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…
Guido F. Verbeck as Pioneer Missionary in Japan
A review of Verbeck of Japan: Guido F. Verbeck as Pioneer Missionary, Oyatoi Gaikokujin, and “Foreign Hero”, by James Mitchell…
Shinto, Nature, and Sacred Space in Japanese Forests
A review of Forests of the Gods: Shinto, Nature, and Sacred Space in Contemporary Japan, by Aike P. Rots Aike…
Biopower, Governmentality & Life Insurance in Modern Japan
A review of Tabling Death: Life Insurance in Modern Japan, 1881-1945, by Ryan Moran. From the 1820s onward, Western societies,…
Idealism and Allusion in the Poetry of Shimazaki Tosun, Doi Bansui, and Yosano Akiko
A review of Beyond Shasei, Beyond Nature: Idealism and Allusion in the Poetry of Shimazaki Tōson, Doi Bansui, and Yosano…
Narrative Strategies in the Fiction of Murakami Haruki
A review of Teleology of the Self: Narrative Strategies in the Fiction of Murakami Haruki, by Tiffany Hong Tiffany Hong’s…
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…
Social Knowledge & Cultural Memory in Japanese Waka Poetry
A review of Learning with Waka Poetry: Transmission and Production of Social Knowledge and Cultural Memory in Premodern Japan, by…
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
A Review of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (Boston, Massachusetts, United States) My research interests lie at the intersection…
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…