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Book announcement: Japan and the Culture of the Four Seasons

Posted on April 1, 2012 by Paula

JAPAN AND THE CULTURE OF THE FOUR SEASONS Nature, Literature, and the Arts HARUO SHIRANE “Japan and the Culture of the Four Seasons provides a compelling account of how Japan has appropriated, interpreted, and valued nature over the centuries. Shirane’s … Continue reading →

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Book announcement: The Truth of the Ancient Ways: A Critical Biography of the Swordsman Yamaoka Tesshu

Posted on March 25, 2012 by Paula

Language: English Publisher: Kodenkan Institute Publication date: January 31, 2012 Binding type/size: paperback, 6″ x 9″ Description: 202 pages, bibliography, index ISBN-13: 978-0984012909 ISBN-10: 0984012907 Library of Congress Control Number: 2011938616 Book description Among practitioners of Japanese martial arts both … Continue reading →

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Book Announcement: Japan Emerging: Premodern History to 1850

Posted on March 18, 2012 by Paula

http://www.westviewpress.com/book.php?disc=5&isbn=9780813344836 Karl Friday (Editor) March 2012 Trade Paperback · 496 Pages $49.00 U.S. · $56.50 CAN · £32.99 U.K. ISBN 9780813344836 Description Japan Emerging provides a comprehensive survey of Japan from prehistory to the nineteenth century. Incorporating the latest scholarship … Continue reading →

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Book Announcement: Russo-Japanese Relations, 1905-17: From enemies to allies

Posted on March 4, 2012 by Paula

Russo-Japanese Relations, 1905-17: From enemies to allies (Routledge Studies in the Modern History of Asia) Peter Berton (Author) http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9780415598996/ Book Description One surprising outcome of the Russo-Japanese War of 1904-1905 was that, although Russia was humiliatingly defeated, by 1916 Russia and … Continue reading →

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Book Announcement: WOMEN ADRIFT: The Literature of Japan’s Imperial Body

Posted on February 19, 2012 by Paula

How women figured in the expansion of the national body of the Japanese empire WOMEN ADRIFT: The Literature of Japan’s Imperial Body By Noriko J. Horiguchi University of Minnesota Press | 272 pages | 2011 ISBN 978-0-8166-6978-3 | paperback | … Continue reading →

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Book announcement: Hijikata Tatsumi and Butoh: Dancing in a Pool of Gray Grits

Posted on February 12, 2012 by Paula

Hijikata Tatsumi and Butoh: Dancing in a Pool of Gray Grits Palgrave Studies in Theatre and Performance History Bruce Baird Palgrave Macmillan, January 2012 ISBN: 978-0-230-12040-2, ISBN10: 0-230-12040-7, 6.000 x 9.250 inches, 310 pages, Includes 59 pgs illus, Hijikata Tatsumi’s explosive … Continue reading →

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Book Announcement: A Sociology of Japanese Youth

Posted on January 29, 2012 by Paula

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Sociology-Japanese-Youth-Returnees-Institute/dp/0415669278/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1301844680&sr=8-3 Over the past thirty years, whilst Japan has produced a diverse set of youth cultures which have had a major impact on popular culture across the globe, it has also developed a succession of youth problems which have led … Continue reading →

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Book announcement: Rethinking Japanese History

Posted on January 22, 2012 by Paula

Amino Yoshihiko Translated and with an Introduction by Alan S. Christy Preface and Afterword by Hitomi Tonomura A JOHN WHITNEY HALL BOOK Michigan Monograph Series in Japanese Studies No. 74 Copyright 2012, xl + 317 pp., ISBN 978-1-929280-71-1 (paper), $20.00; ISBN978-1-929280-70-4 (cloth), $60.00. … Continue reading →

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Book announcement: Japanese Theatre Transcultural

Posted on January 15, 2012 by Paula

Scholz-Cionca, Stanca / Regelsberger, Andreas (Eds.) Japanese Theatre Transcultural German and Italian Intertwinings 2011 · ISBN 978-3-86205-026-0 · 230 S., kt., · EUR 27,— Japan and Italian Opera, Kawakami and Sada Yacco in Europe, Mussolini on the Kabuki stage, Brecht adapting … Continue reading →

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Book Announcement: Mechademia 6

Posted on January 8, 2012 by Paula

As passive consumers of manga and anime become active users of cultural commodities, this volume explores the possibilities of, and challenges for, engagement. MECHADEMIA 6: User Enhanced Edited by Frenchy Lunning University of Minnesota Press | 336 pages | 2011 … Continue reading →

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