Tag Archives: Japan

Book Announcement: Legal Reform in Taiwan under Japanese Colonial Rule, 1895-1945

Posted on August 30, 2015 by LM

Via University of Washington Press. Legal Reform in Taiwan under Japanese Colonial Rule, 1895-1945 The Reception of Western Law TAY-SHENG WANG $40.00S PAPERBACK (9780295994475) ADD TO CART $75.00X HARDCOVER (9780295978277) ADD TO CART PUBLISHED: December 2014 SUBJECT LISTING: Asian Studies … Continue reading →

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Call for Papers: Networks and Negotiations: UCSB Graduate Student Conference

Posted on August 29, 2015 by Travis

Announcing the following graduate student conference being held at the University of California, Santa Barbara, February 12-13, 2016, and to invite abstract submissions. This conference aims to explore the relationships between institutions, polities and frameworks in premodern Japan. With the theme … Continue reading →

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The Job Hunt: Resources (6)

Posted on August 19, 2015 by Paula

In six previous articles, we introduced a number of sites that are helpful for finding Japan-related jobs. The Job Hunt: Getting Started: The Job Hunt: Resources The Job Hunt: Resources (2) The Job Hunt: Resources (3) The Job Hunt: Resources … Continue reading →

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Book Announcement: Contemporary Sino-Japanese Relations on Screen

Posted on August 16, 2015 by Paula

Kirsch, Griseldis (2015). Contemporary Sino-Japanese Relations on Screen. A History, 1989-2005. SOAS Studies in Modern and Contemporary Japan. London: Bloomsbury Academic. http://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/contemporary-sino-japanese-relations-on-screen-9781472572394/ About Contemporary Sino-Japanese Relations on Screen Japan and China look back on a history of friendship as well as … Continue reading →

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Book Announcement: From Outcasts to Emperors: Shingon Ritsu and the Mañjuśrī Cult in Medieval Japan

Posted on August 9, 2015 by Paula

From Outcasts to Emperors: Shingon Ritsu and the Mañjuśrī Cult in Medieval Japan. Brill’s Japanese Studies Library, vol. 50. Leiden: Brill, 2015. 340 pp. ISBN 978-90-04-29339-7 (hardback) http://www.brill.com/products/book/outcasts-emperors-shingon-ritsu-and-manjusri-cult-medieval-japan In From Outcasts to Emperors, David Quinter illuminates the Shingon Ritsu movement founded by the … Continue reading →

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Fun Link Friday: Japanese Landmarks. Medium: Curry-Rice.

Posted on August 7, 2015 by LM

Clever tourism writing is hard to come by, but this tour of Japan via curry-rice sculptures with both instructions and links to places to stay near those sites is a treat. (Let’s not talk about lumping Hokuriku in with Kanto, … Continue reading →

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The Job Hunt: Resources (5)

Posted on August 5, 2015 by Paula

In five previous articles, we introduced a number of sites that are helpful for finding Japan-related jobs. The Job Hunt: Getting Started: The Job Hunt: Resources The Job Hunt: Resources (2) The Job Hunt: Resources (3) The Job Hunt: Resources … Continue reading →

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Book Announcement: Sangaku Proofs: A Japanese Mathematician at Work

Posted on August 2, 2015 by Paula

James Unger Sangaku Proofs: A Japanese Mathematician at Work During many decades of national isolation, a mathematical tradition called wasan flourished in Japan independently of the advances of Enlightenment mathematics and virtually unknown to Europeans before the Meiji Restoration. Yet … Continue reading →

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Fun Link Friday: 8-bit Japan nostalgia

Posted on July 31, 2015 by Paula

Feeling nostalgic for Japan and its daily life? Design Made in Japan recently posted an article highlighting the gifs created at the 1041uuu Tumblr, which, if you’ve ever lived in Japan, hit you right in the sweet spot. Check out … Continue reading →

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Book Announcement: Barbara Ambros, Women in Japanese Religions

Posted on July 26, 2015 by Paula

Ambros, Barbara R. Women in Japanese Religions. NYU Press, 2015. ISBN: 9781479884063 Scholars have widely acknowledged the persistent ambivalence with which the Japanese religious traditions treat women. Much existing scholarship depicts Japan’s religious traditions as mere means of oppression. But this view … Continue reading →

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