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26. Cover image for 'My Life as a Filmmaker'
My Life as a Filmmaker
Volume: 80
Yamamoto Satsuo; Translated, Annotated, and with an Introduction by Chia-ning Chang
A riveting autobiography of Yamamoto Satsuo (1910–83), one of the most important and critically acclaimed postwar Japanese film directors
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My Life as a Filmmaker
Volume: 80
Yamamoto Satsuo; Translated, Annotated, and with an Introduction by Chia-ning Chang
A riveting autobiography of Yamamoto Satsuo (1910–83), one of the most important and critically acclaimed postwar Japanese film directors
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My Life as a Filmmaker
Volume: 80
Yamamoto Satsuo; Translated, Annotated, and with an Introduction by Chia-ning Chang
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Red Roofs and Other Stories
Volume: 79
Tanizaki Jun'ichiro; Translated by Anthony H. Chambers and Paul McCarthy
Four short stories by master storyteller, Tanizaki Jun'ichiro, newly translated into English

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Red Roofs and Other Stories
Volume: 79
Tanizaki Jun'ichiro; Translated by Anthony H. Chambers and Paul McCarthy
Four short stories by master storyteller, Tanizaki Jun'ichiro, newly translated into English

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Red Roofs and Other Stories
Volume: 79
Tanizaki Jun'ichiro; Translated by Anthony H. Chambers and Paul McCarthy
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The Culture of the Quake
The Great Kanto Earthquake and Taisho Japan
Volume: 78
Alex Bates
An exploration of Taisho-era narrative fiction
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Lords of the Sea
Pirates, Violence, and Commerce in Late Medieval Japan
Volume: 76
Peter D. Shapinsky
Reframes medieval Japan through the perspective of seafarers, a novel supplement to conventional land-based analyses
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Lords of the Sea
Pirates, Violence, and Commerce in Late Medieval Japan
Volume: 76
Peter D. Shapinsky
Reframes medieval Japan through the perspective of seafarers, a novel supplement to conventional land-based analyses
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Lords of the Sea
Pirates, Violence, and Commerce in Late Medieval Japan
Volume: 76
Peter D. Shapinsky
Revises our understanding of the epic political, economic, and cultural transformations of Japan's late medieval period (ca. 1300–1600) by shifting the conventional land-based analytical framework to one centered on the perspectives of seafarers 
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Going to Court to Change Japan
Social Movements and the Law in Contemporary Japan
Volume: 77
Patricia G. Steinhoff, Editor
Examines the relationship between social movements and the law in bringing about social change in Japan
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Going to Court to Change Japan
Social Movements and the Law in Contemporary Japan
Patricia G. Steinhoff, Editor
Examines the relationship between social movements and the law in bringing about social change in Japan
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Conquering Demons
The “Kirishitan,” Japan, and the World in Early Modern Japanese Literature
Volume: 75
Jan C. Leuchtenberger
Examines the origins and influence of three popular anti-Kirishitan (anti-Christian) works from the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries
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Conquering Demons
The “Kirishitan,” Japan, and the World in Early Modern Japanese Literature
Volume: 75
Jan C. Leuchtenberger
Examines the origins and influence of three popular anti-Kirishitan (anti-Christian) works from the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries
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Rethinking Japanese History
Volume: 74
Amino Yoshihiko; Translated and with an Introduction by Alan S. Christy; Preface and Afterword by Hitomi Tonomura
A call to reconsider Japanese history from the perspective of the deep past
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Rethinking Japanese History
Volume: 74
Amino Yoshihiko; Translated and with an Introduction by Alan S. Christy; Preface and Afterword by Hitomi Tonomura
A call to reconsider Japanese history from the perspective of the deep past
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Laughing Wolf
Volume: 73
Tsushima Yuko; Translated from the Japanese by Dennis Washburn
Depicts Japan’s grisly postwar years through the eyes of two children travelling by train
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Nowaki
Volume: 72
Natsume Soseki; Translated and with an Afterword and Chronology by William N. Ridgeway
The lives and minds of three men come together in ways that are both commonplace and surprising
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Nowaki
Volume: 72
Natsume Soseki; Translated and with an Afterword and Chronology by William N. Ridgeway
The lives and minds of three men come together in ways that are both commonplace and surprising
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Women and Public Life in Early Meiji Japan
The Development of the Feminist Movement
Volume: 71
Mara Patessio
Offers a fresh perspective on Meiji Japan with a spotlight on women’s activities in the new public spaces of the era
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Women and Public Life in Early Meiji Japan
The Development of the Feminist Movement
Volume: 71
Mara Patessio
Offers a fresh perspective on Meiji Japan with a spotlight on women’s activities in the new public spaces of the era
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Women and Public Life in Early Meiji Japan
The Development of the Feminist Movement
Mara Patessio
Offers a fresh perspective on Meiji Japan with a spotlight on women’s activities in the new public spaces of the era
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The Female as Subject
Reading and Writing in Early Modern Japan
Volume: 70
P. F. Kornicki, Mara Patessio, and G. G. Rowley, Editors
Reveals the rich and lively world of literate women in Japan from 1600 through the early 20th century
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The Female as Subject
Reading and Writing in Early Modern Japan
Volume: 70
P. F. Kornicki, Mara Patessio, and G. G. Rowley, Editors
Reveals the rich and lively world of literate women in Japan from 1600 through the early 20th century
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The Female as Subject
Reading and Writing in Early Modern Japan
Volume: 70
P. F. Kornicki, Mara Patessio, and G. G. Rowley, Editors
Reveals the rich and lively world of literate women in Japan from 1600 through the early 20th century
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37. Cover image for 'Imagination without Borders'
Imagination without Borders
Feminist Artist Tomiyama Taeko and Social Responsibility
Volume: 69
Laura Hein and Rebecca Jennison, Editors
Opens up the transformational work of a contemporary feminist artist on the difficult terrain of Japanese and global history
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Imagination without Borders
Feminist Artist Tomiyama Taeko and Social Responsibility
Volume: 69
Laura Hein and Rebecca Jennison, Editors
Opens up the transformational work of a contemporary feminist artist on the difficult terrain of Japanese and global history
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Imagination without Borders
Feminist Artist Tomiyama Taeko and Social Responsibility
Laura Hein and Rebecca Jennison, Editors
Opens up the transformational work of a contemporary feminist artist on the difficult terrain of Japanese and global history
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38. Cover image for 'The Linguistic Turn in Contemporary Japanese Literary Studies'
The Linguistic Turn in Contemporary Japanese Literary Studies
Politics, Language, Textuality
Volume: 68
Edited and with an Introduction by Michael K. Bourdaghs
