Book Reviews—China and Inner Asia
Religion und Philosophie in Ostasien: Festschrift für Hans Steininger [Religion and philosophy in East Asia: Hans Steininger festschrift]. Edited by Gert Naundorf, Karl-Heinz Pohl, and Hans-Hermann Schmidt. Wurzberg: Verlag Dr. Johannes Konigshausen and Dr. Thomas Neumann, 1985. 482 pp. Photograph of Hans Steininger, Introduction, List of Congratulants, Bibliography of the Writings of Hans Steininger, Map, Illustrations, Diagrams. DM 98.
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Book Reviews—Japan
Sugawara no Michizane and the Early Heian Court. By Robert Borgen. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University, Council on East Asian Studies, 1986. (Harvard East Asian Monographs 120.) xviii, 431 pp. Illustrations, Charts, Notes, Bibliography, Glossary, Index to the Poems, Index. $22.00. (Distributed by Harvard University Press.)
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The Japanese Automobile Industry: Technology and Management at Nissan and Toyota. By Michael A. Cusumano. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University, Council on East Asian Studies, 1985. (Harvard East Asian Monographs 122.) xxii, 487 pp. Tables, Figures, Appendixes, Notes, Bibliography, Index. $25.00.
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- 23 March 2011, pp. 403-404
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The Shōwa Anthology: Modern Japanese Short Stories. Vol. 1: 1929–1961. Vol. 2: 1961–1984. Edited by Van C. Gessel and Tomone Matsumoto. Tokyo: Kodansha International, 1985. Vol. 1: viii, 226 pp. Notes on the Translators, Selected Bibliography of English Translations. Vol. 2: v, 221 pp. Notes on the Translators, Selected Bibliography of English Translations. $17.95 each. - “The Sting of Death” and Other Stories. By Shimao Toshio. Translated with Introduction and Interpretive Comments by Kathryn Sparling. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan, Center for Japanese Studies, 1985. (Michigan Papers in Japanese Studies, no. 12.) x, 190 pp. Interpretive Comments on the Stories, Appendix, Bibliography. $7.00 (paper).
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The Evolution of Labor Relations in Japan: Heavy Industry, 1853–1955. By Andrew Gordon. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University, Council on East Asian Studies, 1985. (Harvard East Asian Monographs 117.) xx, 524 pp. Tables, Figures, Appendix, Notes, Bibliography, Index. $25.00. (Distributed by Harvard University Press.)
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- 23 March 2011, pp. 407-410
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Land Markets and Land Policy in a Metropolitan Area: A Case Study of Tokyo. By Yuzuru Hanayama. Boston: Oelgeschlager, Gunn, and Hain, 1986. (A Lincoln Institute of Land Policy Book.) xvi, 162 pp. Figures, Tables, Notes, Bibliography, Index. N.p.
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- 23 March 2011, pp. 410-411
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Kyōgen no bigaku—engekigakuteki apurochi [Aesthetics of kyōgen—a theatrical approach]. By Kobatake Motoo. Osaka: Sōgensha, 1986. x, 218, vi pp. Illustrations, Notes. ¥ 2,800.
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Six Hidden Views of Japanese Music. By William P. Malm. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1986. xxii, 222 pp. Illustrations, Figures, Musical Examples, List of Cassette Examples, Notes, Glossary Index. $32.00.
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- 23 March 2011, pp. 412-414
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The Poetics of Nikki Bungaku: A Comparison of the Traditions, Conventions, and Structure of Heian Japan's Literary Diaries with Western Autobiographical Writings. By Marilyn Jeanne Miller. New York and London: Garland Publishing, 1985. (Garland Publications in Comparative Literature.) x, 412 pp. Notes, Bibliography, Index. $55.00.
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- 23 March 2011, pp. 414-415
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Pagoda, Skull, and Samurai: Three Stories by Rohan Koda. Translated by Chieko Irie Mulhern. Rutland, Vt., and Tokyo: Charles E. Tuttle Company, 1985. 280 pp. Introduction, Afterword, Map, Historical Notes. $12.50.
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- 23 March 2011, pp. 415-417
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Niijima Jō Zenshū: The Complete Works of Joseph Hardy Neesima. Vol. 6: Letters in English. By Niijima Jō. Kyoto: Dohosha, 1985. xxxvi, 447 pp. Illustrations, Chronological Listing of Correspondents with Place, Alphabetical Listing of Correspondents with Place and Date, Notes, Appendix, Index. ¥ 7,500.
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Zen Poems of the Five Mountains. By David Pollack. New York: The Crossroad Publishing Company and Decatur, Ga.: Scholars Press, 1985. (American Academy of Religion Studies in Religion 37.) Illustrations, Notes, Biographies of the Poets, Index of Poems, viii, 167 pp. $9.95 (paper).
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The Invisible Link: Japan's Sogo Shosha and the Organization of Trade. By M. Y. Yoshino and Thomas B. Lifson. Cambridge, Mass.: The MIT Press, 1986. xii, 291 pp. Tables, Methodological Note, Bibliographical Notes, References Cited, Index. $19.95.
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Book Reviews—South Asia
The Changing Role of Women in Bengal, 1849–1905. By Meredith Borthwick. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1984. xviii, 402 pp. Illustrations, Tables, Transliteration, Bibliographical Notes, Bibliography, Index. $40.00.
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The Music of the Bauls of Bengal. By Charles Capwell. Kent, Ohio: The Kent State University Press, 1986. x, 242 pp. Appendixes, Tables, Index. $32.50.
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- 23 March 2011, pp. 424-425
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The Indian Left: Critical Appraisals. Edited by Bipan Chandra. New Delhi: Vikas Publishing House, 1983. 452 pp. Index. N.p. (Distributed by Advent Books, New York, N.Y.)
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- 23 March 2011, pp. 425-426
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Agrarian Power and Agricultural Productivity in South Asia. Edited by Meghnad Desai, Susanne Hoeber Rudolph, and Ashok Rudra. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1984. (Sponsored by the Joint Committee on South Asia of the Social Science Research Council and the American Council of Learned Societies.) 384 pp. $25.00.
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Hindu Temple Art of Orissa. Vol. 1. By Thomas E. Donaldson. Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1985. (Studies in South Asian Culture, vol. 12, pt. 1.) xxii, 562 pp. Maps, Charts, Diagrams, Groundplans, Plate-Figures. $95.00.
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India's Foreign Policy. By V. P. Dutt. New Delhi: Vikas Publishing House, 1984. x, 447 pp. Index. $35.00. (Distributed in the U.S. By Advent Books, New York, N.Y.)
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Trans-Himalayan Traders: Economy, Society, and Culture in Northwest Nepal. By James F. Fisher. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1986. xiv, 232 pp. Appendix, Notes, Bibliography, Index. $35.00.
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- 23 March 2011, pp. 431-433
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