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HIST 87: Winter 2025 Citation Worksheet

I. Citation Guidelines Cite the source of a quotation, data point, or paraphrase immediately following the quote or statement derived from that source. Since we will only be citing course materials, we can use a simplified citation style: in parathesis, cite the last name of the author and the page number from which you derived the data point. For example:

• This sentence shares a piece of evidence from Reading #3 (Reading #3 Author's Last Name, p. page number for the fact).

• The Taihō Code allowed 30 days for officials to travel by sea between Dazaifu and Kyoto (von Verschuer, p. 308). • The Petition of Owari claimed that “the corvée duties” were “heavy” (Petition of Owari, quoted in von Verschuer, p. 308).

II. Practice A. Read the following two excerpts 1. Excerpt from von Verschuer, “Life of Commoners in the Provinces: The Owari no genbumi of 988,” p. 317:

“Whereas Shinano hemp and glazed ceramics were specialties of Owari Province, other tax supplies, including lacquer, oil, and Indian madder, were provided to the Heian court by many other provinces. The lacquer was stocked in the storehouses of the Ministry of Treasury (Ōkurashō) and used in the imperial workshops, which produced lacquer dishes, furniture (chests and frames for screens), palanquins, and other equipment for the imperial family. Oil was also used at imperial craft shops.”

2. Excerpt from Sei Shōnagon, The Pillow Book of Sei Shōnagon, p. 40:

“For example, if they are married to a provincial governor and their daughter is chosen to take part in the Gosechi dances, they do not have to disgrace themselves by acting like provincials and asking other people about procedure.”

See reverse side for exercise….

B. Complete the following paragraph by filling in the correct citations. Sei Shōnagon imagined that geography and knowledge of etiquette distinguished residents of

the provinces from those of the imperial capital (______________, p. ____________). Yet in

fact the life of etiquette that she so valued in the capital was wholly dependent on products

from the provinces. For example, the Heian court received hemp and glazed ceramics from

Owari province. Lacquer, a central material for dishes, furniture, and palanquins, arrived from

other provinces (____________, p. ____________).