Book contents
- Japan and Ancient Greece
- Classical Scholarship In Translation
- Japan and Ancient Greece
- Copyright page
- Contents
- List of Figures
- Foreword
- Acknowledgments
- Note on Transcription and Pronunciation
- Introduction
- Chapter 1On Imagining Origins
- Chapter 2The Growth of Learning
- Chapter 3Incorporations
- Chapter 4Dialogues
- Conclusion
- Appendix A: Western Reference Works on Greek Antiquity Translated into Japanese, 1920–1945
- Appendix B: Seijō koten kenkyū [Western Classical Studies], Table of Contents of the First Four Annual Volumes, 1953–1956
- Bibliography
- Index
Conclusion
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 01 July 2026
Book contents
- Japan and Ancient Greece
- Classical Scholarship In Translation
- Japan and Ancient Greece
- Copyright page
- Contents
- List of Figures
- Foreword
- Acknowledgments
- Note on Transcription and Pronunciation
- Introduction
- Chapter 1On Imagining Origins
- Chapter 2The Growth of Learning
- Chapter 3Incorporations
- Chapter 4Dialogues
- Conclusion
- Appendix A: Western Reference Works on Greek Antiquity Translated into Japanese, 1920–1945
- Appendix B: Seijō koten kenkyū [Western Classical Studies], Table of Contents of the First Four Annual Volumes, 1953–1956
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
The relationship that Japanese elites established with ancient Greece has both a technical and an imaginative dimension, having been constructed by means of words and concepts nourished by dreams and illusions. In combination, these dynamics led to a profound incorporation of elements associated with antiquity in contemporary Japanese culture, whether in the realm of taste or of values. When authors such as Robert Guillain refer to the archipelago as the “Far West,” a phrase meant to call attention to Japan’s growing proximity to European countries, this relation is not limited to “material aspects” and “economic models,” but also concerns politics, the arts, and science.
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