Category Archives: culture

Book Announcement: Japanese Feminist Debates

Posted on July 31, 2016 by Travis

Japanese Feminist Debates: A Century of Contention on Sex, Love, and Labor by Ayako Kano University of Hawaiʻi Press, June 2016, $68 hardcover ISBN: 978-0-8248-5580-2 From the publisher’s website: Recent years have seen a surge of interest in Japanese feminism … Continue reading →

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Book Announcement: Media Convergence in Japan

Posted on July 24, 2016 by Paula

Media Convergence in Japan, co-edited with Patrick W. Galbraith  This collection of essays explores the convergences and divergences arising from the digital transition in Japanese media culture. The ebook version has been published for free and open access in PDF, ePub, and Mobi formats for download from the Internet … Continue reading →

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Fun Link Friday: A History of the World in 100 Objects

Posted on July 22, 2016 by Travis

Back in 2010, the British Museum put out a series of 100 short podcasts, using objects from their vast collection to highlight episodes or thematic aspects in world history. Right: A helmet from Sutton Hoo, one of the most famous … Continue reading →

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Book Announcement: The Ryukyu Kingdom: Cornerstone of East Asia

Posted on July 17, 2016 by Travis

A project many years in the works, University of Hawaiʻi Press is proud to announce (and I am excited to share with you all) the publication of Lina Terell & Bob Huey’s translation of Akamine Mamoru’s important monograph, 琉球王国～東アジアのコーナーストーン (Kôdansha, … Continue reading →

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Fun Link Friday: Samurai Problems on Twitter

Posted on July 15, 2016 by Travis

This July, a new Twitter account appeared, and began tweeting out incredible small-scale, everyday, “truth is stranger than fiction” sort of stories about life in Edo period Japan. https://twitter.com/samuraiproblem/status/748925092445491200 Just precisely which graduate student or professor is behind the account … Continue reading →

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Resource: Tobunken-Sainsbury Institute Research Collections Database

Posted on July 13, 2016 by Travis

The Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Cultures (SISJAC) has just made available a new online database adding in English-language publications and media on Japanese arts, compiling books, exhibitions, etc. released/published within the last few years (and … Continue reading →

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Book Announcement: Schooling Selves: Autonomy, Interdependence, and Reform in Japanese Junior High Education

Posted on July 10, 2016 by Paula

Schooling Selves: Autonomy, Interdependence, and Reform in Japanese Junior High Education Peter Cave Balancing the development of autonomy with that of social interdependence is a crucial aim of education in any society, but nowhere has it been more hotly debated than … Continue reading →

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Fun Link Friday: kayakowithtoshio Instagram

Posted on July 9, 2016 by LM

In the tradition of Freddy vs. Jason and Alien vs Predator, Sadako vs. Kayako, which debuted on June 18, features Sadako from Ringu and Kayako from Ju-On: The Grudge facing off in a cross-over film. Regardless of what you think of the film, you may enjoy the … Continue reading →

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Book Announcement: Fourteenth-century Voices 1 & 2

Posted on July 3, 2016 by Paula

FOURTEENTH-CENTURY VOICES I FOURTEENTH-CENTURY VOICES II Blue-Tongue Books Charley’s Forest, NSW, Australia All texts except Baishōron translated, introduced, and annotated by Royall Tyler. VOICES I From the Bamboo-View Pavilion: TAKEMUKI-GA-KI By Hino Nako (1310-1358) VOICES II Baishōron(ca. 1350), translated by Shuzo Uyenaka, … Continue reading →

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Fun Link Friday: Learning Japanese through Instagram Flashcards

Posted on July 1, 2016 by Paula

Using flashcards with words on them is one thing, but they don’t always give you the kind of vocabulary you may need when you actually hit the ground in Japan: visual. If you’re looking for a fun new way to … Continue reading →

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