[KS] Fuji Kawashima

[Edward Shultz]

Fuji was indeed a gifted artist. We worked on several projects dealing with Andong and once on a field trip there he reproduced much of the trip through his vivid sketches. When he visited us at the University of Hawaii, he sketched our Center's building and that sketch still proudly hangs in our main reception area. His art work gives a glimpse into his artistic talent and reminds us of what a gifted and multifaceted scholar he was. Thanks to the others who have helped us recall his many contributions.
Aloha Fuji,
Ned Shultz


----- Original Message -----
From: Mark Peterson <markpeterson at byu.edu>
Date: Wednesday, March 8, 2006 7:22 am
Subject: Re: [KS] Fuji Kawashima
To: Korean Studies Discussion List <Koreanstudies at koreaweb.ws>

> I, too, feel extremely saddened by Fuji's sudden passing.  And I 
> echo 
> Mike's feelings and his appreciation for David's eulogy -- 
> certainly 
> his artistic gifts and sketchpad were a wonderful dimension to his 
> talent and personality.  I would like to add the concept of sonbae 
> to 
> the enfolding eulogy.  He was my sonbae in all the warm and good 
> nuances of the term.  He was enough ahead of me in the pipeline, 
> that 
> he could have ignored me as a much, much too junior person -- we 
> never 
> had classes together.  He had just left the halls of 2 Divinity 
> Ave, 
> and the H-Y Library when I arrived.  The echo of his name was 
> still 
> around, although he had left for Korea for his fieldwork.  So when 
> we 
> met, I felt like I knew him, but he had no way of knowing me, yet, 
> he 
> warmly coached me, shared experiences with me and mentored me.  He 
> always sends me copies of his articles, so I feel like he is still 
> mentoring me.  A warm friend, a great colleague and all that a 
> sonbae 
> can be.
> 
> Thank you, Fuji.  Godspeed to you.
> 
> Mark Peterson
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On Mar 7, 2006, at 8:47 AM, Michael Robinson wrote:
> 
> > David has captured part of the essence of Fuji's personality in 
> > reminding us of his giving nature.  I first met Fuji as a 
> graduate 
> > student at Washington in the mid-1970s.  I remember him sitting 
> with 
> > us by the hour and discussing our interests and proposed topics 
> of 
> > study.  His quiet encouragement was a source of inspiration to 
> all of 
> > us at Washington at the time.  And his personal example of 
> openness, 
> > lack of pretension, warmth, and intellectual engagement was very 
> much 
> > a model of what I hoped to become as a member of the academy.  
> I'm 
> > saddened by his passing, but I'm smiling with every memory I 
> have of 
> > my all too infrequent encounters with this wonderful man.
> >
> > Mike Robinson
> > ----- Original Message ----- From: "David McCann" 
> > <dmccann at fas.harvard.edu>
> > To: "Korean Studies Discussion List" <Koreanstudies at koreaweb.ws>
> > Sent: Tuesday, March 07, 2006 9:34 AM
> > Subject: Re: [KS] Fuji Kawashima
> >
> >
> >> Let there be many recollections and appreciations of Fuji.  It 
> will 
> >> be a comfort to read what others may write on his work in the 
> field 
> >> of history, but I also hope there will be some who know more 
> than I 
> >> about his watercolors and sketches.  I remember at a meeting a 
> few 
> >> years back, he showed me a sketchbook, and there was in his 
> manner a 
> >> bit of wonder at his remarkable talent.  The work was full of 
> life.  
> >> I had the sense that he had discovered that path rather late, 
> and 
> >> perhaps was surprised by it. Didn't he make sketches where he 
> had 
> >> travelled and stayed, and give them to his hosts?  Gifted, and 
> giving 
> >> so joyfully.
> >>
> >>
> >> David McCann
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> On 3/6/06 6:43 PM, Robert Provine wrote:
> >>
> >>> Dear list:
> >>>
> >>> Bruce Cumings has sent the list-owners the terribly sad news 
> that 
> >>> Fuji Kawashima, the great historian of Korea at Bowling Green 
> State 
> >>> University, has passed away very suddenly.    More information 
> on 
> >>> Professor Kawashima will certainly come out in the near 
> future, but 
> >>> I wanted to inform the Korean studies community quickly about 
> this 
> >>> unexpected and tragic news.
> >>>
> >>> Rob Provine
> >>> Moderator
> >>>
> >>
> >
> >
> >
> 
> 
>