Rome vs Japan

[Narukami]

Narukami I am impressed with your knowledge of Japans history. I my self have been drawn towards it, but with all of my other college classes I have little time for personal reaserch.

Thank you Tiberius, your comments are most gracious.

In fact, the knowledge of Ancient Rome displayed by the members here far exceeds my modest knowledge of Japanese history (to say nothing of my amateur status in Roman history). That is one of the reasons I frequent this site -- the depth of knowledge here is truly impressive.

Like you I was drawn to Ancient Japan while I was working on my BA in History, however I got lucky in that I finished my requirements for a major in History early and spent my senior year in the Asian Studies department. Unfortunately, no one was well versed in Ancient Japan so I had to settle for modern history.

Then, in graduate school, though qualified no one was interested in teaching pre-modern Japanese History. However there were two professors who were experts on Japanese theatre: Bunraku and Kabuki. Well, these took their stories from pre-modern history and were themselves products of that time period so I switched my field of study and never looked back.

An MA in Asian Theatre may not be a very practical degree, but it was a lot of fun and never a dull moment. :wink:

Narukami