Oceans and the Environment of Early Modern Japan
A review of Bringing Whales Ashore: Oceans and the Environment of Early Modern Japan, 1600-1900, by Jakobina Arch. Jakobina Arch’s pathbreaking dissertation makes substantial contributions…
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Japanese Mobilization in Colonial Taiwan
A review of Marshaling Culture: Strategies of Japanese Mobilization in Colonial Taiwan, by Winifred Kai-wen Chang. Winifred Chang’s dissertation is a reexamination of the centrality…
Modern Fatherhood, Nationhood, and Globalization in Japan
A review of Gender, Family, and New Styles of Fatherhood: Modernization and Globalization in Japan, by Atsuko Oyama. Atsuko Oyama’s dissertation provides multidisciplinary insight into…
Representations of Commoner Performance in Early Medieval Japan
A review of Performing Culture: Representations of Commoner Performance in Early Medieval Japan, by Ashton Lazarus. The clatter of binzasara rattles and shrills of flutes;…
A Cultural History of Wartime Japan
A review of Carnival War: A Cultural History of Wartime Japan, 1937-1945, by Benjamin Tsubokura Uchiyama. Benjamin Uchiyama’s dissertation revisits the culture of wartime Japan…
The Making of Karafuto Repatriates
A review of The making of Karafuto repatriates, by Jonathan Edward Bull. Japan’s defeat in World War II ushered in the rapid dismantling of its…
“Things Chinese and Japanese”: American Conceptions of Civilization
A review of Material, Mental, and Moral Progress: American Conceptions of Civilization in Late 19th Century Studies on “Things Chinese and Japanese”, by Henna-Riikka Pennanen….
Migratory Labor and the Japanese Empire, 1905-1941
A review of Colonial Settlement and Migratory Labour in Karafuto 1905-1941, by Steven Edward Ivings. Now a part of Russia, from 1905 to 1945 the…
The Digital Archive of Japan’s 2011 Disasters
A Review of the Digital Archive of Japan’s 2011 Disasters (jdarchive.org) Introduction The disasters of March 2011 in Japan (東日本大震災, or Great East Japan Earthquake)…
Rebellion in Japan’s Army, 1860-1931
A review of Culture of Disobedience: Rebellion and Defiance in the Japanese Army, 1860-1931, by Danny Orbach. Danny Orbach’s dissertation is a very welcome addition…