Liudmila Mikhailovna Ermakova turns 80!
https://doi.org/10.55105/2500-2872-2025-3-165-173
Abstract
This article is dedicated to the anniversary of one of Russia's leading Japanologists. Liudmila Mikhailovna Ermakova's work can be divided into two periods based on geography: in Russia and in Japan, although she never severed her ties with either her homeland or the country she studied. The enormous body of work produced by Ermakova over the years — 250 books, articles, and other texts — is a source of wonder and admiration. It should be emphasized that, throughout her creative career, she remained faithful to translations and research on ancient Japanese literature, beliefs, and mythology. Let us name only the most important of her works: the translation and commentary on the Kojiki (Vol. 2), the Nihon Shoki (Vols. 1—16), the Norito prayers from the Engishiki code and the Senmyo imperial edicts of the Shokunihongi chronicle, Yamato-hime-no Mikoto Seiki (The Life Story of the Devoted Princess Priestess), and many others. Research articles, including accompanying translations and more, constitute a significant and important part of Liudmila Mikhailovna's writings. A special place is occupied by the two-volume work When Heaven and Earth Opened: Myth, Ritual, and Poetry of Early Japan (Moscow: Nauka — Voctochnaya Literatura, 2020). We wish L.M. Ermakova good health and many more years of active creative work.
Keywords
Japan,
mythology,
rituals,
waka poems,
Kojiki,
Nihon Shoki,
Buddhism,
continental influences,
Japanese culture
About the Author
E. K. Simonova-Gudzenko
Institute of Asian and African Studies of Moscow State University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Simonova-Gudzenko Ekaterina K., Professor of the Department of Japanese History and Culture
11, Mokhovaya Str., 125009 Moscow
References
1. Ermakova, L.M. (1991). Norito. Semmyo. Perevod, issledovanie, kommentarii [Norito. Senmyo. Translation, Research, and Commentary]. Moscow: Nauka. (In Russian).
2. Ermakova, L.M. (1994). Kodziki. Zapisi o deyaniyakh drevnosti. Svitok Vtoroi. Perevod, issledovaniya i kommentarii [Kojiki. Records of Ancient Deeds. Scroll 2. Translation, Research, and Commentary]. Saint Petersburg: Shar. (In Russian).
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5. Ermakova, L.M. (2020). Kogda raskrylis' Nebo i Zemlya. Mif, ritual, poeziya Drevnei Yaponii [When Heaven and Earth Opened. Mythology, Ritual, Poetry of Ancient Japan], Vol. 1. Moscow: Nauka. (in Russian).
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7. Ermakova, L.M. (2023a). Sotsiogenez i etnokratiya v mificheskikh narrativakh Nara — Kheian (issledovanie); Svod zapisei podlinnoi genealogii roda Khata (perevod) [Sociogenesis and Ethnocracy in the Mythical Narratives of Nara-Heian; Collection of Records of the Authentic Genealogy of the Hata Clan. Translation]. In Istoriya i kultura Yaponii 15. Orientalia et Classica. Trudy Instituta klassicheskogo Vostoka i antichnosti [History and Culture of Japan 15. Orientalia et Classica. Studies of the Institute of Classical Orient and Antiquity] (pp. 203—213). Moscow: HSE Publishing House. (In Russian).
8. Ermakova, L.M. (2023b). Novyi izbornik zapisei o predskazaniyakh [na pantsire] cherepakhi. Issledovanie i perevod [New Collection of Records of Divination [on a Turtle] Shell. Research and Translation]. In Yaponskie drevnosti (istoriko-pravovye issledovaniya) [Japanese Antiquities (Historical and Legal Studies)] (pp. 130—180). Yekaterinburg: USLU. (In Russian).
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Simonova-Gudzenko E.K. Liudmila Mikhailovna Ermakova turns 80! Japanese Studies in Russia. 2025;(3):165-173. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.55105/2500-2872-2025-3-165-173
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