In Waiting for the Cool Moon Wendy Matsumura interrogates the erasure of colonial violence at the heart of Japanese nation-state formation. She critiques Japan studies’ role in …
In Push the Button, Elizabeth Rodwell follows a battle over what interactivity will mean for Japanese television, as major media conglomerates took on independent media …
A critical introduction to how the Nagasaki atomic bombing has been remembered, especially in contrast to that of Hiroshima. In the decades following the atomic bombing of Nagasaki …
A lavish collector’s edition of the complete poems of eminent Japanese master of the haiku, Matsuo Basho. Matsuo Basho (1644–1694) is arguably the greatest figure in the history …
First published in 1983, Shiguéhiko Hasumi's Directed by Yasujiro Ozu has become one of the most influential books on cinema written in Japanese. This pioneering translation brings …
An exploration of the evolution of the Japanese Mingei (folk art) movement within the context of today’s concerns Originating in Japan in the 1920s, the Mingei movement was based …
Significantly expanded and updated—a lively excursion into Japanese folklore and its increasing influence within global popular culture. Monsters, spirits, fantastic beings, and …