Traces the transformation of the study of postwar Japanese literature from positivism to radically different methods informed by linguistics
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The Linguistic Turn in Contemporary Japanese Literary Studies
Politics, Language, Textuality
Volume: 68
Edited and with an Introduction by Michael K. Bourdaghs
Traces the transformation of the study of postwar Japanese literature from positivism to radically different methods informed by linguistics
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The Linguistic Turn in Contemporary Japanese Literary Studies
Politics, Language, Textuality
Edited and with an Introduction by Michael K. Bourdaghs
Traces the transformation of the study of postwar Japanese literature from positivism to radically different methods informed by linguistics
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39. Cover image for 'Television, Japan, and Globalization'
Television, Japan, and Globalization
Volume: 67
Mitsuhiro Yoshimoto, Eva Tsai, and JungBong Choi, Editors
Shines new theoretical light on Japanese television in global perspective
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Television, Japan, and Globalization
Volume: 67
Mitsuhiro Yoshimoto, Eva Tsai, and JungBong Choi, Editors
Shines new theoretical light on Japanese television in global perspective
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Television, Japan, and Globalization
Volume: 67
Mitsuhiro Yoshimoto, Eva Tsai, and JungBong Choi, Editors
Shines new theoretical light on Japanese television in global perspective
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40. Cover image for 'Research Guide to Japanese Film Studies'
Research Guide to Japanese Film Studies
Volume: 65
Abé Mark Nornes and Aaron Gerow
Provides a snapshot of all the archival and bibliographic resources available to students and scholars of Japanese cinema
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Research Guide to Japanese Film Studies
Volume: 65
Abé Mark Nornes and Aaron Gerow
Provides a snapshot of all the archival and bibliographic resources available to students and scholars of Japanese cinema
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Research Guide to Japanese Film Studies
Volume: 65
Abé Mark Nornes and Aaron Gerow
Provides a snapshot of all the archival and bibliographic resources available to students and scholars of Japanese cinema
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41. Cover image for 'An Anthology of Nagauta'
An Anthology of Nagauta
Volume: 66
William P. Malm
A collection of translations of nagauta texts used for concerts
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An Anthology of Nagauta
Volume: 66
William P. Malm
A collection of translations of nagauta texts used for concerts
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42. Cover image for 'Daily Life and Demographics in Ancient Japan'
Daily Life and Demographics in Ancient Japan
Volume: 63
William Wayne Farris
Explores the daily life of the citizens of the lost periods of ancient Japan
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Daily Life and Demographics in Ancient Japan
Volume: 63
William Wayne Farris
Explores the daily life of the citizens of the lost periods of ancient Japan
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Daily Life and Demographics in Ancient Japan
William Wayne Farris
Explores the daily life of the citizens of the lost periods of ancient Japan
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43. Cover image for '<em>A</em> <em>Page of Madness</em>'
A Page of Madness
Cinema and Modernity in 1920s Japan
Volume: 64
Aaron Gerow
Offers provocative insight into a masterpiece of silent cinema using a newly released original script and notes
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43. Cover image for '<em>A</em> <em>Page of Madness</em>'
A Page of Madness
Cinema and Modernity in 1920s Japan
Volume: 64
Aaron Gerow
Offers provocative insight into a masterpiece of silent cinema using a newly released original script and notes
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43. Cover image for '<em>A</em> <em>Page of Madness</em>'
A Page of Madness
Cinema and Modernity in 1920s Japan
Volume: 64
Aaron Gerow
Offers provocative insight into a masterpiece of silent cinema using a newly released original script and notes
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44. Cover image for 'Preachers, Poets, Women, and the Way'
Preachers, Poets, Women, and the Way
Izumi Shikibu and the Buddhist Literature of Medieval Japan
Volume: 62
R. Keller Kimbrough
Explores how preacher-entertainers in late-Heian and medieval Japan used apocryphal tales of women in competitive, sectarian, passionate rhetorical performances
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Preachers, Poets, Women, and the Way
Izumi Shikibu and the Buddhist Literature of Medieval Japan
Volume: 62
R. Keller Kimbrough
Explores how preacher-entertainers in late-Heian and medieval Japan used apocryphal tales of women in competitive, sectarian, passionate rhetorical performances
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White-Haired Melody
Volume: 61
Furui Yoshikichi; Translated by Meredith McKinney
A meditative exploration of aging and approaching death by one of Japan’s finest novelists
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46. Cover image for 'Mishima on Stage'
Mishima on Stage
The Black Lizard and Other Plays
Volume: 59
Edited and with an Introduction by Laurence Kominz. Foreword by Donald Keene
Presents nine remarkable plays by Mishima to English readers for the first time
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Mishima on Stage
The Black Lizard and Other Plays
Volume: 59
Edited and with an Introduction by Laurence Kominz. Foreword by Donald Keene
Presents nine remarkable plays by Mishima to English readers for the first time
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47. Cover image for 'The Bluestockings of Japan'
The Bluestockings of Japan
New Woman Essays and Fiction from Seito, 1911–16
Volume: 60
Jan Bardsley
Introduces English-language readers to a formative chapter in the history of Japanese feminism by presenting for the first time in English translation a collection of writings from Seito (Bluestockings), the famed New Women’s journal of the 1910s
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The Bluestockings of Japan
New Woman Essays and Fiction from Seito, 1911–16
Volume: 60
Jan Bardsley
Introduces English-language readers to a formative chapter in the history of Japanese feminism by presenting for the first time in English translation a collection of writings from Seito (Bluestockings), the famed New Women’s journal of the 1910s
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Shugendo
Essays on the Structure of Japanese Folk Religion
Volume: 32
Miyake Hitoshi; Edited and with an Introduction by H. Byron Earhart
The first comprehensive English translation of a foundational work on Japanese asceticism and folk religion
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49. Cover image for 'A Zen Life in Nature'
A Zen Life in Nature
Muso Soseki in His Gardens
Volume: 56
Keir Davidson
A sustained exploration of the garden designs of a medieval Japanese Zen Buddhist monk
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A Zen Life in Nature
Muso Soseki in His Gardens
Volume: 56
Keir Davidson
A sustained exploration of the garden designs of a medieval Japanese Zen Buddhist monk
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School of Freedom
Volume: 58
Shishi Bunroku; Translated and with an Afterword by Lynne E. Riggs
With true-to-life characters, situations that vividly evoke their times, and even a happy ending, Shishi Bunroku brings a new dimension to Japanese literature in English
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Michigan Monographs in Japanese StudiesstaticThis series provides a venue for important works of scholarship in all fields of Japanese studies. Quality in scholarly content and production are of paramount concern.

