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Koreans and Burakumin, two of the largest minority groups in modern Japan, share a history of discrimination that spans the... Læs mere
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Practitioners of private law opened the way toward Japan’s legal modernity in ways the samurai and the... Læs mere
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Drawing on varied archaeological and archival sources, David B. Lurie highlights the diverse modes and uses of writing that coexisted in Japan... Læs mere
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In this first systematic study in English of the highly influential yet overlooked thinker Xue Xuan (1389–1464), author Khee Heong Koh seeks to redress Xue’s... Læs mere
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Sonia Ryang casts new light on the study of North Korean culture and society by reading literary texts as sources of ethnographic data. Ryang focuses critical... Læs mere
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Based on an extensive study of Jianyang imprints, genealogies of the leading families of printers, local histories, documents, and... Læs mere
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Relations between China and the United States have been of central importance to both countries over the past half-century, as well as to all... Læs mere
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Emperor Taizong (r. 626–49) of the Tang is remembered as an exemplary ruler. This study addresses that aura of virtuous sovereignty and Taizong’s construction of a reputation for moral rulership through his own literary writings—with particular attention to his poetry.
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Anderson argues that shifts in the gender system during the early Meiji period had mixed consequences for Japanese women. Women gained access to the chance... Læs mere
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Though dismissed as a poet following his death, Tao Yuanming (365?–427) is now considered one of China’s greatest writers. This study of... Læs mere
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Mountains have always been integral components of China’s religious landscape. Early in Chinese history five mountains were co-opted... Læs mere
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Urbanization was central to development in late imperial China. Yet scholars agree it triggered neither Weberian urban autonomy nor Habermasian... Læs mere