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Book Announcement: Cultural Imprints: War and Memory in the Samurai Age

Posted on July 17, 2022 by Paula

Cultural Imprints: War and Memory in the Samurai Age Edited by Elizabeth Oyler and Katherine Saltzman-Li Cultural Imprints draws on literary works, artifacts, performing arts, and documents that were created by or about the samurai to examine individual “imprints,” traces holding … Continue reading →

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Book Announcement: Samurai: A Very Short Introduction

Posted on October 17, 2021 by Paula

Samurai: A Very Short Introduction Michael Wert The idea of the sword-wielding samurai, beholden to a strict ethical code and trained in deadly martial arts, dominates popular conceptions of the samurai. As early as the late seventeenth century, they were … Continue reading →

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Book Announcement: An Encyclopedia of Japan’s Cultured Warriors

Posted on April 14, 2019 by Paula

Samurai An Encyclopedia of Japan’s Cultured Warriors by Constantine Nomikos Vaporis Alphabetically arranged entries along with primary source documents provide a comprehensive examination of the lives of Japan’s samurai during the Tokugawa or Edo period, 1603–1868, a time when Japan … Continue reading →

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Fun Link Friday: Samurai Tradition in Modern Photography

Posted on June 30, 2017 by Paula

All over Japan, cities, towns, and villages seek to capture their traditions in a variety of ways. Whether it is promoting the local food, celebrating a local festival, or just remembering the deep traditions and past that are a part … Continue reading →

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Fun Link Friday: Samurai Problems on Twitter

Posted on July 15, 2016 by Travis

This July, a new Twitter account appeared, and began tweeting out incredible small-scale, everyday, “truth is stranger than fiction” sort of stories about life in Edo period Japan. I tried to commit a drowning love-suicide with a Shinagawa prostitute, but … Continue reading →

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Book Announcement: Inventing the Way of the Samurai: Nationalism, Internationalism, and Bushido in Modern Japan

Posted on January 11, 2015 by Paula

Inventing the Way of the Samurai: Nationalism, Internationalism, and Bushido in Modern Japan Oleg Benesch Oxford University Press. “Inventing the Way of the Samurai examines the development of the ‘way of the samurai’ – bushidō – which is popularly viewed as a defining … Continue reading →

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Book Announcement: Lust, Commerce, and Corruption: An Account of What I Have Seen and Heard by an Edo Samurai

Posted on July 13, 2014 by Paula

The translators and editors are delighted to announce the publication from Columbia University Press of Lust, Commerce, and Corruption: An Account of What I Have Seen and Heard by an Edo Samurai, translated by Mark Teeuwen, Kate Wildman Nakai, Miyazaki Fumiko, Anne Walthall, and … Continue reading →

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Exhibition: Samurai: The Warrior Transformed

Posted on March 3, 2012 by Paula

Date: March 7, 2012 – September 3, 2012 Time: 10 AM – 6PM Daily Location: Washington D.C. Price: Exhibition included in National Geographic Museum Admission; Adults – $8; Members/Military/Seniors (over 62)/Students/Groups (25+) – $6; Children (ages 5-12) – $4; School & youth … Continue reading →

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Blog Review: Samurai Archives

Posted on May 9, 2011 by Paula

As someone finishing up a Master’s degree in late medieval Japanese history, I understand how frustrating finding resources in English can be. Therefore, today we’re going to feature a site for studying Japanese history that I’ve too long neglected to … Continue reading →

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Call for papers: pre-modern warrior studies

Posted on October 30, 2010 by Paula

In case anyone is in Japan now or will be come June 2011, there is a call for papers out on pre-modern warriors panel for the Meiji Gakuin University‘s Asian Studies Japan Conference, held next at the International Christian University. … Continue reading →

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