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Journal of Asian Studies (2011) 70 (4): 1197–1199.
Published: 01 November 2011
...Christopher Key Chapple Invoking Lakshmi: The Goddess of Wealth in Song and Ceremony . By Constantina Rhodes . Albany : State University of New York Press , 2010 . xii, 279 pp. $23.95 (paper). Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 2011 2011 This interesting book...
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Journal of Asian Studies (1957) 16 (3): 478.
Published: 01 May 1957
...Roy Andrew Miller The Zhi ma Funeral Ceremony of the Na-khi of Southwest China . By Joseph F. Rock . Studia Instituti Anthropos, Vol. IX . Vienna : St. Gabriel's Mission Press , 1955 . xv, 228 . Swiss frs. 25.-. Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1957 1957 478...
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Journal of Asian Studies (1965) 24 (4): 563–567.
Published: 01 August 1965
... Abstract After expressing his appreciation of the honour of an invitation to be the principal guest at the Annual Ceremony and his pleasure at being able to speak under the distinguished chairmanship of Lord Scarbrough, Sir George Sansom said:— My only qualification for addressing this learned...
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Journal of Asian Studies (2024) 83 (3): 672–700.
Published: 01 August 2024
... and examines some salient social, material, and intellectual details. The author reflects on the importance of such ceremonial events for studying politics and religion in Tibet and suggests that the enthronement was an effort by the ruling authorities to present an ideal image of the state as they wished...
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Journal of Asian Studies (1989) 48 (4): 861–862.
Published: 01 November 1989
...Raymond A. Jussaume, