The Acceptance of Chinese Operas and Novels in Japan since the Early Modern Period
Overview of the research
Chinese literature has been accepted in Japan for a long time, and studies on such acceptance have been conducted since an early time. The research so far has elucidated the influence of Chinese literature on its Japanese counterpart to some extent. However, the "reading" or "using" of Chinese literature that does not necessarily lead to the creation of new literary works may have often been overlooked. To clarify the acceptance of Chinese operas and novels in Japan, this study considers the act of reading as a part of the history of acceptance, focuses on how literary works were read and investigates the descriptions about Chinese operas and novels in Japanese documents since the early modern period. By adopting this approach, the study aims to reconstruct the history of the acceptance of Chinese literature in Japan in a multifaceted manner.
Research Interests
翻訳
中国文学
中国語
異文化交流
読書
受容
俗文学
俗語
漢籍
漢字
漢文
訓読
白話
言語理解
唐話
長崎
江戸
遊里
東アジア
移民
文字
音声
Research Areas
Humanities & social sciences, Foreign language education
Humanities & social sciences, Literature - Chinese
Humanities & social sciences, Literature - General
Papers
Miscellaneous Records of the Wooden Bridge 板橋雑記 and Its Legacy in the Edo and Meiji Eras: Interpretations of the Jinling Pleasure Quarters in the Late Ming Dynasty
Weigong Yang
The Journal of Oriental Researches, Mar. 2026, Peer-reviewed
The Publication and Its Significances of the Japanese Published Editon of Miscellaneous Records of the Wooden Bridge
Yang Weigong
Journal of Humanities across the Straits, Dec. 2023, Peer-reviewed
A Brief Consideration on the Use of the Series "Shuoling" in the Edo Period
Weigong Yang
KYUKO, Jun. 2022, Peer-reviewed
Dramatic Work Read in the Form of Poetry: The Gems of Poetry on Cui and Zhang in Pudong Printed in Japan and a Possible Pass of Dissemination of the Tale of the Western Chamber in the Edo Period
Weigong Yang
JOURNAL OF CHINESE LITERATURE, Apr. 2021, Peer-reviewed
The "Way to Read 読法" the "Marvelous Writing 妙文": Ways to Read the Sixth Work of Genius 第六才子書 in the Edo Period
Weigong Yang
JOURNAL OF CHINESE LITERATURE, Apr. 2019, Peer-reviewed
記憶と身体の人文科学——非言語媒体の表現による体験的記憶継承の可能性を求めて 第10回研究会, 09 May 2026, 京都大学人文科学研究所
Perceptions of Chinese ‘Vernacular Language’ in the Edo Period: Inspired by Matazō Ishizaki’s A History of Chinese Vernacular Literature in Early Modern Japan
楊維公
New research on Chinese knowledge and language in 19th- and 20th-century Japan, 04 Dec. 2025, 京都大学人文科学研究所