Kyoto Asian Studies Group January meeting

[niels van steenpaal]

Dear colleagues,

 

The speaker for the January meeting of the Kyoto Asian Studies Group is Mary Louise Nagata, who will present “Spousal Age Gap Patterns in Late Tokugawa Kyoto: Marriage, Gender, Status, and Strategies for Family Business Continuity” (see abstract below).    

 

The talk will be held on Friday, January 16th, 17:30-19:30 Seminar Room 8 (第8演習室), on the basement floor of Research Bldg. No. 2 (総合研究2号館), on the Kyoto University Main Campus (see link below for access information).

 

 

Abstract

 

Spousal Age Gap Patterns in Late Tokugawa Kyoto: Marriage, Gender, Status, and Strategies for Family Business Continuity

 

 

Analysis of spousal age gap patterns reveal a strong homogamous core, but also patterns that varied by gender and social status. The patterns for men and women across the life course were very different and reveal contrasting strategies for family and business continuity when considering the needs for successful continuity and demographic constraints. This paper begins with the spousal age gap examining the average, mean, and most common age differences as well as the probability of older wives, and homogamous gaps of 0-2 and 0-4 years. These analyses contrast native, migrants and ‘mixed’ couples; owners, renters and employers; couples living in the commercial center, Nishijin, and other border neighborhoods; and gender by 10-year age groups across the life-course while discussing where and when homogamy was strongest and where the gaps were larger. Then the discussion moves to potential explanatory motivations based on a combination of ‘fit’ and the needs of family business continuity.

 

Mary Louise Nagata is professor emerita of history at Francis Marion University. (Ecole des Hautes Etudes de Sciences Sociales / Centre des Recherche Historiques membre associe)

 

 

For access information see: 

https://www.kyoto-u.ac.jp/en/access/main-campus-map

(the venue is on the south side of the basement floor of the building listed on the map as nr. 34)    

 

Please refrain from bringing food into the meeting room.     

 

Contact: Niels van Steenpaal, nielsvan...@hotmail.com

 

 

About the Kyoto Asian Studies Group:

The KASG is a long-standing Kyoto-based research network that hosts monthly research presentations by experts from various Asian Studies fields. Emphasizing long Q&A sessions, we aim to provide an informal atmosphere in which scholars can freely exchange ideas concerning both finished and in-progress research. Admission is free, and we always welcome new members and presenters.