Explores the ‘popular literary literacy’ of the Japanese at the edge of modernity. By reproducing and translating a popular annotated and illustrated Ansei-era (1854-1859) edition of the Hyakunin isshu, Joshua Mostow reveals how commoners of the time made sense of the collection.
In this sweeping history of one of the United States' largest working ranches, the Big Island of Hawaii's Parker Ranch, Bergin discusses the... Læs mere
Examines the relations between art and politics in transwar Japan, exploring these via a microhistory of the artist,... Læs mere
The authors have collected written and oral information to reveal the significance of making and wearing lei - the expression of traditional Hawaiian culture and once an... Læs mere
This study - of one of the least known societies in the contemporary world - . provides insight into the everyday life, concerns, and values of the people... Læs mere
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Offers a reconstruction of Old Chinese, limiting it, as far as possible, to those post-Karlgrenian phonological features of Old Chinese that enjoy some consensus among today's investigators.
A collection of Kabuki play translations which trace Kabuki's changing relations to Japanese society during the premodern era. Each translation is accompanied by an introduction that contextualizes the play.
Can an imperial city survive, let alone thrive, without an emperor? Alice Y. Tseng answers this intriguing question in Modern Kyoto, a... Læs mere