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Volume 48 - Issue 2 - May 1989

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Book Reviews—Japan

Tall Mountains and Flowering Waters: The arts of Uragami Gyokudõ. By Stephen Addiss. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1987. x, 163 pp.
Elizabeth Horton
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23 March 2011, pp. 380-381
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Japan and the World: Essays in Japanese History and Politics in Honour of Ishida Takeshi. Edited by Gail Lee Bernstein and Haruhiro Fukui. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1988. xxii, 294 pp. $55.00.
John M. Maki
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23 March 2011, pp. 382-383
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Ozu and the Poetics of Cinema.By David Bordwell. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1988. x, 406 pp. $70.00(cloth); $25.00(paper).
David Desser
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23 March 2011, pp. 383-384
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The Road to Komatsubara: A Classical Reading of the Renga Hyakuin. By Steven D. Carter. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1988. x, 298 pp. $21.00.
Karen Brazell
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23 March 2011, pp. 384-386
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The Japanese Way of Politics. By Gerald L. Curtis. New York: Columbia University Press, 1988. xvi, 301 pp. $30.00.
Kent E. Calder
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23 March 2011, pp. 386-387
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Reflections on the Way to the Gallows. By Mikiso Hane. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1988. viii, 274 pp. $22.50.
Barbara Molony
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23 March 2011, pp. 387-389
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Perspectives on Topicalization: The Case of Japanese “Wa”.By John Hinds, Senko K. Maynard, and Shoichi Iwasaki Philadelphia: John Benjamins Publishing Co., 1987. $56.00(cloth); $29.95(paper).
Noriko Nagai
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23 March 2011, pp. 389-390
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Public Policy and Private Education in Japan. By Estelle James and Gail Benjamin. New York: St. Martin' Press, 1988. xx 218 pp.
William K. Cummings
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23 March 2011, pp. 390-391
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The Japanese Through American Eyes. By Sheila K. Johnson. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1988. x, 191 pp. $22.50.
Joseph Tobin
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23 March 2011, pp. 391-392
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Shijin: Autobiography of the Poet Kaneko Mitsuharu 1895–1975. By Kaneko Mitsuharu. Translated by A. R. Davis. Edited by A. D. Syrokomla-Stefanowska University of Sydney East Asian Series. Sydney: Wild Peony Pty Ltd., 1988. 324 pp.
Steve Rabson
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23 March 2011, pp. 392-394
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Yakuza.By David E. Kaplan and Alec Dubro. New York: Macmillan, 1987. 336 pp. $8.95(paper).
George A. De Vos
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23 March 2011, pp. 394-395
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Organizing Business: Associations in Japan and America. By Leonard H. Lynn and Timothy J. McKeown. Washington, D. C.: American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research, 1988. xviii, 191 pp. $19.75.
Lee W. Farnsworth
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23 March 2011, pp. 395-396
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Educational Achievement in Japan: Lessons for the West. By Richard Lynn. Armonk, N.Y.: M. E. Sharpe, Inc., 1988. xii, 157 pp. $16.50.
Merry I. White
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23 March 2011, pp. 396-397
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The Tale of Heike. Translated by Helen Craig McCullough. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1988. 489 pp. $60.00.
Paul Varley
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23 March 2011, pp. 397-399
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Shogunal Politics: Arai Hakuseki and the Premises of Tokugawa Rule. By Kate Wildman Nakai. Harvard East Asian Monographs 134. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University, Council on East Asian Studies, 1988. xviii, 427 pp. $23.00.
Peter Nosco
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23 March 2011, pp. 399-400
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Intermittent Diplomat: The Japan and Batavia Diaries of W. MacMahon Ball. Edited by Alan Rix. Carlton, Victoria: Melbourne University Press, 1988. xxii, 311 pp.
Ray A. Moore
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23 March 2011, pp. 400-401
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Fighting to the Finish: The Politics of War Termination in the United States and Japan, 1945. By Leon V. Sigal. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1988. xii, 335 pp.
Akira Iriye
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23 March 2011, pp. 401-402
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Eagle Against the Sun. By Ronald H. Spector. New York: Free Press, 1985. xvi, 566 pp. $24.95.
Alvin D. Coox
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23 March 2011, pp. 403-404
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The Japanese Financial System. Edited by Yoshio Suzuki. New York: Oxford University Press, 1987. xii, 358 pp. $79.00.
Robert S. Ozaki
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23 March 2011, pp. 404-405
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Nature and Identity in Canadian and Japanese Literature. Edited by Kinya Tsuruta and Thedore Goossen. Toronto: University of Toronto and York University, Joint Centre for Asian Pacific Studies, 1988. x, 176 pp.
David Fahy
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23 March 2011, pp. 405-406
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Book Reviews—Japan

