Tag Archives: modern Japan

Book Announcement: The Undiscovered Country: Text, Translation, and Modernity in the Work of Yanagita Kunio

Posted on January 31, 2016 by Paula

The Undiscovered Country: Text, Translation, and Modernity in the Work of Yanagita Kunio Yanagita Kunio (1875–1962) was a public intellectual who played a pivotal role in shaping modern Japan’s cultural identity. A self-taught folk scholar and elite bureaucrat, he promoted … Continue reading →

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Book Announcement: The Revolution Will Not Be Televised: Protest Music After Fukushima

Posted on January 24, 2016 by Paula

The Revolution Will Not Be Televised: Protest Music After Fukushima, has been published by Oxford University Press. The book explains the history of nuclear power in Japan, the sociopolitical backdrop of post-3.11 social movements, the censorial pressures that musicians are under, … Continue reading →

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Call For Papers: Narratives of decline: the changing patterns of death and aging in contemporary Japanese religions

Posted on January 19, 2016 by Paula

CALL FOR PAPERS ‘Narratives of decline: the changing patterns of death and aging in contemporary Japanese religions’ Japanese Studies Workshop, The University of Manchester Tuesday, 31 May 2016 PhD Student workshop Narratives of decline are embedded in both academic and … Continue reading →

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Book Announcement: Emperor Hirohito and the Pacific War

Posted on December 27, 2015 by LM

Via University of Washington Press. Emperor Hirohito and the Pacific War NORIKO KAWAMURA paperback not available $34.95 HARDCOVER (9780295995175) ADD TO CART PUBLISHED: November 2015 SUBJECT LISTING: Asian Studies / Japan; History; Biography, Autobiography, and Memoir BIBLIOGRAPHIC INFORMATION: 248 pp., … Continue reading →

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Book Announcement: Male Circumcision in Japan

Posted on December 13, 2015 by Paula

Castro-Vázquez, Genaro (2015) Male Circumcision in Japan. New York: Palgrave. ISBN 9781137518750 About the book Male Circumcision in Japan provides an in-depth examination of anthropological and sociological developments in Japan which challenge the accepted biomedical view of male circumcision as … Continue reading →

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Resource: University of Pennsylvania’s Japanese Juvenile Fiction Collection

Posted on December 9, 2015 by Paula

Today’s resource is just a quick glance at a database for those literature-minded folk interested in modern Japanese literature or, more specifically, juvenile fiction in Japan. In recent years, the University of Pennsylvania has digitized a sizable collection of Japanese … Continue reading →

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Call for Papers: Utopias on Display: Visions of Past and Future in Modern Japan

Posted on December 8, 2015 by Paula

Utopias on Display: Visions of Past and Future in Modern Japan (A Global Asias Workshop) Date: April 9, 2016 Venue: Department of Asian Studies, Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA. The trite description of Japan as a modern paradox, simultaneously a … Continue reading →

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Resource: The Great Kantō Earthquake Archive

Posted on December 2, 2015 by Paula

This week’s resource is a digital archive, the University of Hawai’i at Manoa’s collection on the Great Kantō Earthquake 関東大震災写真集 of 1923. One of the most destructive natural disasters in Japan’s recorded history, the Kantō earthquake caused devastating damage throughout … Continue reading →

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Book Announcement: Seven Masters: 20th Century Japanese Woodblock Prints from the Wells Collection

Posted on November 15, 2015 by LM

Via the University of Washington Press. Seven Masters: 20th Century Japanese Woodblock Prints from the Wells Collection ANDREAS MARKS $40.00 PAPERBACK (ISBN 9780989371872) hardcover not available PUBLISHED: July 2015 SUBJECT LISTING: Asian Art BIBLIOGRAPHIC INFORMATION: 208 pp., 310 illus., 9.5 … Continue reading →

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Book Announcement: Time and Place Are Nonsense: The Films of Seijun Suzuki

Posted on November 8, 2015 by LM

Via University of Washington Press. Time and Place Are Nonsense: The Films of Seijun Suzuki TOM VICK paperback not available $30.00 HARDCOVER (ISBN: 9780934686334) PUBLISHED: November 2015 SUBJECT LISTING: Perfoming Arts; Biography, Autobiography, and Memoir BIBLIOGRAPHIC INFORMATION: 242 pp., 126 … Continue reading →

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