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The Sun's Burial: September 2014
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Thoughts, reviews and ephemera from the field of Japanese Studies. Saturday, September 27, 2014. The Philosophy of Japanese Wartime Resistance: A Reading, with Commentary, of the Complete Texts of the Kyoto School Discussions of 'The Standpoint of World History and Japan'. Reading David Williams’ The Philosophy of Japanese Wartime Resistance. A prominent journal which continues to appear to this day. And Defending Japan’s Pacific War: The Kyoto School Philosophers and Post-White Power. The main corpus co...
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The Sun's Burial: August 2014
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Thoughts, reviews and ephemera from the field of Japanese Studies. Thursday, August 28, 2014. Marginalia: Charlie Chaplin in Japan. Yesterday I started reading Miriam Silverberg's fantastic book, Erotic Grotesque Nonsense - The Mass Culture of Japanese Modern Times. So I decided to track down Chaplin's autobiography and extract those passages referring to the incident. The following pages are from Chaplin's My Autobiography. Published by Melville House. Chaplin, Charles. My Autobiography. Mr Shimoda take...
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The Sun's Burial: Marginalia: Japan at a Turning Point - Pax Americana or Pax Asia?
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Thoughts, reviews and ephemera from the field of Japanese Studies. Friday, February 20, 2015. Marginalia: Japan at a Turning Point - Pax Americana or Pax Asia? A couple of days ago I went into the local bookstore and I picked up this little book full of marvels. The translated title Japan at a Turning Point: Pax Americana or Pax Asia? Should give you a hint about its contents. The leaflet cover says Subordination to US is still ongoing? Advice from world-renowned experts! The New Press, 2012. McCormack, ...
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The Sun's Burial: The Crab Cannery Ship and Other Novels of Struggle by Kobayashi Takiji
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Thoughts, reviews and ephemera from the field of Japanese Studies. Monday, February 16, 2015. The Crab Cannery Ship and Other Novels of Struggle. Two weeks ago I had just returned from a trip to Hokkaido. I moved around the desolate and frozen landscape visiting Sapporo, Abashiri, Hiretokoshari and Otaru. It felt like traveling through a black-and-white Japanese film. Flashbacks of Yasunari Kawabata’s Snow Country. Kobayashi Takiji’s The Crab Cannery Ship. 8221; The manager twisted his lips hard, and spat.
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The Sun's Burial: Marginalia: Free Routledge Articles
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Thoughts, reviews and ephemera from the field of Japanese Studies. Thursday, November 6, 2014. Marginalia: Free Routledge Articles. And here's the gist of this post: Routledge has made available free of charge 30 articles related to Japan from various fields of study, including pop culture, religion and economics. Here's the link. As you can see, Routledge is celebrating Japan's Culture Day or 'Bunka no hi' (文化の日) held on November 3rd. Enjoy! Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). The First European Descrip...
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The Sun's Burial: November 2014
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Thoughts, reviews and ephemera from the field of Japanese Studies. Tuesday, November 11, 2014. New Publication: National Police Reserve: The Origin of Japan's Self Defense Force. Thursday, November 6, 2014. Marginalia: Free Routledge Articles. And here's the gist of this post: Routledge has made available free of charge 30 articles related to Japan from various fields of study, including pop culture, religion and economics. Here's the link. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). On the Margins of Empire - Buraku an...
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The Sun's Burial: Marginalia: A Bibliography (with Links) of English Materials Concerning E. H. Norman
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Thoughts, reviews and ephemera from the field of Japanese Studies. Monday, October 27, 2014. Marginalia: A Bibliography (with Links) of English Materials Concerning E. H. Norman. EH Norman John W. Dower. I just finished reading John W. Dower’s influential essay E. H. Norman, Japan and the Uses of History. I’ve also had the fortune to take his online course Visualizing Japan. Last week so a review is bound to appear soon. This can be credited to. Gave me the appropriate incentive. This entry is part of th...
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The Sun's Burial: New Publication: National Police Reserve: The Origin of Japan's Self Defense Force
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Thoughts, reviews and ephemera from the field of Japanese Studies. Tuesday, November 11, 2014. New Publication: National Police Reserve: The Origin of Japan's Self Defense Force. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Beyond Sakoku: The Korean Envoy to Edo and the 1719 Diary of Shin Yu-han and Carnival of the Aliens - Korean Embassies in Edo-Period Art and Popular Culture. East Meets East: The Soejima Mission to China, 1873. Inoue Enryo's 1887 Position Statement on Philosophical Studies in Japan. The Philos...
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The Sun's Burial: February 2015
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Thoughts, reviews and ephemera from the field of Japanese Studies. Friday, February 20, 2015. Marginalia: Japan at a Turning Point - Pax Americana or Pax Asia? A couple of days ago I went into the local bookstore and I picked up this little book full of marvels. The translated title Japan at a Turning Point: Pax Americana or Pax Asia? Should give you a hint about its contents. The leaflet cover says Subordination to US is still ongoing? Advice from world-renowned experts! The New Press, 2012. McCormack, ...