Hakata : The Cultural Worlds of Northern Kyushu

In Hakata: The Cultural Worlds Of Northern Kyushu-experts In Various Fields Have Collaborated To Products 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 Network 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. Book Jacket. Note On Names And Romanization -- Note On Place Names -- Hakata And Dazaifu : Crossroads, Boundaries, And Identity Formation In Ancient Kyushu / Bruce L. Batten -- Michizane, Tenjin, And Dazaifu / Robert Borgen -- Zen In Northern Kyushu / Nobuyoshi Yamabe -- The Hakata Merchant's World : Cultural Networks In A Centre Of Maritime Trade / Andrew Cobbing -- Chanoyu In Hakata : Zen, Karamono And The Reception Of Tea Ceremony / Kazushige Horimoto -- Fictocritical Momentum : Yamakasa Masculinity As Hakata Tradition / Tim Cross -- Revisiting The Globalism Of The Periphery : Asianism In Fukuoka / Reiko Ogawa -- Matsumoto Jiichiro And Fukuoka / Ian Neary -- Traditional Craft Industries In Fukuoka Prefecture / Yasushi Yonemitsu -- Staging The Local And Sacramental : Yamakasa As New Noh / Tim Cross. Edited By Andrew Cobbing. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.