea Ceremony / Kazushige Horimoto -- 6. Fictocritical Momentum: Yamakasa Masculinity as Hakata Tradition / Tim Cross -- 7. Imagining Regional, National and Local Identities: ‘Asianism’ in Fukuoka / Reiko Ogawa -- 8. Matsumoto Jiichirō and Fukuoka / Ian Neary -- 9. Traditional Craft Industries in Fukuoka Prefecture / Yasushi Yonemitsu -- 10. Staging the Local and Sacramental: Yamakasa as New Noh / Tim Cross -- Index.