Tall Mountains and Flowering Waters: The arts of Uragami Gyokudõ. By Stephen Addiss. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1987. x, 163 pp.

Japan and the World: Essays in Japanese History and Politics in Honour of Ishida Takeshi. Edited by Gail Lee Bernstein and Haruhiro Fukui. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1988. xxii, 294 pp. $55.00.

Ozu and the Poetics of Cinema.By David Bordwell. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1988. x, 406 pp. $70.00(cloth); $25.00(paper).

The Road to Komatsubara: A Classical Reading of the Renga Hyakuin. By Steven D. Carter. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1988. x, 298 pp. $21.00.

The Japanese Way of Politics. By Gerald L. Curtis. New York: Columbia University Press, 1988. xvi, 301 pp. $30.00.

Reflections on the Way to the Gallows. By Mikiso Hane. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1988. viii, 274 pp. $22.50.

Perspectives on Topicalization: The Case of Japanese “Wa”.By John Hinds, Senko K. Maynard, and Shoichi Iwasaki Philadelphia: John Benjamins Publishing Co., 1987. $56.00(cloth); $29.95(paper).

Public Policy and Private Education in Japan. By Estelle James and Gail Benjamin. New York: St. Martin' Press, 1988. xx 218 pp.

The Japanese Through American Eyes. By Sheila K. Johnson. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1988. x, 191 pp. $22.50.

Shijin: Autobiography of the Poet Kaneko Mitsuharu 1895–1975. By Kaneko Mitsuharu. Translated by A. R. Davis. Edited by A. D. Syrokomla-Stefanowska University of Sydney East Asian Series. Sydney: Wild Peony Pty Ltd., 1988. 324 pp.

Yakuza.By David E. Kaplan and Alec Dubro. New York: Macmillan, 1987. 336 pp. $8.95(paper).

Organizing Business: Associations in Japan and America. By Leonard H. Lynn and Timothy J. McKeown. Washington, D. C.: American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research, 1988. xviii, 191 pp. $19.75.

Educational Achievement in Japan: Lessons for the West. By Richard Lynn. Armonk, N.Y.: M. E. Sharpe, Inc., 1988. xii, 157 pp. $16.50.

The Tale of Heike. Translated by Helen Craig McCullough. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1988. 489 pp. $60.00.

Shogunal Politics: Arai Hakuseki and the Premises of Tokugawa Rule. By Kate Wildman Nakai. Harvard East Asian Monographs 134. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University, Council on East Asian Studies, 1988. xviii, 427 pp. $23.00.

Intermittent Diplomat: The Japan and Batavia Diaries of W. MacMahon Ball. Edited by Alan Rix. Carlton, Victoria: Melbourne University Press, 1988. xxii, 311 pp.

Fighting to the Finish: The Politics of War Termination in the United States and Japan, 1945. By Leon V. Sigal. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1988. xii, 335 pp.

Eagle Against the Sun. By Ronald H. Spector. New York: Free Press, 1985. xvi, 566 pp. $24.95.

The Japanese Financial System. Edited by Yoshio Suzuki. New York: Oxford University Press, 1987. xii, 358 pp. $79.00.

Nature and Identity in Canadian and Japanese Literature. Edited by Kinya Tsuruta and Thedore Goossen. Toronto: University of Toronto and York University, Joint Centre for Asian Pacific Studies, 1988. x, 176 pp.

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