MATSU - History 2

We in Japan have a saying, “A brother is the beginning of a stranger,” because on the father’s death the oldest brother acquires such absolute authority as the head of the family that the younger on……続きを見る

This book examines the lives and times of Japan’s postwar prime ministers, covering the period from 1945 to 1995. Written by Japan’s leading scholars, it is the first English-language biographical p……続きを見る

The Japanese tea ceremony blends art with nature and has for centuries brought harmony to the daily life of its practitioners. Stories From a Tearoom Window is a timeless collection of tales of the ……続きを見る

The author at 16 years old was evacuated with her family to an internment camp for Japanese Americans, along with 110,000 other people of Japanese ancestry living on the West Coast. She faced an ind……続きを見る

This volume seeks to capture the rich array of images that define Japan's encounters with the Pacific Ocean. Contemporary Japanese most readily associate 'Pacific' with the devastating war that thei……続きを見る

歷史的共同生活圈如何被現代政治的國境線撕裂？ 《八重山的臺灣人》作者松田良孝最新作品， 追述台灣東部面對太平洋黒潮，這一段被遺忘的歷史 知名作家廖鴻基序文推薦 你知道在北風捲起的滔天巨浪中追捕旗魚的「突……続きを見る

Now in a thoroughly updated edition, Resistant Islands offers the first comprehensive overview of Okinawan history from earliest times to the present, focusing especially on the recent period of col……続きを見る

Among the fiercest opponents of the mass incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II was journalist James "Jimmie" Matsumoto Omura. In his sharp-penned columns, Omura fearlessly called o……続きを見る

Although much is known about the political stance of the military at large during the Civil War, the political party affiliations of individual soldiers have received little attention. Drawing on ar……続きを見る

An examination of the Farm Security Administration's migrant camp system and the people it served Today's concern for the quality of the produce on our plates has done little to guarantee U.S. farmw……続きを見る

Chikamatsu Monzaemon (1653-1725), often referred to as "Japan's Shakespeare" and a "god of writers," was arguably the most famous playwright in Japanese history and wrote more than 100 plays for the……続きを見る

This book provides a comprehensive analysis of Japan’s Asian diplomacy under Prime Minister Shinzō Abe. Under the Kantei-centred policymaking system, Shinzō Abe has implemented assertive foreign pol……続きを見る

何以〈清明上河圖〉被譽為「天下第一奇畫」，充滿撲朔迷離的謎題？ 將近千年不斷有人解答它的身世之謎。 繼《兩個故宮的離合》後，最會說故事的媒體人野島剛， 最新著作《謎樣的清明上河圖》訴說鮮為人知的名畫流……続きを見る

Among the fiercest opponents of the mass incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II was journalist James "Jimmie" Matsumoto Omura. In his sharp-penned columns, Omura fearlessly called o……続きを見る

《朝日新聞》及《讀賣新聞》書評委員一致推薦 「2011年最好看的書」！ 一舉同步狂登日本各大報及雜誌的書評專欄 《朝日新聞》、《產經新聞》、《讀賣新聞》、《日本經濟新聞》、《文藝春秋》、《週刊新潮》…… 齊聲……続きを見る

“Highlight[s] the numerous spirits which inhabit this charming Georgia town, while also offering a glimpse into the town's non-paranormal past” (Newswire). Few places have continued to grow, prosper……続きを見る

Desde el lejano Saipán en las postrimerías del Japón imperial, a la Argentina, Memorias relata en primera persona una privilegiada visión de dos culturas contrapuestas que coexisten en la persona de……続きを見る

This book explores a panorama of historical studies, focused on the historical tensions between genealogical knowledge and well-known Pacific Islander engagements with genomic research in a postwar ……続きを見る