“The Apprentice”
I recently learned [29 October 2005 show, round 3] that I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby, recently indicted for his role in, at the very least, the coverup ...
Category: 明治
Talks about the Meiji period.
Some Differing Approaches
I have been reading through a collection of books about the road to Japan’s annexation of Korea, mostly somewhat dry political history for my tastes. It i...
Russo-Japanese War Re-visited
I fortuitously caught the last twenty minutes or so of a panel discussion titled “The Meaning of the Russo-Japanese War Today” on NHK Kyoiku Televis...
Theodore Roosevelt and the “Human Bullets”
Nick, one of the contributers here at Frog in a Well, is working on a project related to the Russo-Japanese War (I hope he will be blogging some of his more int...
Iriye: Two Postwars: 1905 and 1945
Professor Akira Iriye gave a talk at the Reischauer Institute yesterday which, like most Japan Forum events, was open to the public. Iriye has been attending va...
Open Thread: Election Results
Lots of folks are pretty sure that the success of Koizumi’s rejuvenated LDP in yesterday’s elections [here’s a good summary] means something. ...
Updates: Textbook and Constitutional revision
The Tri-national textbook I wrote about here has been published. The South Koreans, at least, are taking it pretty seriously [via Ralph Luker], with national di...
細谷千博、『シベリア出兵の史的研究』
We recently covered the book、『シベリア出兵の史的研究』(細谷千博、岩波現代文庫、2005) in my class. Unfortunately, I couldn’t attend the first class, so I’ll make some commen...
History Mini-Sites
I’m sure I’m not the only one who, as I read some interesting history in one of those paper-inscribed book-things, wonder if information about the h...
Restoration or Renovation?
I’ve always found it interesting how certain events in Japanese history have become indelibly associated with a canonical English translation that often h...
Women During the Meiji Restoration
Someone might have made the astute observation that most of my entries are about works which one might read for orals preparation. That is because, I am reading...
Usage of ‘dou’ (道） in Japan.
I have been thinking about the usage of “dou” (道） within japanese arts and sports. Since Meiji-period is not one of my strong points, you might know...