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Tag Archives: Japan
Job Opening: Reservations Sales Consultant at Niseko Alpine Developments (NISADE) [Hokkaido]
Company: Niseko Alpine Developments (NISADE) Location: Niseko, Hokkaido, Japan Education: n/a, 1-2 years experience Posted 28 May 2014 Via JETWit.com. Overview We are looking for a Reservations Sales Consultant to join our team of driven professionals and live by the … Continue reading
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Tagged customer service, Hokkaido, hotel, Japan, job, job opening, NISADE, Niseko, Niseko Alpine Developments, Reservations Sales Consultant, tourism
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Job Opening: Tenured Lecturer in Modern Japanese History
Institution: Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, Department of International Social Studies, Graduate School of Global Studies Location: Japan Position: Lecturer; Tenured Lecturer in Modern Japanese History 1. Position Tenured Lecturer in Modern Japanese History with the possibility of promotion through … Continue reading
Book Announcement: A Reading of The Tale of Genji
Description: This is a lightly edited and more accurately proofread version of The Disaster of the Third Princess: Essays on The Tale of Genji. The new title better conveys the book’s content. Disaster can be downloaded free in pdf format, but many prefer not to … Continue reading
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Tagged classical literature, culture, Genji, Japan, Japanese culture, Japanese literature, literature, Royall Tyler, Tale of Genji
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Call for Papers: Workshop- Chinese and Japanese Encounters in Colonial Southeast Asia
Call for papers for the workshop Japanese and Chinese Encounters in Colonial Southeast Asia to be held at NIOD, Amsterdam, the Netherlands on November 12-13, 2014. The workshop and the book resulting from it aim to explore the relation between Chinese and Japanese … Continue reading
Book Announcement: The Challenge of Linear Time: Nationhood and the Politics of History in East Asia
The Challenge of Linear Time: Nationhood and the Politics of History in East Asia Edited by: Viren Murthy, University of Wisconsin-Madison and Axel Schneider, University of Goettingen (Leiden: E. J. Brill, 2013) 302 pp ISBN13: 9789004260139 E-ISBN: 9789004260146 The papers … Continue reading
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Tagged books, China, east asia, East Asian History, Japan, meiji, nationhood, time
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Japanese Studies: 5-10-20 – Eight Years Out, Where Am I Now?
For the second article in our Japanese Studies: 5-10-20, today we have a unique perspective from Reid Monroe-Sheridan, the CEO and Representative Director of Tokyo Nexus Limited and an Adjunct Lecturer at the University of Tokyo Law School. Anyone interested … Continue reading
Book Announcement: Narratives of Sorrow and Dignity: Japanese Women, Pregnancy Loss, and Modern Rituals of Grieving
Narratives of Sorrow and Dignity: Japanese Women, Pregnancy Loss, and Modern Rituals of Grieving. Oxford University Press, 2013 (Oxford Ritual Studies). ISBN 978-0-19-994215-2 (pbk) Author: Smith, Bardwell L. Preface 1. Mizuko Kuyō: Memorial Services for Child Loss in Japan 2. … Continue reading
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Tagged birth, books, conception, culture, Japan, Japanese culture, loss, religion, religious studies, ritual, women
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Fun Link Friday: Lost Treasures of Anime
Speaking of early animation, a nitrate film version of Kon Ichikawa’s Yowamushi Chinsengumi (Cowardly Samurai Squad) was discovered in the archives of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in Beverly Hills and has been moved to UCLA for … Continue reading
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Tagged anime, anime history, early animation, film, fun link friday, history, Japan, Kon Ichikawa, Yowamushi Chinsengumi
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Book Announcement: To Hallow Genji: A Tribute to Noh
This tribute to the Noh theater includes eighteen plays and four essays. Among the plays are five non-repertoire that survive in Zeami’s own hand. The eighteen are Genji kuyo, Akoya no matsu, Funabashi, Furu, Genjo, Hakozaki, Higaki, Kuzu, Matsura Sayohime, … Continue reading
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Tagged books, culture, Genji, Japan, Japanese culture, literature, medieval, medieval literature, noh, plays, theater, theatre
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Fun Link Friday: Viscount Hayashi in The Lady’s Realm Magazine
This week’s fun link is a combination of my enjoyment of first-person accounts, historical ladies magazines, and the late Meiji period. This article from The Lady’s Realm (1903-4), a British women’s magazine, details the lifestyle of Viscount Hayashi and his wife Misao. I … Continue reading
What can I do with a B.A. in Japanese Studies? 