Category Archives: culture

Book Announcement: Imagination and Narrative: Lexical and Cultural Translation in Buddhist Asia

Posted on June 4, 2017 by LM

Via University of Washington Press. Imagination and Narrative: Lexical and Cultural Translation in Buddhist Asia EDITED BY PETER SKILLING AND JUSTIN THOMAS MCDANIEL $32.50S PAPERBACK (9786162151354) hardcover not available PUBLISHED: October 2017 SUBJECT LISTING: Asian Studies BIBLIOGRAPHIC INFORMATION: 308 pp., … Continue reading →

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Fun Link Friday: Australian Pirates in Early Modern Japan?

Posted on June 2, 2017 by Paula

A quickie fun link this week, as I’m off at the Japanese Text-Mining workshop in Georgia! The Guardian just posted an article this past weekend announcing that fresh translations of a samurai account from the nineteenth century have provided more … Continue reading →

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Preparing for and Making the Most of Your Research Year(s) Abroad

Posted on May 31, 2017 by Paula

  For those of us pursuing advanced degrees in Japanese, going abroad for graduate research is often an exciting time full of possibilities. If you’re fortunate enough to have obtained substantial funding from a fellowship or your university, finally there … Continue reading →

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Book Announcement: Down with Traitors: Justice and Nationalism in Wartime China

Posted on May 28, 2017 by LM

Via University of Washington Press: Down with Traitors: Justice and Nationalism in Wartime China YUN XIA $30.00S PAPERBACK (9780295742861) $90.00X HARDCOVER (9780295742854) PUBLISHED: December 2017 SUBJECT LISTING: Asian Studies / China; History; Law BIBLIOGRAPHIC INFORMATION: 344 pp., 1 bandw illus, … Continue reading →

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Research Opportunity: NHK Archives

Posted on May 22, 2017 by Travis

Location: NHK Archives, Tokyo or Osaka Application Deadline: 30 June (4pm Japan Time) (Description below paraphrased/summarized by Travis, from NHK Japanese-language website. I apologize for any mis-translations or mis-representations. Please consult the NHK page for official description and terms) Program … Continue reading →

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Book Announcement: The Global Repositioning of Japanese Religions: An Integrated Approach

Posted on May 21, 2017 by Paula

The Global Repositioning of Japanese Religions: An Integrated Approach Ugo Dessi (Routledge 2017) https://www.routledge.com/The-Global-Repositioning-of-Japanese-Religions-An-integrated-approach/Dessi/p/book/9781138099869 The Global Repositioning of Japanese Religions: An Integrated Approach explores how Japanese religions respond to the relativizing effects of globalization, thereby repositioning themselves as global players. … Continue reading →

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Fun Link Friday: The Secrets of Soy Sauce

Posted on May 19, 2017 by Paula

Though it can be found in various forms across Asia, soy sauce is easily one of the most iconic elements of Japanese cooking. With a long and diverse history, some families have maintained secret recipes for hundreds of years and regional variations bring … Continue reading →

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Book Announcement: Transformed Bodies and Gender: Experiences of Women Pro Wrestlers in Japan

Posted on May 14, 2017 by Paula

Aiba, Keiko. (2017). Transformed Bodies and Gender: Experiences of Women Pro Wrestlers in Japan. Osaka, Japan: Union Press. http://www.union-services.com/upen/book_list.html Women’s pro wrestling in Japan has always been controlled by an independent organization of which the members have only been women. … Continue reading →

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Fun Link Friday: Learning Kanji through Poop

Posted on May 12, 2017 by Paula

With the growing ubiquity of technology, Japanese and Chinese societies fret over “character amnesia“– the loss of knowledge of kanji in the younger generation, the generation who don’t have nearly the same need to memorize written characters as those for whom … Continue reading →

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Book Announcement: The Economic and Business History of Occupied Japan

Posted on April 30, 2017 by Travis

The Economic and Business History of Occupied Japan: New Perspectives Edited by Thomas French. Routledge, 2018. From the publisher’s website: About the Book The Occupation era (1945-1952) witnessed major change in Japan and the beginnings of its growth from of … Continue reading →

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