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Fun Link Friday: Autumn Leaves Forecast

Posted on October 23, 2015 by Paula

I took some time out of my research schedule to go hiking not far from Tokyo proper last week, and was not disappointed by the beautiful scenery on the trails out Mt. Mitake. What I didn’t realize, however, was that … Continue reading →

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Book Announcement: Spectacular Accumulation: Material Culture, Tokugawa Ieyasu, and Samurai Sociability

Posted on October 18, 2015 by LM

Via University of Hawai’i Press. 256pp. December 2015 Cloth – Price: $49.00 ISBN: 978-0-8248-5157-6 In Spectacular Accumulation, Morgan Pitelka investigates the significance of material culture and sociability in late sixteenth-century Japan, focusing in particular on the career and afterlife of … Continue reading →

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Fun Link Friday: Bringing the Murakami-style to life in video games

Posted on October 16, 2015 by Paula

Fans of Haruki Murakami know his surreal writing style well, and now there is a Kickstarter out there that seeks to bring these elements to life in the form of a point-and-click adventure game. The studio of artists, game developers, programmers, … Continue reading →

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Resource: ee-Tokyo.com

Posted on October 14, 2015 by Travis

A professor recently introduced me to the website http://ee-tokyo.com/, which is just loaded with all sorts of information about Tokyo history. This could be a great resource for anyone studying Edo-Tokyo history, but also for those visiting (or living in) … Continue reading →

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Book Announcement: Lovable Losers: The Heike in Action and Memory

Posted on October 11, 2015 by LM

Via University of Hawai’i Press. Lovable Losers: The Heike in Action and Memory Editor: Adolphson, Mikael S.; Commons, Anne; 344pp. October 2015 Cloth – Price: $55.00 ISBN: 978-0-8248-4675-6 Lovable Losers is the first substantial piece of English-language scholarship to examine … Continue reading →

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Book Announcement: The Fluid Pantheon: Gods of Medieval Japan, Volume 1

Posted on October 4, 2015 by LM

Via University of Hawai’i Press. 496pp. December 2015 Cloth – Price: $55.00 ISBN: 978-0-8248-3933-8 Written by one of the leading scholars of Japanese religion, The Fluid Pantheon is the first installment of a multivolume project that promises to be a … Continue reading →

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Book Announcement: Protectors and Predators: Gods of Medieval Japan, Volume 2

Posted on October 4, 2015 by LM

Via University of Hawai’i Press. Protectors and Predators: Gods of Medieval Japan, Volume 2 Author: Faure, Bernard; 584pp. December 2015 Cloth – Price: $55.00 ISBN: 978-0-8248-3931-4 Written by one of the leading scholars of Japanese religion, Protectors and Predators is … Continue reading →

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Fun Link Friday: Weird Hotel

Posted on October 2, 2015 by Paula

No, that’s not just my judgment. Apparently a new hotel has opened in Nagasaki, the “変なホテル,” or “Weird Hotel,” which boasts being staffed almost entirely by robots! Ever wondered what it would be like to be checked into your hotel … Continue reading →

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Book Announcement: Monster of the Twentieth Century, Kotoku Shusui and Japan’s First Anti-Imperialist Movement

Posted on September 27, 2015 by Paula

This extended monograph examines the work of the radical journalist Kotoku Shusui and Japan’s anti-imperialist movement of the early twentieth century. It includes the first English translation of Imperialism (Teikokushugi), Kotoku’s classic 1901 work. Kotoku Shusui was a Japanese socialist, … Continue reading →

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Fun Link Friday: Photos of Meiji Japan

Posted on September 25, 2015 by Paula

Recently grape posted an article featuring thirty photos from the Meiji period taken by photographer Kozaburo Tamamura (1856-1923) that were auctioned off in Britian in 2013. Ranging from wooden bridges and young women in their daily lives to shopping streets and wintery … Continue reading →

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