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Volume 58 - November 1999

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Page 11 of 21

Book Reviews—Japan

Intergenerational Programs: Support for Children, Youth, and Elders in Japan. By Matthew Kaplan Atsuko Kusano Ichiro Tsuji and Shigeru Hisamichi. Albany: State University of New York Press, 1998. xi, 267 pp. $59.50 (cloth); $19.95 (paper).
Ruth Campbell
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26 March 2010, pp. 200-202
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Japan and the Wider World: From the Mid-Nineteenth Century to the Present. By Akira Iriye. London and New York: Longman, 1997. viii, 213 pp. $45.75 (cloth); $13.50 (paper).
Roger Dingman
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24 May 2010, pp. 520-522
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The Japanese Occupation of Malaya (1941–1945): A Social and Economic History. By Paul H. Kratoska. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1998. xxi, 404 pp. $35.00.
Junko Tomaru
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26 March 2010, pp. 846-848
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Storied Lives: Japanese-American Students and World War II. By Gary Okihiro with afterword by Leslie Ito. Seattle and London: University of Washington Press, 1999. xiv, 182 pp.
Franklin Odo
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26 March 2010, pp. 1147-1149
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The Modern Epidemic: A History of Tuberculosis in Japan. By William Johnston. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1995. xvii, 432 pp. $45.00.
Christie W. Kiefer
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24 May 2010, pp. 522-523
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Japaner in der Neuen Welt: Eine teilannotierte Bibliographie von Werken zu Japanischen Einwanderern in Nordamerika in europaishcne Sprachen (Bibliographische Arbeiten aus dem Deutschen Institut fur Japanstudien de Philipp Franz von Siebold Stiftung. Band 4) Compiled by Hans Dieter Ölschleger and Eva König with cooperation by Barbara Ölschleger. Münich: Iudicium verlag GmbH München, 1997. 1038 pp.
Harumi Befu
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26 March 2010, pp. 1149-1150
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The Worlds of Japanese Popular Culture; Gender, Shifting Boundaries and Global Cultures. Edited by D. P. Martinez. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1998. xi, 212 pp. $19.95.
Christine R. Yano
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26 March 2010, pp. 848-849
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The Stars Who Created Kabuki: Their Lives, Loves, and Legacy. By Laurence Kominz. Tokyo, London, New York: Kodansha International, 1997. 300 pp. $28.00.
Ted T. Takaya
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26 March 2010, pp. 202-203
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Japan's Competing Modernities: Issues in Culture and Democracy, 1900–1930 Edited by Sharon A. Minichiello. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1998. xiii, 394 pp. $54.00 (cloth); $25.95 (paper).
Kerry Smith
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26 March 2010, pp. 849-852
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Democracy in Postwar Japan: Maruyama Masao and the Search for Autonomy. By Rikki Kersten. London and New York: Routledge, 1996. xiv, 289 pp. $69.95.
Kevin M. Doak
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24 May 2010, pp. 523-525
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The Book in Japan: A Cultural History from the Beginnings to the Nineteenth Century. By Peter Kornicki. Handbuch der Orientalistik, Abt. 5, Japan; Bd. 7 Leiden, Boston, Küln: Brill, 1998. xviii, 498 pp. $91.25.
J. Marshall Unger
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26 March 2010, pp. 204-205
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Zen Buddhist Landscape Arts of Early Muromachi Japan (1336–1573). By Joseph Parker. Albany: State University of New York Press, 1999. xiv, 302 pp. $24.95.
Gregory P. Levine
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26 March 2010, pp. 1150-1153
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The Chrysanthemum Throne. A History of the Emperors of Japan. By Peter Martin. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1997. xi, 175 pp. $24.95.
Peter Wetzler
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26 March 2010, pp. 525-526
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Japanese Empire in the Tropics: Selected Documents and Reports of the Japanese in Sarawak, Northwest Borneo, 1941–1945. 2 vols. Edited by Ooi Keat Gin. Athens, Ohio: Ohio University Center for International Studies, 1998. xvii, 721 pp. $50.00.
Leigh Wright
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26 March 2010, pp. 852-853
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Moving Mountains: Japanese Educational Reform. By Marie H. Roesgaard. Aarhus, Denmark: Aarhus University Press, 1998. 264 pp.
Mark Lincicome
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26 March 2010, pp. 1153-1154
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The Origins of Japan's Medieval World: Courtiers, Clerics, Warriors, and Peasants in the Fourteenth Century. Edited by Jeffrey P. Mass. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1997. ix, 504 pp. $65.00.
William Wayne Farris
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26 March 2010, pp. 205-206
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Japanese Mandalas: Representations of Sacred Geography. By Elizabeth Ten Grotenhuis. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1999. x, 227 pp. $52.00 (cloth); $29.95 (paper).
Elizabeth Horton Sharf
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26 March 2010, pp. 1155-1156
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Writing and Renunciation in Medieval Japan: The Works of the Poet-Priest Kamo no Chōmei. By Rajyashree Pandey. Ann Arbor: Center for Japanese Studies, The University of Michigan, 1998. xi, 197 pp. $32.95.
Michele Marra
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26 March 2010, pp. 853-855
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Principles of Japanese Discourse: A Handbook. By Senko K. Maynard. Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press, 1998. viii, 309 pp. $64.95.
Mari Noda
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26 March 2010, pp. 207-208
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The History of Japan. By Louis G. Perez. Westport, Conn. and London: Greenwood Press, 1998. xix, 244 pp. $35.00.
Steven J. Ericson
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26 March 2010, pp. 526-528
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Book Reviews—Japan

