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Japan

24 posts

Oceans and the Environment of Early Modern Japan

  • Kjell Ericson
  • 7 minute read
A review of Bringing Whales Ashore: Oceans and the Environment of Early Modern Japan, 1600-1900, by Jakobina Arch. Jakobina Arch’s…
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Japanese Mobilization in Colonial Taiwan

  • James Gerien-Chen
  • 9 minute read
A review of Marshaling Culture: Strategies of Japanese Mobilization in Colonial Taiwan, by Winifred Kai-wen Chang. Winifred Chang’s dissertation is…
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Modern Fatherhood, Nationhood, and Globalization in Japan

  • Hiroko Umegaki Costantini
  • 7 minute read
A review of Gender, Family, and New Styles of Fatherhood: Modernization and Globalization in Japan, by Atsuko Oyama. Atsuko Oyama’s…
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Representations of Commoner Performance in Early Medieval Japan

  • Matthew Shores
  • 5 minute read
A review of Performing Culture: Representations of Commoner Performance in Early Medieval Japan, by Ashton Lazarus. The clatter of binzasara…
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A Cultural History of Wartime Japan

  • Jeremy A. Yellen
  • 7 minute read
A review of Carnival War: A Cultural History of Wartime Japan, 1937-1945, by Benjamin Tsubokura Uchiyama. Benjamin Uchiyama’s dissertation revisits…
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The Making of Karafuto Repatriates

  • Steven Irvings
  • 9 minute read
A review of The making of Karafuto repatriates, by Jonathan Edward Bull. Japan’s defeat in World War II ushered in…
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“Things Chinese and Japanese”: American Conceptions of Civilization

  • Yanqiu Zheng
  • 8 minute read
A review of Material, Mental, and Moral Progress: American Conceptions of Civilization in Late 19th Century Studies on “Things Chinese…
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Migratory Labor and the Japanese Empire, 1905-1941

  • Jonathan Bull
  • 7 minute read
A review of Colonial Settlement and Migratory Labour in Karafuto 1905-1941, by Steven Edward Ivings. Now a part of Russia,…
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The Digital Archive of Japan’s 2011 Disasters

  • Molly Des Jardin
  • 5 minute read
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,…
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Rebellion in Japan’s Army, 1860-1931

  • Oleg Benesch
  • 7 minute read
A review of Culture of Disobedience: Rebellion and Defiance in the Japanese Army, 1860-1931, by Danny Orbach. Danny Orbach’s dissertation…
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