Michigan Monographs in Japanese Studies

This series provides a venue for important works of scholarship in all fields of Japanese studies. Quality in scholarly content and production are of paramount concern.
Center for Japanese StudiesstaticThe Publications Program of the Center for Japanese Studies at the University of Michigan publishes research on Japan by scholars around the world. Works currently appear in print in three series (Michigan Monograph Series in Japanese Studies, Michigan Papers in Japanese Studies, and Michigan Classics in Japanese Studies) and as nonseries publications. Center books have been reviewed in The New York Times, The Times Literary Supplement, Publishers Weekly, and World Literature Today, as well as in all the major journals on Japanese and Asian studies. Over one hundred universities and colleges have adopted Center titles as textbooks for classes on Japanese language, literature, and culture. The Center also publishes materials of special interest to industry, government, and the general public. The Center published its first book in 1950.

Center for Japanese Studies

The Publications Program of the Center for Japanese Studies at the University of Michigan publishes research on Japan by scholars around the world. Works currently appear in print in three series (Michigan Monograph Series in Japanese Studies, Michigan Papers in Japanese Studies, and Michigan Classics in Japanese Studies) and as nonseries publications. Center books have been reviewed in The New York Times, The Times Literary Supplement, Publishers Weekly, and World Literature Today, as well as in all the major journals on Japanese and Asian studies. Over one hundred universities and colleges have adopted Center titles as textbooks for classes on Japanese language, literature, and culture. The Center also publishes materials of special interest to industry, government, and the general public. The Center published its first book in 1950.

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