Intergenerational Programs: Support for Children, Youth, and Elders in Japan. By Matthew Kaplan Atsuko Kusano Ichiro Tsuji and Shigeru Hisamichi. Albany: State University of New York Press, 1998. xi, 267 pp. $59.50 (cloth); $19.95 (paper).

Japan and the Wider World: From the Mid-Nineteenth Century to the Present. By Akira Iriye. London and New York: Longman, 1997. viii, 213 pp. $45.75 (cloth); $13.50 (paper).

The Japanese Occupation of Malaya (1941–1945): A Social and Economic History. By Paul H. Kratoska. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1998. xxi, 404 pp. $35.00.

Storied Lives: Japanese-American Students and World War II. By Gary Okihiro with afterword by Leslie Ito. Seattle and London: University of Washington Press, 1999. xiv, 182 pp.

The Modern Epidemic: A History of Tuberculosis in Japan. By William Johnston. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1995. xvii, 432 pp. $45.00.

The Worlds of Japanese Popular Culture; Gender, Shifting Boundaries and Global Cultures. Edited by D. P. Martinez. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1998. xi, 212 pp. $19.95.

The Stars Who Created Kabuki: Their Lives, Loves, and Legacy. By Laurence Kominz. Tokyo, London, New York: Kodansha International, 1997. 300 pp. $28.00.

Japan's Competing Modernities: Issues in Culture and Democracy, 1900–1930 Edited by Sharon A. Minichiello. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1998. xiii, 394 pp. $54.00 (cloth); $25.95 (paper).

Democracy in Postwar Japan: Maruyama Masao and the Search for Autonomy. By Rikki Kersten. London and New York: Routledge, 1996. xiv, 289 pp. $69.95.

The Book in Japan: A Cultural History from the Beginnings to the Nineteenth Century. By Peter Kornicki. Handbuch der Orientalistik, Abt. 5, Japan; Bd. 7 Leiden, Boston, Küln: Brill, 1998. xviii, 498 pp. $91.25.

Zen Buddhist Landscape Arts of Early Muromachi Japan (1336–1573). By Joseph Parker. Albany: State University of New York Press, 1999. xiv, 302 pp. $24.95.

The Chrysanthemum Throne. A History of the Emperors of Japan. By Peter Martin. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1997. xi, 175 pp. $24.95.

Japanese Empire in the Tropics: Selected Documents and Reports of the Japanese in Sarawak, Northwest Borneo, 1941–1945. 2 vols. Edited by Ooi Keat Gin. Athens, Ohio: Ohio University Center for International Studies, 1998. xvii, 721 pp. $50.00.

Moving Mountains: Japanese Educational Reform. By Marie H. Roesgaard. Aarhus, Denmark: Aarhus University Press, 1998. 264 pp.

The Origins of Japan's Medieval World: Courtiers, Clerics, Warriors, and Peasants in the Fourteenth Century. Edited by Jeffrey P. Mass. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1997. ix, 504 pp. $65.00.

Japanese Mandalas: Representations of Sacred Geography. By Elizabeth Ten Grotenhuis. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1999. x, 227 pp. $52.00 (cloth); $29.95 (paper).

Writing and Renunciation in Medieval Japan: The Works of the Poet-Priest Kamo no Chōmei. By Rajyashree Pandey. Ann Arbor: Center for Japanese Studies, The University of Michigan, 1998. xi, 197 pp. $32.95.

Principles of Japanese Discourse: A Handbook. By Senko K. Maynard. Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press, 1998. viii, 309 pp. $64.95.

The History of Japan. By Louis G. Perez. Westport, Conn. and London: Greenwood Press, 1998. xix, 244 pp. $35.00.

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