Kōshiki (Buddhist ceremonials) belong to a shared ritual repertoire of Japanese Buddhism that began with Tendai Pure Lan......more

After the staggering success of the Pearl Harbor surprise attack, the Japanese plotted to maintain the initiative and sp......more

This Open Access book includes chapters on the key turning points in modern Japanese history from the Meiji Restoration ......more

A fascinating look at the anxious pleasures of Japanese visual culture during World War II. Airplanes, gas masks, and bo......more

This Open Access book includes chapters on the key turning points in modern Japanese history from the Meiji Restoration ......more

This open access book includes forty-one chapters about foreign observers’ discourses on Japan. These include a wide ran......more

This volume is the culmination of sixteen years of research and engagement in the growing Socially Engaged Buddhist move......more

Remaking the Chinese Empire examines China’s development from an empire into a modern state through the lens of Sino-Kor......more

Notes in Japan, has been regarded as significant work throughout human history, and in order to ensure that this work is......more

Globalizing the Soybean asks how the soybean conquered the West and analyzes why and how the crop gained entry into agri......more

Listed in the best books of 2023 by The Economist "Invigorating debut . . . [a] full-throated rallying cry." --Publisher......more

The ultimate guide to the Japanese martial arts by the world’s foremost expert! Author Alexander Bennett is the ultimate......more

"The relationship between China and Korea is one of the most important, and least understood, in Asia. With the wisdom a......more

This book pursues the specific case of Italian travel narratives in the Far East, through a focus on the experience of J......more

When American occupiers broke up the Japanese empire in the wake of World War II, approximately 1.7 million people depar......more

Shugendō has been an object of fascination among scholars and the general public, yet its historical development remains......more

Tasan Chŏng Yagyong (1762-1836) is one of the most creative thinkers Korea has ever produced, one of the country’s first......more

After World War II, Japanese popular culture was "banned" in Korea. However, despite the official ban, Japanese popular ......more

The history of Japanese Journalism, though relatively short, is marked by periods of great upheaval and radical change. ......more

Known from his collaboration on the Netflix documentary Age of Samurai, historian William de Lange returns to what he do......more

This book departs from existing studies by focusing on the impact of international influences on the society, culture, a......more

Imagine being Japanese, living in Singapore in the nineteen twenties and thirties, suspected by everyone around you of b......more

This volume takes a comparative approach to Japanese politics, covering topics such as political parties and elections, ......more

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"The Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere offers a lucid, dynamic, and highly readable history of Japan’s attempt to u......more

This volume presents a comparative approach to textual glossing practices in both the West and East Asia, looking for ev......more

This is a mini-series covering air operations over Indonesia from the Second World War to the present. The first book sh......more

Award-winning author Edward S. Miller contends in this work that the United States forced Japan into international bankr......more

This title is the first volume of a comprehensive, four-volume survey which documents the miraculous growth of Japanese ......more

Oren re-examines Japan’s threat perception during the first two decades of the Cold War, using a wide range of source ma......more

This book presents the thought of the Kyoto School in comparison with continental philosophers better known in the West ......more

"What does it take for ordinary citizens to risk everything to protest living under a repressive government? What takes ......more

The poetry of Yosano Akiko covers all the many and varied aspects of the experience of love--from early romantic encount......more

This book documents Japan’s psychological deterioration caused by its defeat in August 1945. Also, Japan’s traumatic tra......more

Exploring the multiple aesthetic and cultural links between French and Japanese cinema, The Cinematic Influence is packe......more

When the young Princess Sonshi became a Buddhist nun in the year 984, a scholar-official of the royal court was commissi......more

After World War II, Japanese popular culture was "banned" in Korea. However, despite the official ban, Japanese popular ......more

An innumerable number of young women were taken from Korea during the Pacific War to provide sexual services to Japanese......more

An innumerable number of young women were taken from Korea during the Pacific War to provide sexual services to Japanese......more

