Publication

No.101 July 20.2000

Cover Graphics

Shogakko Seito Benkyo Kagami

Shogakko Seito Benkyo Kagami (Elementary School Student Ranking)
from Kainokuni Elementary School, Yamanashi Prefecture
In 1872, the Meiji government issued the Education Ordinance and called for the establishment of elementary schools throughout the nation. The Shogakko Seito Benkyo Kagami (Elementary School Student Ranking) was a list of students by order of their grades. Fierce academic competition starting from elementary school is not a recent phenomenon.
Shogakko Seito Benkyo Kagami

Iron sword with engraving of characters "king bequeaths,"
excavated from the Inaridai No. 1 Kofun tumulus
 Ichihara city, Chiba Prefecture. An iron sword with a 7 character inscription of silver inlay that begins with the characters "king bequeaths." The sword was bestowed to a powerful clan from royalty in the mid-fifth century. The inscription was discovered by x-ray analysis performed by the National Museum of Japanese History.
Shogakko Seito Benkyo Kagami

Iron sword excavated from the Inariyama Kofun tumulus
 Gyoda city, Saitama Prefecture. An iron sword with a 115 character inscription of gold inlay which includes the characters denoting the year 471. The inscription was discovered by x-ray analysis and became a leading topic of debate concerning the establishment of a national government and the origins of writing in ancient Japan.

Index

Let's go to the museum!

The transformation to visitor-centered museums
National Folk Museum of Korea		 (Kim Jong Dae)

A Witness to History

A photographic introduction to items from the collection
"Lineages of Various Occupations and Faith in Vocational Founders"		  

Special Edition A study of history that covers the world Scholarship

Creating a New View of History from Multiple Perspectives (Minami Hirakawa)
The Marriage of Man'yo Research and Ethnology: Light and Shadow (Makoto Ueno)
From Natural Science to the Study of History: Considerations of Dating (Mineo Imamura)
From analysis of wooden pipe materials excavated from ruins of the Hongo grounds of
the University of Tokyo		  

Column

Scholarship and Ethnology of Border Transgressions (Yutaka Kan)
Brass Production and Zinc Imports in Japan (Yuichi Hara)

31st Rekihaku Colloquy

Manabu Tsukamoto and Seiichiro Tsuji  

Nature and Environment as Historical Reference Materials 4th Rekihaku Research Bulletin

View from the East, View from the West: Observations of the Third Rekihaku
International Symposium		 (Akira Tsuneki)

Reviews

"Research Report of the National Museum of History" 81st edition
Change in the continental environment and the history of natural disastersover the past 10,000 years		 (reviewer Nobuyuki Yonekura)

Introductions by the Author

Iwanami Junior Shinsho: You Can See Asia from Okinawa (Masao Higa)
Dictionary of Ethnology (Takanori Shintani)

Exhibition Review

Special Exhibition
-The Earth and Mountains Rumble: 300 years of Struggles of the Common People
A success in visually representing a ponderous topic		 (reviewer Michio Aoki)

Rekihaku Chat (reader's page) 7/20/2000

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