Ishikawa's novella paints a grim and unsettling portrait of war-ravaged China in 1938. An eye-opening account of the Japanese march on Nanking and its aftermath, it reveals the devastating effect on the soldiers who fought in it and the civilians they presumed to ""liberate"".
Examines a set of paintings produced in Japan during the 1930s and early 1940s that have received little scholarly... Læs mere
“Nowhere in the world do people hold mountains in so much regard as in Japan,” writes Fukada Kyuya in the afterword to this book. In One Hundred Mountains of Japan, Fukada... Læs mere
Combines the study of premodern manuscripts and woodblock prints with ethnographic fieldwork to illuminate the historical development of the highly musical koshiki rituals performed by Soto Zen clerics.
Offers a methodical examination of Indian teaching about the tathgatagarbha (otherwise the presence of one's ""Buddha-nature"") and the extent to which different Buddhist texts and authors articulated this in terms of the self.
Provides a reassessment of conventional understanding of Japan's Asia-Pacific War by defamiliarizing and expanding the rhetorical narrative. The nine chapters,... Læs mere
Tells a forgotten story of silence, suffering, and transgressions in the colonial Pacific. This book offers new insights into a history of Fiji by... Læs mere
What does transpacific history look like if the arc of the story is extended to the present? The essays in this volume offer answers to this question,... Læs mere
Written by one of the leading scholars of Japanese religion, Rage and Ravage is the third instalment of a milestone project in our understanding of the... Læs mere
The Ryukyu islands have been inhabited by humans for over 30,000 years. Taking a multidisciplinary approach grounded in archaeology, this resource presents an updated framework for understanding early Ryukyu along with a new narrative featuring a fascinating cast of characters.