This pioneering volume navigates cultural memory of the Korean War through the lens of contemporary arts and film in Sou......more

The Routledge Handbook of Contemporary North Korea presents a comprehensive picture of contemporary North Korea, placed ......more

When the samurai warlord and respected castle architect Todo Takatora died in 1630, the funeral attendants responsible f......more

Focusing on the ancient, medieval, and early-modern eras, this collection considers the beginnings of Sino-Japanese Rela......more

Unthinking Collaboration uncovers the little-known history of Japanese Americans who weathered the years of World War II......more

Streets in Korea rarely go quiet without first having a public demonstration, and Korean citizens are known as seasoned ......more

Before the twentieth century, Japanese religious and cultural life was shaped by a variety of yearly ceremonies, festiva......more

Since the late-19th century, Japan has made remarkable strides in industrialization. Beginning with the economic vision ......more

Since the late-19th century, Japan has made remarkable strides in industrialization. Beginning with the economic vision ......more

Kim offers unique insight into the deeper political dynamics of Korean social policy by analysing the relationship betwe......more

The effects of tectonic processes on archaeological sites are evidenced by earthquake damage, volcanic eruptions, and ts......more

In this book, David W. Shin argues that North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, who is often labeled a madman by the press, is ......more

South Korea has the tenth largest economy in the world and is one of only two Asian members of the OECD. It has achieved......more

South Korea has the tenth largest economy in the world and is one of only two Asian members of the OECD. It has achieved......more

Stalin was a master of deception, disinformation, and camouflage, by means of which he gained supremacy over China and d......more

Most of us the world over do not know much about the nuclear experience, let alone the 70,000 Korean victims of the atom......more

Most of us the world over do not know much about the nuclear experience, let alone the 70,000 Korean victims of the atom......more

From Vladimir to Vladimir is about the long and complicated relationship between Russia and Ukraine. It begins with Prin......more

The siege of Ōsaka Castle is the stuff of legends. In the winter of 1614 two hundred thousand warriors loyal to the Hous......more

Award winning team of Sean Michael Wilson and Akiko Shimojima have ventured into new territory in this, their ninth book......more

In Memory Construction and the Politics of Time in Neoliberal South Korea Namhee Lee explores memory construction and hi......more

Offers alternative approaches to the study of colonial and postcolonial Korean Buddhism, suggesting new directions for s......more

Uses popular films to reveal the tensions generated during Japan’s postwar "economic miracle," challenging the prevailin......more

This book is an annotated collection of English-language documents by foreigners writing about Japan’s kabuki theatre in......more

This fully updated fourth edition of The Making of Modern Korea provides a thorough, balanced, and engaging history of K......more

The Master from Mountains and Fields is a fully annotated translation of the prose texts from the "collected works" of S......more

Pan’gye surok (or "Pan’gye’s Random Jottings") was written by the Korean scholar and social critic Yu Hyŏngwŏn(1622-1673......more

Pan’gye surok (or "Pan’gye’s Random Jottings") was written by the Korean scholar and social critic Yu Hyŏngwŏn(1622-1673......more

Pan’gye surok (or "Pan’gye’s Random Jottings") was written by the Korean scholar and social critic Yu Hyŏngwŏn(1622-1673......more

Known as much for its summertime activities as its annual snow festival, Sapporo is the fifth largest city in Japan. The......more

Belonging in a House Divided chronicles the everyday lives of resettled North Korean refugees in South Korea and their e......more

Belonging in a House Divided chronicles the everyday lives of resettled North Korean refugees in South Korea and their e......more

This book provides a fascinating exploration of the Japanese conquest of Burma, as the Allied forces were forced back in......more

Providing an overview of current cutting-edge research in the field of Japanese religions, this Handbook is the most up-......more

A New Yorker Best Book of the Year The remarkable life of violinist and teacher Shinichi Suzuki, who pioneered an innova......more

In Narratives of Civic Duty, Aram Hur investigates the impulse behind a sense of civic duty in democracies. Why do some ......more