Tag Archives: history

Book Announcement: Japan’s Private Spheres: Autonomy in Japanese History, 1600-1930

Posted on April 18, 2021 by Paula

Japan’s Private Spheres: Autonomy in Japanese History, 1600-1930 Author: William Puck Brecher Japan’s Private Spheres: Autonomy in Japanese History, 1600-1930 traces the shifting nature of autonomy in early modern and modern Japan. In this far-reaching, interdisciplinary study, W. Puck Brecher explores the … Continue reading →

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Fun Link Friday: Pixel Animation Battle of Sekigahara

Posted on April 16, 2021 by Paula

Pixel art has been around for decades, and whether you’re playing a video game or enjoying some 8-bit nostalgia of daily life in Japan, it’s always a joy. A couple of weeks ago Spoon & Tamago featured the work of … Continue reading →

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Book Announcement: More Than Medals: A History of the Paralympics and Disability Sports in Postwar Japan

Posted on March 14, 2021 by Paula

More Than Medals A History of the Paralympics and Disability Sports in Postwar Japan Dennis J. Frost How does a small provincial city in southern Japan become the site of a world-famous wheelchair marathon that has been attracting the best … Continue reading →

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Resource: Bodies and Structures

Posted on March 10, 2021 by Paula

This week I’m featuring a shorter resource post on the site Bodies and Structures, which is a collaborative research and teaching platform built by David Ambaras (North Carolina State University) and Kate McDonald (UC Santa Barbara) on spatial histories of … Continue reading →

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Book Announcement: Seeds of Control: Japan’s Empire of Forestry in Colonial Korea

Posted on August 2, 2020 by Paula

Seeds of Control: Japan’s Empire of Forestry in Colonial Korea by David Fedman Japanese colonial rule in Korea (1905–1945) ushered in natural resource management programs that profoundly altered access to and ownership of the peninsula’s extensive mountains and forests. Under … Continue reading →

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Book Announcement: American Evangelists and Tuberculosis in Modern Japan

Posted on March 1, 2020 by Paula

American Evangelists and Tuberculosis in Modern Japan Elisheva A. Perelman Tuberculosis ran rampant in Japan during the late Meiji and Taisho years (1880s–1920s). Many of the victims of the then incurable disease were young female workers from the rural areas, … Continue reading →

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Fun Link Friday: Japanese currency redesigns

Posted on February 14, 2020 by Paula

What’s on your country’s money? After traveling overseas, I always come back to the US thinking about how boring our own bills seem! And it appears that Japan is putting even more thought into new and exciting illustrations for their … Continue reading →

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Book Announcement: Defamiliarizing Japan’s Asia-Pacific War

Posted on November 24, 2019 by Paula

DEFAMILIARIZING JAPAN’S ASIA-PACIFIC WAR Edited by W. Puck Brecher and Michael W. Myers This wide-ranging collection seeks to reassess conventional understanding of Japan’s Asia-Pacific War by defamiliarizing and expanding the rhetorical narrative. Its nine chapters, diverse in theme and method, … Continue reading →

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Book Announcement: The Origins of the Modern Japanese Bureaucracy

Posted on November 17, 2019 by Paula

The Origins of the Modern Japanese Bureaucracy By: Yuichiro Shimizu Translator: Amin Ghadimi What is a bureaucracy, from where does it come, and how does it develop? Japanese have long described their nation as a “kingdom of bureaucrats”, but until … Continue reading →

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OUR Shurijo Shuri Castle Digital Reconstruction

Posted on November 15, 2019 by Paula

As many know by now, Shuri Castle in Okinawa, an important piece of Ryukyu cultural heritage, suffered a devastating fire on October 31st 2019. As ongoing dialogues continue about how and when the reconstruction will take place, over two dozen … Continue reading →

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