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Snow On The Pine: Japan's Quest For A Leadership Role In Asia

By: Kyoko Hatakeyama,Craig F Freedman

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Snow On The Pine: Japan's Quest For A Leadership Role In Asia

By: Kyoko Hatakeyama,Craig F Freedman

Snow on the Pine presents a compelling view of the Japanese foreign policy that runs counter to the common wisdom reducing Japan's post-war efforts to the pursuit of purely commercial interests. This book takes a new approach — the eventual Japanese defeat in the Second World War did not transform Japan into an “exceptional state” seeking only economic interests. Like any other nations, economic issues have always played a crucial role in policy decisions. However, this is but only one amongst the many interweaving threads determining foreign policy decisions.In the authors' eyes, Japan's foreign policy is characterized by the drive to dominate and influence the East Asia region, which has been a consistent motivation since the days of the Meiji restoration. Thus, the post-war period in this analysis provides a continuation rather than a break with the country's previous history. Tactics, and even strategies, may have changed over time to meet the challenges of the ever evolving economic and political environments but the overall objective has essentially remained constant. The snow melts, but the pine endures.

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510

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World Scientific

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9814466204

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9789814466202

The Tale of Genji

A Japanese Classic Illuminated

By: John T. Carpenter,Melissa McCormick,Monika Bincsik,Kyoko Kinoshita,Sano Midori

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The Tale of Genji

A Japanese Classic Illuminated

By: John T. Carpenter,Melissa McCormick,Monika Bincsik,Kyoko Kinoshita,Sano Midori

With its vivid descriptions of courtly society, gardens, and architecture in early eleventh-century Japan, The Tale of Genji—recognized as the world’s first novel—has captivated audiences around the globe and inspired artistic traditions for one thousand years. Its female author, Murasaki Shikibu, was a diarist, a renowned poet, and, as a tutor to the young empress, the ultimate palace insider; her monumental work of fiction offers entry into an elaborate, mysterious world of court romance, political intrigue, elite customs, and religious life. This handsomely designed and illustrated book explores the outstanding art associated with Genji through in-depth essays and discussions of more than one hundred works. The Tale of Genji has influenced all forms of Japanese artistic expression, from intimately scaled albums to boldly designed hanging scrolls and screen paintings, lacquer boxes, incense burners, games, palanquins for transporting young brides to their new homes, and even contemporary manga. The authors, both art historians and Genji scholars, discuss the tale’s transmission and reception over the centuries; illuminate its place within the history of Japanese literature and calligraphy; highlight its key episodes and characters; and explore its wide-ranging influence on Japanese culture, design, and aesthetics into the modern era. p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Verdana}

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371

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Metropolitan Museum of Art

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1588396657

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9781588396655

Cat and Bird

A Memoir

By: Kyoko Mori

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Cat and Bird

A Memoir

By: Kyoko Mori

From the critically acclaimed author of¬†Shizuko‚Äôs Daughter¬†(a¬†New York Times¬†Notable Book)¬†and¬†Yarn, comes a fascinating new memoir about animals, loss, and finding a home in the world. Cat and Bird, a ‚Äúmemoir in animals,‚Äù is an

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175

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Arcadia Publishing

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1953368689

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9781953368683

MacArthur's Japanese Constitution

By: Kyoko Inoue

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MacArthur's Japanese Constitution

By: Kyoko Inoue

The Japanese constitution as revised by General MacArthur in 1946, while generally regarded to be an outstanding basis for a liberal democracy, is at the same time widely considered to be—in its Japanese form—an document which is alien and incompatible with Japanese culture. Using both linguistics and historical data, Kyoto Inoue argues that despite the inclusion of alien concepts and ideas, this constitution is nonetheless fundamentally a Japanese document that can stand on its own. "This is an important book. . . . This is the most significant work on postwar Japanese constitutional history to appear in the West. It is highly instructive about the century-long process of cultural conflict in the evolution of government and society in modern Japan."—Thomas W. Burkman, Monumenta Nipponica

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404

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University of Chicago Press

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0226383911

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9780226383910

Japan's Evolving Security Policy

Militarisation within a Pacifist Tradition

By: Kyoko Hatakeyama

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Japan's Evolving Security Policy

