Tag Archives: Japanese culture

Fun Link Friday: The Art of Tea? Kengo Kuma’s $80K Silver Tea Set

Posted on October 7, 2016 by Paula

Most people associate tea bowls and tea utensils with rustic, austere aesthetics– earthenware bowls (sometimes cracked and/or repaired) and inherited kettles, objects that carry with them a long history of ownership and use. So what does one make of the … Continue reading →

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Book Announcement: Buddhism and the Transformation of Old Age in Medieval Japan

Posted on October 2, 2016 by Paula

Buddhism and the Transformation of Old Age in Medieval Japan Drott, Edward R. Scholars have long remarked on the frequency with which Japanese myths portrayed gods (kami) as old men or okina. Many of these “sacred elders” came to be … Continue reading →

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Fun Link Friday: Amazon Priest Delivery?

Posted on September 30, 2016 by Paula

A quickie fun link this week! The modern world poses a lot of challenges for what many consider older, more traditional ways of life. A recent New York Times article talked about one of these questions of becoming obsolete or … Continue reading →

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Book Announcement: Too Few Women at the Top: The Persistence of Inequality in Japan

Posted on September 18, 2016 by Paula

Too Few Women at the Top: The Persistence of Inequality in Japan Kumiko Nemoto ILR Press Product Details The number of women in positions of power and authority in Japanese companies has remained small despite the increase in the number of … Continue reading →

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Job Opening: Assistant Professor of Japanese (Literature and Culture), University of Rochester

Posted on August 28, 2016 by Paula

Institution: University of Rochester, Modern Languages and Cultures Location: New York, United States Position: Assistant Professor Assistant Professor of Japanese (Literature and Culture) The University of Rochester Department of Modern Languages and Cultures (http://www.sas.rochester.edu/mlc/) invites applications for a tenure track position as … Continue reading →

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Book Announcement: Intimacy and Reproduction in Contemporary Japan

Posted on August 7, 2016 by Paula

Intimacy and Reproduction in Contemporary Japan By Genaro Castro-Vázquez © 2016 – Routledge 214 pages | 1 B/W Illus. https://www.routledge.com/Intimacy-and-Reproduction-in-Contemporary-Japan/Castro-Vazquez/p/book/9781138640443 About the Book This book presents an ethnographic investigation of intimate and reproductive behaviour in current Japanese society, grounded in … Continue reading →

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Book Announcement: Japanese Feminist Debates

Posted on July 31, 2016 by Travis

Japanese Feminist Debates: A Century of Contention on Sex, Love, and Labor by Ayako Kano University of Hawaiʻi Press, June 2016, $68 hardcover ISBN: 978-0-8248-5580-2 From the publisher’s website: Recent years have seen a surge of interest in Japanese feminism … Continue reading →

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Book Announcement: Media Convergence in Japan

Posted on July 24, 2016 by Paula

Media Convergence in Japan, co-edited with Patrick W. Galbraith This collection of essays explores the convergences and divergences arising from the digital transition in Japanese media culture. The ebook version has been published for free and open access in PDF, ePub, and Mobi formats for download from the Internet … Continue reading →

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Fun Link Friday: The Oldest Sake Shop in Tokyo

Posted on June 16, 2016 by Paula

What a week it has been. In all the chaos of the news, I barely remembered to look up a Fun Link Friday this week. But in the end, what we could all use is a drink (if that’s your … Continue reading →

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Fun Link Friday: Fortune kitties

Posted on April 29, 2016 by Paula

Fortune cookies? Forget it! Fortune kitties are where it’s at now. Better known as “Hide-and-Seek Kitty Candies,” Dose recently let us know about these little treasures produced by the Felissimo Chou Club, which change their hidden kitties regularly so you can … Continue reading →

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