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Six essays by international scholars addressing the Tale of Genji Scrolls and the Tale of Genji texts in the context of new critical theory relating to cultural studies, narrative painting, comparative literature and a global view of medieval romance. It links new critical theory with multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary interests.

First study of its kind to trace the history of what was to become one of Japan's major resources and a model of conservation and forestry management. Central to the planning of the Meiji reformers was securing the long-term financial stability of the Imperial household that would not leave it exposed to future political and economic change.

Samuel L. Leiter's Kabuki at the Crossroads is a thorough account of Japan's most famous traditional theatre as it struggled to survive in the maelstrom of post-Occupation Japan's rapidly changing entertainment world.

Rich in social detail, profound in its psychology and essential for an understanding of the militaristic period, Nogami Yaeko's The Labyrinth deals with the doubts and dilemmas of leftwing Japanese intellectuals before and during World War II.

The Quest for Civilization illuminates the origins of modern Japan through the lens of its cultural contact with the Netherlands, tracing the influence of European social sciences, jurisprudence, and international law on the establishment of the modern Japanese state.

The Tragedy of Korea could be seen to be both timely and relevant. First published in 1908 after some ten years'occupation of Korea by Japan (formal annexation as part of the Japanese empire announced in 1910).

This study introduces the concepts of naturalization and naturalized modernity, and used them as tools for understanding the way modernity has been experienced and portrayed in Japanese literature since the end of the Second World War. Special emphasis is given to four leading post-war writers - Kawabata Yasunari, Abe Kobo, Murakami Haruki and Murakami Ryu. The author argues that notions of 'shock' in modern city life in Japan (as exemplified ...

This book offers new insight into the sinking of SS Automedon as well as being a riveting tale of an exciting episode in the Second World War. It includes testimonies from crew and family of SS Automedon and presents Japan's involvement for the first time.

The East-West controversy over the significance and relevance of Lafcadio Hearn as a writer, thinker and interpreter of Japan continues unabated. Not surprisingly, the centenary of his death in 2004 presented an occasion for renewed debate and discussion by both sides of the divide. This volume, edited by one of Hearn's leading contemporary apologists, in which he is also a significant contributor, presents twenty-two diverse essays drawn from...

The year 2004 marked the 150-year anniversary of the Treat of Kanagawa, the first treaty of peace and amity between the United States and Japan. Over time, the relationship has both bloomed and failed and falls into three phases, each lasting approximately fifty years. Phase one, which began in the context of

Henry Dyer was an educationalist whose radical ideas were at the forefront of setting up Japan's engineering educational establishments. These volumes collect over 20 of his original publications that sum up his philosophy and impact.

Based on new documents, especially von Siebold's correspondence, written advice, and draft treaties that were placed in the public domain by the Brandenstein-Zeppelin family in 2002, the author argues that such is their significance a full reevaluation of von Siebold's role in the successful opening of Japan in the 1850s is now justified, and that new perspectives emerge in relation to twentieth-century scholarship that was dominated by the ex...

This first in-depth study in English of one of Japan's popular historians and a well-known journalist of theMeiji and Taish periods challenges the conventional view that Yamaji Aizan was essentially a 'nationalist'at heart eager to see Japan expand into Asia and a supporter of the colonization of Korea.

This volume brings together a set of original essays by Japanese, Korean and Chinese scholars, together with analyses by Russian, US and European specialists, thereby reflecting the multinational mix of contemporary influences forming the international vortex of the war.

The writings of Takie Lebra have had significant impact on Western understanding and appreciation of the structures and workings of Japanese society. In particular, her research into the notions of self and self-other relationships, issues of gender and women and motherhood has provided a new paradigm in the way these issues are now addressed.

This book examines key themes of Kyushu's history from earliest times - the cultural interaction with the continental mainland, settlement, location and infrastructure as well as trade and commerce - arguing that it was the principal stepping-stone in terms of Japan's cultural, social and economic advance through history up to the present day.

This new study on the great ukiyo-e artist Hokusai is not so much about who he was or what he did, but an in-depth appreciation of why his works appear the way they do and how he created them. Though a prolific artist, the focus is mostly on his later woodblock prints when his distinctive style, today recognized around the world, became fully crystallized: How was it that, faced like so many other artists of his time with the same challenges o...

This collection of Akira Hayami's writings in English brings together for the first time an invaluable resource of comparative primary data on the demographic history of Japan. It contains twenty key essays in five parts: Tokugawa Japan, Demography through Telescope, Demography through Microscope, Family and Household, Afterwards.

Traces the successive stages of the growth of Asiatic Russia, and describes the policies which have brought it about. More than two hundred authorities were consulted, including Russian primary sources and British official documents.

Originally published in 21 volumes, Land is widely regarded as a masterpiece of Korean literature and has achieved unprecedented popularity in Korea. The epic chronicles Korea's tumultuous history from 1897 to 1945.