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Volume 59 - November 2000

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Book Reviews—Japan

Christianity Made in Japan: A Study of Indigenous Movements. By Mark R. Mullins. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1998. x, 277 pp. $24.95 (paper).
Paul B. Watt
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26 March 2010, pp. 437-438
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Righteous Cause or Tragic Folly: Changing Views of War in Japanese Poetry. By Steve Rabson. Ann Arbor, Mich.: The Center for Japanese Studies, The University of Michigan, 1998. ix, 287 pp. $36.95.
Yoshiko Yokochi Samuel
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26 March 2010, pp. 1030-1031
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Japan's Protoindustrial Elite: The Economic Foundations of the Gōnō. By Edward E. Pratt. Cambridge.: Harvard University Asia Center, 1999. xvi, 260 pp. $39.50.
David L. Howell
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26 March 2010, pp. 179-180
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Remembering Aizu: The Testament of Shiba Gorō. Edited by Ishimitsu Mahito. Translated, with introduction and notes by Teruko Craig. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1999. 158 pp. $19.95.
Gary D. Allinson
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26 March 2010, pp. 743-744
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Practically Religious: Worldly Benefits and the Common Religion of Japan. By Ian Reader and George J. Tanabe Jr. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, 1998. xii, 303 pp. $45.00 (cloth); $22.95 (paper).
Janet Goodwin
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26 March 2010, pp. 1032-1033
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An Artless Art: The Zen Aesthetic of Shiga Naoya. By Roy Starrs. Richmond, Surrey.: Japan Library, 1998. v, 261 pp. £40.00.
Philip Gabriel
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26 March 2010, pp. 180-182
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Kaempfer's Japan: Tokugawa Culture Observed. By Engelbert Kaempfer. Edited, translated, and annotated by Beatrice M. Bodart-Bailey. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1999. xiv, 545 pp. $34.95.
Lane Earns
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26 March 2010, pp. 744-746
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Office Ladies and Salaried Men: Power, Gender, and Work in Japanese Companies. By Yuko Ogasawara. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1998. xii, 221 pp. $45.00 (cloth); $15.95 (paper).
Joyce Gelb
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26 March 2010, pp. 438-440
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Mercantilism in a Japanese Domain: The Merchant Origins of Economic Nationalism in Eighteenth-century Tosa. By Luke S. Roberts. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1998. xv, 251 pp. $59.95.
Herman Ooms
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26 March 2010, pp. 1033-1034
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La Japonésie: Géopolitique et géographie historique de la surinsularité au Japon. By Philippe Pelletier. Paris: CNRS Editions, 1997. 391 pp.
Philippe Forêt
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26 March 2010, pp. 440-441
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Les Sources Spirituelles de la Peinture de Sesshū. By Hiromi Tsukui. Paris.: Collège de France Institut des Hautes Etudes Japonaises, 1998. 364 pp.
Christine Guth
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26 March 2010, pp. 182-183
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Trans-Pacific Racisms and the U.S. Occupation of Japan. By Yukiko Koshiro. New York: Columbia University Press, 1999. x, 295 pp. $18.50.
Mari Yoshihara
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26 March 2010, pp. 747-748
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Riding the Black Ship: Japan and Tokyo Disneyland. By Aviad E. Raz. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1999. xi, 240 pp.
William W. Kelly
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26 March 2010, pp. 441-442
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A Vision of a New Liberalism? Critical Essays on Murakami's Anticlassical Analysis. Edited by Kozo Yamamura. Standford.: Stanford University Press, 1997. 312 pp. $49.50.
Terutomo Ozawa
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26 March 2010, pp. 183-185
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The Evolution of the Japanese Past and Perfective Suffixes. By Karen E. Sandness. Ann Arbor, Mich.: Center for Japanese Studies, 1999. viii, 264 pp. $32.95.
Charles J. Quinn
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26 March 2010, pp. 1035-1036
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Disparaged Success. By Ikuo Kume. Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University Press. 1998. xii, 242 pp. $16.95.
Akira Suzuki
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26 March 2010, pp. 748-750
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Sandakan Brothel No. 8: An Episode in the History of Lower-class Japanese Women. ByYamazaki Tomoko. Translated by Karen Colligan-Taylor. Armonk, N.Y.: M. E. Sharpe, 1999. xliv, 215 pp. $19.95.
Sally A. Hastings
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26 March 2010, pp. 185-186
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Fictions of Femininity: Literary Inventions of Gender in Japanese Court Women's Memoirs. By Edith Sarra. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1999. xiii, 328 pp. $55.00.
Edward Kamens
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26 March 2010, pp. 442-444
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The Fox and the Jewel: Shared and Private Meanings in Contemporary Japanese Inari Worship. By Karen A. Smyers. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, 1999. viii, 271 pp. $49.00 (cloth); $27.95 (paper).
T. James Kodera
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26 March 2010, pp. 1037-1038
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The American Occupation of Japan and Okinawa: Literature and Memory. By Michael S. Molasky. London and New York: Routledge, 1999. xii, 244 pp. $55.00.
David C. Stahl
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26 March 2010, pp. 750-751
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Book Reviews—Japan

