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Toward the Meiji Revolution
In 2018, Japan marked the 150th anniversary of the collapse of the Tokugawa shogunate and the...
Traditional Cuisine of the Ryukyu Islands
In recent decades, Okinawan cuisine has earned a place in the Japanese food scene due to its...
Understanding History in Asia
It is said that the twentieth century was a century of war. War and colonization can leave deep...
Unsung Heroes of Old Japan
“I have waited eagerly for the day when Unsung Heroes of Old Japan would be translated into English...
Wasan, the Fascination of Traditional Japanese Mathematics
Wasan—a unique form of Japanese mathematics—was developed during the Edo period (1603–1868), a time...
Well-Versed
This volume of seasonally-arranged poems is a guide to the appreciation and enjoyment of the great...
A Western Pacific Union
The Cold War ended more than thirty years ago, but the world—and within it, the countries of Asia...
What Is Japanese Cinema?
What might Godzilla and Kurosawa have in common? What, if anything, links Ozu's sparse portaits of...
The Winding Road to Discovering iPS Cells
The revolutionary discovery of induced pluripotent stem cells, or iPS cells, completely changed the...
Words to Live by
Nakano Kōji opens the door to the treasury of Japanese classics by introducing six writers who are...
The World of Ito Jakuchu
In 1760, when the Japanese painter Ito Jakuchu was working on his magnum opus, Plants and Animals...
Yoshida Shigeru and His Time
Yoshida Shigeru is widely regarded as a pivotal figure in early postwar Japanese history―someone...
