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Category: 江戸

Talks about the Tokugawa period.

Current/Recent Events/International Affairs/Japan/Occupation/US-Japan/明治/昭和/江戸

The Bow

Posted on November 16, 2009 by Jonathan Dresner / 9 Comments

Via my old friend Scott Eric Kaufman I learned that President Obama’s visit to Japan was drawing criticism from the American right (I also learned that Pr...

Academia/Cultural/Historiography/Japan/Pedagogy/江戸

Lines which make me less likely to adopt a world history textbook

Posted on October 12, 2009 by Jonathan Dresner / 0 Comment

So, I got a new one in the mail, and I start scanning through, with the usual particular attention to the Japan material, and right there in the “Cultural...

Books and Articles/English/Foreign Views/Gender/General/globalization/Historiography/Japan/Journalism & Mass Media/martial arts/Popular Culture/江戸

Young Samurai Book One (of at least three): Harry Potter Bushido

Posted on May 25, 2009 by Jonathan Dresner / 11 Comments

I almost didn’t check Chris Bradford‘s Young Samurai: The Way of the Warrior out of the library when I saw it, but some instinct told me that it was...

Academia/Books and Articles/General/Historiography/Intellectual/Japan/video/江戸

Productive Procrastination

Posted on May 11, 2009 by Jonathan Dresner / 1 Comment

The Journal of the Historical Society has put five recent articles up for free, including a four-year old essay by Herman Ooms on the state of Tokugawa intellec...

Economic/General/Japan/Pedagogy/Translation/江戸

When translating, leave currency in the original units

Posted on January 31, 2009 by Jonathan Dresner / 0 Comment

I’m using Ivan Morris’ translation of Saikaku’s The Life of an Amorous Woman and other Writings this semester1, but one thing which is bugging...

Art/Foreign Views/General/Historiography/Japan/Web Sites/江戸

Dutch Futurists

Posted on January 19, 2009 by Jonathan Dresner / 14 Comments

Alan Baumler pointed me to peacay’s recent post of Dutch images of 17th century Japan. Some of them are quite accurate — the images of samurai, in p...

Books and Articles/Historiography/Japan/Pedagogy/江戸

Syllabus Query: 18th Century Japan

Posted on November 17, 2008 by Jonathan Dresner / 8 Comments

I’m teaching my Japan Since 1700 course next semester for the first time. I’ve taught Japan since 1800 and 1868; I’ve taught Japan 1600-1900 a...

English/General/Historiography/Japan/Pedagogy/Teaching/江戸

A disappointment

Posted on September 21, 2008 by Jonathan Dresner / 3 Comments

I’ve been enjoying the textbook I’m using for World History this fall: Felipe Fernandez-Armesto’s The World: A History. It covers the entire w...

Cultural/Current/Recent Events/Drama/Food/Japan/US-Japan/江戸

Oh Tempura, Oh Mores!

Posted on July 17, 2007 by Jonathan Dresner / 0 Comment

The New York Times has been on a Japanese culture kick this week which I just couldn’t let pass without note. There have been not one, but two articles in...

Art/Education/English/General/Japan/Teaching/Web Sites/明治/江戸

Thanksgiving Vacation and Homework

Posted on December 3, 2006 by Jonathan Dresner / 0 Comment

Over Thanksgiving weekend, my family and I went over to the Waikoloa Hilton. My son loves the boats and trams, and there’s nothing like watching dolphins ...

Academia/Books and Articles/China-Japan/Cultural/Current/Recent Events/English/General/Japan/Literature/Memory/Pedagogy/昭和/江戸

Laughter and Tears on the Charles

Posted on June 18, 2006 by Jonathan Dresner / 4 Comments

A book I’ve been waiting for for a long time is finally almost out [PDF]. Adam Kern, an old friend from graduate school, has been working on Edo-period hu...

Cultural/English/Gender/Japan/Literature/幕末/明治/江戸

Homosexuality in Japan: The Meiji Gap

Posted on February 10, 2006 by Jonathan Dresner / 4 Comments

The effects of Meiji reforms on women have been pretty well documented: the continued legality of prostitution, including indenture; the consolidation of male p...

Archives/Cultural/English/General/Japan/Libraries/Web Sites/幕末/明治/江戸

On-line Japanese history resources

Posted on January 10, 2006 by Jonathan Dresner / 8 Comments

While looking for a supplement to the anemic textbook offerings on Tokugawa Japan (none of the stuff is out of copyright, probably, which is why it’s not ...

Academia/English/Japan/明治/江戸

Early Modern Japan On-Line

Posted on August 24, 2005 by Jonathan Dresner / 2 Comments

Philip Brown has announced that Early Modern Japan, the journal of the Early Modern Japan Network will become an on-line publication. Back issues are already av...

Books and Articles/Cultural/English/Japan/Medieval/Memory/War/江戸

Summer Reading Note: Ninja

Posted on July 20, 2005 by Jonathan Dresner / 5 Comments

I’ve finished Stephen Turnbull’s Ninja: the True Story of Japan’s Secret Warrior Cult, and I have good news for current and prospective gradua...

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