During our trip to Japan at the end of December 2019 and beginning of January 2020, our last stop was Nara. We visited the lovely Yoshikien Gardens. You can visit my original Yoshikien Gardens gallery here.
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New paper on the appointment and careers of prefects during the Qing using CGED-Q
Hu Heng at the Institute of Qing History at Renmin University just published a paper on the appointment of prefects during the Qing, with Bijia Chen and me as second and third authors. The paper makes use of spatial data as well as the government ratings of prefectures that determined who controlled the appointment of…
New paper recapping 40 years of ‘big data’ research on population, family and social history by James Lee, Cameron Campbell and collaborators
James Lee and I just published a paper that summarizes our work over the last few decades studying population, family and social history via construction and analysis of historical datasets from archival records. The paper has three parts: an introduction to the datasets we have constructed, a history of our work together and with others,…
Kennen-ji Temple 建仁寺 in Kyoto
In Kyoto in January, we spent some time at the beautiful Kennen-ji Temple. It is a famous and historic Buddhist temple. The weather was uneven and mostly not conducive to photography, but we did get some pictures we were pleased with. The full Kennen-ji gallery is at my photography website.
Temples, shrines and gardens in Kyoto on the way from Yasaka Shrine to Philosopher’s Walk
In January 2020 we were in Kyoto. On another day we walked down to Kiyomizu Temple and back. The next day, the weather was better and we walked from the Yasaka Shrine to the Philosopher’s Walk. We stopped at a variety of temples, shrines, and gardens. Unfortunately when we took pictures we didn’t keep track…
Night scenes Dotonbori, Osaka, Japan 日本大阪道頓堀夜景
When we were in Osaka at the end of December 2019, we stayed in a hotel in the Dotonbori area. This is a major shopping and night-life district in Osaka. It’s a lot of fun. The original photos are available in the Dotonbori album at my photography website.
Fushimi Inari Taisha in Kyoto 京都的伏見稲荷大社
While in Kyoto in early January 2020, we also visited the Fushimi Inari Taisha. This is a spectacular temple complex in the hills with miles of paths lined by torii gates winding through the forest. The original album at my photo website is here.
Hanamikoji Street at Night, Kyoto 京都的花見小路夜景
While we were in Kyoto at the beginning of 2020, we also spent some evenings on Hanamikoji Street in Gion. The street is lined with traditional wooden buildings. I think they are one of the first places in Kyoto where they have buried power lines, and I hope that is done elsewhere. The album at…
Yasaka Shrine, Kyoto on New Year’s Eve 在八坂神社过阳历除夕
We spent the end of December 2019 and beginning of 2020 in Japan. We arrived in Kyoto on New Year’s Eve and spent most of the evening in and around the grounds of the Yasaka Shrine. The original Yasaka Shrine gallery at my website is here.
New paper on exam degree holders at the end of the Qing
I recently published a paper titled 清末科举停废对士人文官群体的影响——基于微观大数据的宏观新视角 in 社会科学辑刊 on the appointment and subsequent careers of exam degree holders and the overall composition of officialdom between 1900 and 1912, that is at the end of the Qing, and before and after the abolition of the examination system in 1905. By analysis of quarterly CGED-Q data…