Militarisation within a Pacifist Tradition

By: Kyoko Hatakeyama

Japan has been expanding its military roles in the post-Cold War period. This book analyses the shift in Japan’s security policy by examining the collective ideas of political parties and the effect of an international norm. Starting with the analysis of the collective ideas held by political parties, this book delves into factors overlooked in existing literature, including the effects of domestic and international norms, as well as how an international norm is localised when a conflicting domestic norm already exists. The argument held throughout is that these factors play a primary role in framing Japan's security policy. Overall, three security areas are studied: Japan’s arms trade ban policy, Japan’s participation in United Nations Peacekeeping Operations, and Japan’s enlarged military roles in international security. Close examination demonstrates that the weakening presence of the left since the mid-1990s and the localisation of an international norm encouraged Japan to broaden its military role. Providing a comprehensive picture of Japan’s evolving security policy, this book asserts that shifts have occurred in ways that do not violate the pacifist domestic norm. Japan's Evolving Security Policy will appeal to students and scholars of International Relations, Asian Politics, Asian Security Studies and Japanese Studies.

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191

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Taylor & Francis

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1000366855

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9781000366853

Japanese Language and Culture for Business and Travel

By: Kyoko Hijirida,Muneo Yoshikawa

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Japanese Language and Culture for Business and Travel

By: Kyoko Hijirida,Muneo Yoshikawa

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389

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University of Hawaii Press

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0824843312

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9780824843311

Miraculous Stories from the Japanese Buddhist Tradition

The Nihon Ryoiki of the Monk Kyokai

By: Kyoko Motomuchi Nakamura

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Miraculous Stories from the Japanese Buddhist Tradition

The Nihon Ryoiki of the Monk Kyokai

By: Kyoko Motomuchi Nakamura

This is the first collection of Buddhist legends in Japan, and these stories form the repertoire of miraculous events and moral examples that later Buddhist priests used for preaching to the people. As Kyokai describes his own intentions, "By editing these stories of miraculous events I want to pull the people forward by the ears, offer my hand to lead them to good, and show them how to cleanse their feet of evil" (p.222). Nakamura's book is actually two works in one: first an introduction to the Nihon ryoiki, and then an annotated translation. The introduction analyzes the life of the author and the influence of earlier writings, and provides a valuable synthesis of the world view reflected in the work. The annotated translation renders the more than one hundred stories into English narrative, with copious notes. Difficult terms are identified in the text with the original Chinese characters, while historical matters and Buddhist technical terms are explained in the footnotes.

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348

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Routledge

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1136792600

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9781136792601

Young Children's Talent Education & Its Method

By: Dr. Shinichi Suzuki,Kyoko Selden

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Young Children's Talent Education & Its Method

By: Dr. Shinichi Suzuki,Kyoko Selden

This textbook by the father of the Suzuki Method®, Dr. Shinichi Suzuki, contains several essays that deal with children's abilities, educational systems, memory and absorption, the power of habit, early education and the fostering of students' talents. A glimpse into the mind of a great man!

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Alfred Music

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1457405059

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9781457405051

Things Remembered and Things Forgotten

By: Kyoko Nakajima

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Things Remembered and Things Forgotten

By: Kyoko Nakajima

If we want to understand what has been lost to time, there is no way other than through the exercise of imagination ... imagination applied with delicate rather than broad strokes'. So wrote the award winning Japanese author Kyoko Nakajima of her story, Things Remembered and Things Forgotten, a piece that illuminates, as if by throwing a switch, the layers of wartime devastation that lie just below the surface of Tokyo's insistently modern culture. The ten acclaimed stories in this collection are pervaded by an air of Japanese ghostliness. In beautifully crafted and deceptively light prose, Nakajima portrays men and women beset by cultural amnesia and unaware of how haunted they are - by fragmented memories of war and occupation, by fading traditions, by buildings lost to firestorms and bulldozers, by the spirits of their recent past.

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230

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Sort of Books

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1908745975

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9781908745972

Book's by Kyoko Yoshida

Snow On The Pine: Japan's Quest For A Leadership Role In Asia

Snow On The Pine: Japan's Quest For A Leadership Role In Asia

The Tale of Genji

The Tale of Genji

Cat and Bird

Cat and Bird

MacArthur's Japanese Constitution

MacArthur's Japanese Constitution

Japan's Evolving Security Policy

Japan's Evolving Security Policy

Japanese Language and Culture for Business and Travel

Japanese Language and Culture for Business and Travel

Miraculous Stories from the Japanese Buddhist Tradition

Miraculous Stories from the Japanese Buddhist Tradition

Young Children's Talent Education & Its Method

Young Children's Talent Education & Its Method

More Stories by Japanese Women Writers: An Anthology

More Stories by Japanese Women Writers: An Anthology

Things Remembered and Things Forgotten

Things Remembered and Things Forgotten

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