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Japan

152 posts

Oceans and the Environment of Early Modern Japan

  • Kjell Ericson
  • 4 shares
  • 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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Guido F. Verbeck as Pioneer Missionary in Japan

  • Eleanor Robinson-Yamaguchi
  • 1 share
  • 11 minute read
A review of Verbeck of Japan: Guido F. Verbeck as Pioneer Missionary, Oyatoi Gaikokujin, and “Foreign Hero”, by James Mitchell…
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Shinto, Nature, and Sacred Space in Japanese Forests

  • Ioannis Gaitanidis
  • 11 shares
  • 15 minute read
A review of Forests of the Gods: Shinto, Nature, and Sacred Space in Contemporary Japan, by Aike P. Rots Aike…
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Biopower, Governmentality & Life Insurance in Modern Japan

  • Hansun Hsiung
  • 22 shares
  • 11 minute read
A review of Tabling Death: Life Insurance in Modern Japan, 1881-1945, by Ryan Moran. From the 1820s onward, Western societies,…
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Idealism and Allusion in the Poetry of Shimazaki Tosun, Doi Bansui, and Yosano Akiko

  • Irina Holca
  • 7 minute read
A review of Beyond Shasei, Beyond Nature: Idealism and Allusion in the Poetry of Shimazaki Tōson, Doi Bansui, and Yosano…
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Narrative Strategies in the Fiction of Murakami Haruki

  • Kathryn Hemmann
  • 1 share
  • 7 minute read
A review of Teleology of the Self: Narrative Strategies in the Fiction of Murakami Haruki, by Tiffany Hong Tiffany Hong’s…
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Japanese Mobilization in Colonial Taiwan

  • James Gerien-Chen
  • 17 shares
  • 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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Social Knowledge & Cultural Memory in Japanese Waka Poetry

  • Ross Henderson
  • 1 share
  • 8 minute read
A review of Learning with Waka Poetry: Transmission and Production of Social Knowledge and Cultural Memory in Premodern Japan, by…
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Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

  • Kristin Williams
  • 5 minute read
A Review of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (Boston, Massachusetts, United States) My research interests lie at the intersection…
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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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