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1. Cover image for 'Paradise in the Sea of Sorrow'
Paradise in the Sea of Sorrow
Our Minamata Disease
Volume: 25
Ishimure Michiko
A moving account of Minamata disease victims’ struggle for recognition and support in the years after mercury pollution was discovered in a group of fishing villages
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Paper 2003 $24.00 Available Add Paper for "Paradise in the Sea of Sorrow" to Cart
2. Cover image for 'Christian Converts and Social Protests in Meiji Japan'
Christian Converts and Social Protests in Meiji Japan
Volume: 24
Irwin Scheiner
Addresses the reasons for samurai warriors' turn to Christianity and the nature of conversion
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Paper 2002 $22.00 Available Add Paper for "Christian Converts and Social Protests in Meiji Japan" to Cart
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Christian Converts and Social Protests in Meiji Japan
Irwin Scheiner
Addresses the reasons for samurai warriors' turn to Christianity and the nature of conversion
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Paper 2002 $22.00 Available Add Paper for "Christian Converts and Social Protests in Meiji Japan" to Cart
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3. Cover image for 'The Splendor of Longing in the Tale of Genji'
The Splendor of Longing in the Tale of Genji
Volume: 21
Norma Field
A study of the heroines and heroes in one of the world's literary masterpieces.
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Paper 2001 $18.95 Available Add Paper for "The Splendor of Longing in the Tale of Genji" to Cart
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Victors’ Justice
The Tokyo War Crimes Trial
Volume: 22
Richard H. Minear
The first full-length treatment of the international war crimes tribunal held in Tokyo, 1946–48.
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Paper 2001 $18.95 Available Add Paper for "Victors’ Justice" to Cart
5. Cover image for 'Government and Local Power in Japan, 500-1700'
Government and Local Power in Japan, 500-1700
A Study Based on Bizen Province
Volume: 19
John Whitney Hall
An influential interpretation of premodern Japanese political and institutional history.
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Paper 1999 $18.95 Available Add Paper for "Government and Local Power in Japan, 500-1700" to Cart
6. Cover image for 'Japan in Crisis'
Japan in Crisis
Essays on Taisho Democracy
Volume: 20
Bernard S. Silberman and H. D. Harootunian, Editors
A classic study of culture and politics in early twentieth-century Japan.
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Paper 1999 $18.95 Available Add Paper for "Japan in Crisis" to Cart
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Tokugawa Ideology
Early Constructs, 1570-1680
Volume: 18
Herman Ooms
The classic study of seventeenth-century Japan.
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Paper 1998 $25.00 Available Add Paper for "Tokugawa Ideology" to Cart
8. Cover image for 'Accomplices of Silence'
Accomplices of Silence
The Modern Japanese Novel
Volume: 16
Miyoshi Masao
A comprehensive critical discussion of the Japanese novel and its distinctiveness from Western literature.
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Paper 1996 $15.95 Available Add Paper for "Accomplices of Silence" to Cart
9. Cover image for 'Personality in Japanese History'
Personality in Japanese History
Volume: 13
Albert M. Craig and Donald H. Shively, Editors
A series of biographical sketches that portray the interaction of individual culturally induced motivation and social history.   
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Paper 1995 $18.95 Available Add Paper for "Personality in Japanese History" to Cart
10. Cover image for 'They Came to Japan'
They Came to Japan
An Anthology of European Reports on Japan, 1543-1640
Volume: 15
Michael Cooper, Editor
A collection of European reports on Japan
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Paper 1995 $26.00 Available Add Paper for "They Came to Japan" to Cart
11. Cover image for 'Research in Japanese Sources'
Research in Japanese Sources
A Guide
Volume: 11
Herschel Webb
An extremely useful handbook for the trickier issues facing scholars, researchers, and students of Japan
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Paper 1994 $13.95 Available Add Paper for "Research in Japanese Sources" to Cart
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The Economic Development of Japan
Growth and Structural Change, 1868-1938
Volume: 10
William W. Lockwood
A substantial contribution to the study of Japan's extraordinary economic expansion since the Meiji Restoration
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Paper 1993 $18.95 Available Add Paper for "The Economic Development of Japan" to Cart
13. Cover image for 'Tales of Times Now Past'
Tales of Times Now Past
Sixty-Two Stories from a Medieval Japanese Collection
Volume: 9
Marian Ury
A translation of sixty-two key stories from the Konjaku Monogatari
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Paper 1993 $22.00 Available Add Paper for "Tales of Times Now Past" to Cart
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Tales of Times Now Past
Sixty-Two Stories from a Medieval Japanese Collection
A translation of sixty-two key stories from the Konjaku Monogatari
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Paper 1993 $22.00 Available Add Paper for "Tales of Times Now Past" to Cart
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14. Cover image for 'Education in Tokugawa Japan'
Education in Tokugawa Japan
Volume: 8
R. P. Dore
A detailed and insightful examination of Tokugawa period education
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Paper 1992 $18.95 Available Add Paper for "Education in Tokugawa Japan" to Cart
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Japan
From Prehistory to Modern Times
Volume: 7
John Whitney Hall
Traces the principal threads of Japan's political and cultural life from early times through the mid-twentieth century.
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Paper 1991 $25.00 Available Add Paper for "Japan" to Cart
16. Cover image for 'Literary and Art Theories in Japan'
Literary and Art Theories in Japan
Volume: 6
Makoto Ueda
A critical examination of Japanese literary and art theories.
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Paper 1991 $25.00 Available Add Paper for "Literary and Art Theories in Japan" to Cart
17. Cover image for 'Okagami, The Great Mirror'
Ōkagami, The Great Mirror
Fujiwara Michinaga (966-1027) and His Times
Volume: 4
A Study and Translation by Helen McCullough
A historical tale immortalizing the successes of a leading political figure of the Heian period
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Paper 1991 $12.95 Available Add Paper for "Okagami, The Great Mirror" to Cart
18. Cover image for 'Kafu the Scribbler'
Kafū the Scribbler
The Life and Writings of Nagai Kafu, 1897–1959
Volume: 3
Edward Seidensticker
A hybrid of critical biography and translation of Nagai Kafu’s work
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Paper 1990 $20.00 Available Add Paper for "Kafu the Scribbler" to Cart
staticAll too often landmark works of scholarship are allowed to go out of print or become so expensive that they cannot be used in the undergraduate classroom. Michigan Classics in Japanese Studies is designed to remedy the situation by making works of lasting value available again in attractive, reasonably priced, uniform paperback editions. We continue to add titles, and, thus, if you have favorite works you would like to see included, please let us know.
Michigan Classics in Japanese Studies

Michigan Classics in Japanese Studies

All too often landmark works of scholarship are allowed to go out of print or become so expensive that they cannot be used in the undergraduate classroom. Michigan Classics in Japanese Studies is designed to remedy the situation by making works of lasting value available again in attractive, reasonably priced, uniform paperback editions. We continue to add titles, and, thus, if you have favorite works you would like to see included, please let us know.
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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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.

SubmissionsFor information on submitting a proposal or manuscript, please visit our guidelines here.
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Submissions

For information on submitting a proposal or manuscript, please visit our guidelines here.
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