Christianity Made in Japan: A Study of Indigenous Movements. By Mark R. Mullins. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1998. x, 277 pp. $24.95 (paper).

Righteous Cause or Tragic Folly: Changing Views of War in Japanese Poetry. By Steve Rabson. Ann Arbor, Mich.: The Center for Japanese Studies, The University of Michigan, 1998. ix, 287 pp. $36.95.

Japan's Protoindustrial Elite: The Economic Foundations of the Gōnō. By Edward E. Pratt. Cambridge.: Harvard University Asia Center, 1999. xvi, 260 pp. $39.50.

Remembering Aizu: The Testament of Shiba Gorō. Edited by Ishimitsu Mahito. Translated, with introduction and notes by Teruko Craig. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1999. 158 pp. $19.95.

Practically Religious: Worldly Benefits and the Common Religion of Japan. By Ian Reader and George J. Tanabe Jr. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, 1998. xii, 303 pp. $45.00 (cloth); $22.95 (paper).

An Artless Art: The Zen Aesthetic of Shiga Naoya. By Roy Starrs. Richmond, Surrey.: Japan Library, 1998. v, 261 pp. £40.00.

Kaempfer's Japan: Tokugawa Culture Observed. By Engelbert Kaempfer. Edited, translated, and annotated by Beatrice M. Bodart-Bailey. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1999. xiv, 545 pp. $34.95.

Office Ladies and Salaried Men: Power, Gender, and Work in Japanese Companies. By Yuko Ogasawara. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1998. xii, 221 pp. $45.00 (cloth); $15.95 (paper).

Mercantilism in a Japanese Domain: The Merchant Origins of Economic Nationalism in Eighteenth-century Tosa. By Luke S. Roberts. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1998. xv, 251 pp. $59.95.

La Japonésie: Géopolitique et géographie historique de la surinsularité au Japon. By Philippe Pelletier. Paris: CNRS Editions, 1997. 391 pp.

Les Sources Spirituelles de la Peinture de Sesshū. By Hiromi Tsukui. Paris.: Collège de France Institut des Hautes Etudes Japonaises, 1998. 364 pp.

Trans-Pacific Racisms and the U.S. Occupation of Japan. By Yukiko Koshiro. New York: Columbia University Press, 1999. x, 295 pp. $18.50.

Riding the Black Ship: Japan and Tokyo Disneyland. By Aviad E. Raz. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1999. xi, 240 pp.

A Vision of a New Liberalism? Critical Essays on Murakami's Anticlassical Analysis. Edited by Kozo Yamamura. Standford.: Stanford University Press, 1997. 312 pp. $49.50.

The Evolution of the Japanese Past and Perfective Suffixes. By Karen E. Sandness. Ann Arbor, Mich.: Center for Japanese Studies, 1999. viii, 264 pp. $32.95.

Disparaged Success. By Ikuo Kume. Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University Press. 1998. xii, 242 pp. $16.95.

Sandakan Brothel No. 8: An Episode in the History of Lower-class Japanese Women. ByYamazaki Tomoko. Translated by Karen Colligan-Taylor. Armonk, N.Y.: M. E. Sharpe, 1999. xliv, 215 pp. $19.95.

Fictions of Femininity: Literary Inventions of Gender in Japanese Court Women's Memoirs. By Edith Sarra. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1999. xiii, 328 pp. $55.00.

The Fox and the Jewel: Shared and Private Meanings in Contemporary Japanese Inari Worship. By Karen A. Smyers. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, 1999. viii, 271 pp. $49.00 (cloth); $27.95 (paper).

The American Occupation of Japan and Okinawa: Literature and Memory. By Michael S. Molasky. London and New York: Routledge, 1999. xii, 244 pp. $55.00.

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