This well-illustrated work is the first attempt to bridge the gap between several specialized discourses concerning Japanese theatre. Central are problems of scholarly and practical reception of Japan
Exley examines fiction and essays that writer and artist Haruo (1892-1964) wrote during Japan's prewar years, and links his literary experiments to relevant cultural, political, and social discourses
This publication provides important new information detailing the orthography, phonology, morphology, and lexicon of a previously poorly studied and understood stage of the Japanese language, Early Ol
This volume examines the mutual images formed between Japan and Germany from the mid-nineteenth to early twenty-first centuries. Exploring previously untapped historical sources, the contributions by
Years of research and several published articles led up to this book, in which Hanoshiro (history, U. of Michigan, Flint) focuses on the interaction between the Japanese government and the West parti
Exploring Japanese theater as an integrated whole rather than a group of essentially separate performing art forms, Parker (Japanese, U. of Edinburgh) takes account of the blend of artistic skills tha
Jonsson guides readers through six complete haikai poems written in the late 18th century in two ways. First he investigates and analyzes all earlier commentaries on three of the poems to demonstrate
In "Japanese Historiography and the Gold Seal of 57 C.E.," Joshua Fogel examines the waves of historiographical analysis that this first item to pass officially from China to Japan has undergone in th
Mase-Hasegawa (religion and culture, Nanzan U.) provides a theological analysis of the work of Japanese writer Endo and his struggles to inculturate Christian faith in Japan. She argues that fundament
In The Unnamable Archipelago: Insular Readings in Japanese Contemporary Literature and Thought, Dennitza Gabrakova discusses how the Island imagery shapes a critical understanding of Japan on multipl
A History of Russo-Japanese Relations offers an in-depth analysis of the history of relations between Russia and Japan from the eighteenth century until the present day, with views and interpretations
Beckwith (Uralic and Altaic studies, Indiana University) studies the extinct Koguryo language, which was once spoken in Manchuria and northern Korea. He traces the ethnolinguistic history of the Kogur
A selection of reports on the Japanese army fighting the Chinese during World War II. The reports were commissioned by the general staff of the Royal Netherlands Indies Army out of Dutch concern that
Dancer, Nun, Ghost, Goddess explores the Tale of the Heike episode of the dancers Gio and Hotoke, which first appeared in the fourteenth century and went on to inspire, in often unpredictable ways, co
Through close reading of photography-inspired texts by Tanizaki, Abe, Horie and Kanai,The Rhetoric of Photography in Modern Japanese Literature by Atsuko Sakaki examines the Japanese literary engageme
In Japanese Pan-Asianism and the Philippines from the Late 19th Century to the End of World War II Sven Matthiessen offers an account of the development of Japanese Pan-Asianism and the perception of
Gramlich-Oka (Japanese studies, U. of Tubingen) presents a biography of the Japanese woman philosopher Makuzu, but also opens a window into the intellectual debates of a group of people that have othe
Fourteen contributions from Japanese, Swiss, and German scholars look at the phenomenon of juvenile delinquency in Japan from a variety of academic disciplinary perspectives. Each paper presents resea
"Japan on the Silk Road provides the historical background indispensable for understanding today's Japan perspectives and policies in the vast area of Eurasia. For the first time it brings a detailed
In Man’yoshu and the Imperial Imagination in Early Japan, Torquil Duthie examines the literary representation of the late seventh-century Yamato court as a realm of "all under heaven."