Asiatic Society of Japan

Logo of the Asiatic Society of Japan, with Kanji characters in Seal script. Read top-to-bottom and right-to-left: 日本 / アジア / 協会 (the society's name, one word per column).

The Asiatic Society of Japan (日本アジア協会, Nihon Ajia Kyōkai, lit. "Japan Asia Society") is a society of Japanese studies (Japanology). Founded in 1872, the ASJ is Japan's oldest learned society. The Honorary Patron is Hisako, Princess Takamado. The president of the society as of 2017 is Dr. Charles De Wolf.

Overview

The Asiatic Society of Japan (ASJ) was founded in 1872, five years after the Meiji restoration, at Yokohama by British and American residents - in particular missionaries, diplomats, businessmen etc. Ernest Mason Satow and John Harington Gubbins were among the founder members.

The ASJ is Japan's oldest learned society and still very active today. Its journal, the Transactions of the Asiatic Society of Japan ( ISSN 0913-4271), is published annually since 1874.

Publications

Asiatic Society of Japan (1880). Transactions of the Asiatic Society of Japan, Volume 8. VOL. VIII. B. MEIKLEJOHN AND CO., PRINTERS, YOKOHAMA, JAPAN: The Society. Retrieved 1 March 2012. (Harvard University)(Digitized Sep 4, 2007)(YOKOHAMA : LANE, CRAWFORD & CO.; KELLY & CO. SHANGHAI : KELLY & WALSH. LONDON: TRÜBNER & CO. PARIS : ERNEST LEROUX)
Asiatic Society of Japan (1880). Transactions, Volume 8. VOL. VIII. B. MEIKLEJOHN AND CO. PRINTERS, YOKOHAMA, JAPAN. p. 482. Retrieved 1 March 2012.

Early Presidents^[1]

1872-1873 Robert Grant Watson
1873-1874 Dr James Curtis Hepburn (1815-1911)
1874-1876 Samuel Robbins Brown
1876-1878 Harry Smith Parkes
1878-1879 David Murray
1879-1880 Edward W. Syle
1880-1881 Edward Divers, FRS
1881-1882 J Gordon Kenney
1882-1883 Sir Harry Smith Parkes
1883-1885 James Curtis Hepburn
1885-1888 Nicholas John Hannen
1888-1889 William George Aston
1889-1890 Rev James Lansing Amerman
1890-1891 Nicholas John Hannen
1891-1893 Prof. Basil Hall Chamberlain
1893-1895 Rev Daniel Crosby Greene (1843–1913)
1895-1900 Sir Ernest Mason Satow (1843-1929)
1900-1903 Rev Daniel Crosby Greene (1843–1913)
1903-1905 Rev Prof. Arthur Lloyd (1852-1911)
1905-1911 Sir Claude Maxwell MacDonald
1912-1913 J.C. Hall
1913-1918 Sir Conyngham Greene
1919-1921 Roland Sletor Morris
1921-1926 Sir Charles Eliot
1926-1928 Dr Wilhelm Solf
1929-1930 George Bailey Sansom
1930-1931 Rev Samuel Hayman Wainwright
1931- Sir Francis Lindley
1987 - 1994 Ronald Suleski^[2]^[3]

Other notable members

Mori Arinori (1847-1889)^[4]
Rev. Dr. Samuel Robbins Brown (1810-1880)
Josiah Conder (1852-1920)
Lafcadio Hearn (1850-1904)^[4]
Neal Lawrence (1908-2004)^[5]
Edwin O. Reischauer (1910-1990)^[4]

References

↑ Transactions of the Asiatic Society of Japan. 1932.
↑ "Collecting Research Materials in Shanghai: A Qing Dynasty Astrologer's Predictions for the Future". Royal Asiatic Society, Shanghai. Retrieved 20 March 2017.
↑ "About Ronald Suleski". Suffolk University, Boston. Retrieved 20 March 2017.
1 2 3 "History of The Asiatic Society of Japan". Asiatic Society of Japan. Retrieved 3 January 2017.
↑ "Obituaries: Father Neal Henry Lawrence OSB, 96," Archived 2009-03-07 at the Wayback Machine. St John's Abbey, Collegeville, Minnesota.

External links

ASJapan.org – official website (in English)

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[1] Transactions of the Asiatic Society of Japan. 1932.

[2] "Collecting Research Materials in Shanghai: A Qing Dynasty Astrologer's Predictions for the Future". Royal Asiatic Society, Shanghai. Retrieved 20 March 2017.

[3] "About Ronald Suleski". Suffolk University, Boston. Retrieved 20 March 2017.

[ASJ-4] 1 2 3 "History of The Asiatic Society of Japan". Asiatic Society of Japan. Retrieved 3 January 2017.

[5] "Obituaries: Father Neal Henry Lawrence OSB, 96," Archived 2009-03-07 at the Wayback Machine. St John's Abbey, Collegeville, Minnesota.