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Daisaiin Senshi and Hosshin Wakashu
Provides new translations and sensitive readings of the devotional Buddhist poems of Senshi, the Great Kamo Priestess of the Heian period
Poems by Kurihara Sadako
The poetic voice of one of Japan’s greatest 20th-century poets
Social Movements and the Law in Contemporary Japan
Examines the relationship between social movements and the law in bringing about social change in Japan
A recreation of Tokyo in the 1880s by one of Japan’s most influential novelists
Essays on Tanizaki Jun’ichiro in Honor of Adriana Boscaro
Collects nine assessments of Tanizaki’s relationship with the classical literary tradition, in honor of the contributions of one of the great modernist’s most tireless scholars
Fifty Years of Japanese Studies at Michigan
An intimate look at the growth of Japanese studies at the University of Michigan.
A collection of essays capturing the state of leadership in postwar Japan
Proceedings from the second U.S.-Japan Automotive Conference, 1982
Report of the Joint U.S.–Japan Automotive Study
The Passenger Car Industry
Examines the interactions between Japan's government and passenger car industry as it traces the development of the industry from its origins in the early 1900s.
Competition, Cooperation, and Change
Proceedings from the third U.S.-Japan Automotive Conference, 1983
Sixty-Two Stories from a Medieval Japanese Collection
Addresses the reasons for samurai warriors' turn to Christianity and the nature of conversion
The Dramatic Structure of Edo Kabuki
A study of traditional Edo kabuki through the play Sukeroku.
The first detailed investigation into the decision making processes of rural Japan
A translation of “The Sting of Death” and other stories by Japanese short fiction writer Shimao Toshio
Model and Challenge for the Future?
Proceedings from the first U.S.-Japan Automotive Conference, 1981
Rebirth or Requiem?
Proceedings from the fourth U.S.-Japan Automotive Conference, 1984
The Development of the Feminist Movement
Offers a fresh perspective on Meiji Japan with a spotlight on women’s activities in the new public spaces of the era
Feminist Artist Tomiyama Taeko and Social Responsibility
Opens up the transformational work of a contemporary feminist artist on the difficult terrain of Japanese and global history
Politics, Language, Textuality
Traces the transformation of the study of postwar Japanese literature from positivism to radically different methods informed by linguistics
Explores the daily life of the citizens of the lost periods of ancient Japan
Japanese Overseas Travel Literature, 1860–1912
Examines poetic imagery and allusion in the Japanese tradition of travel writing
Film Style and National Character
History, signs, and difference of Japanese cinema
The Phenomenology of Meiji Literature
The first English translation of a monumental literary history of Japan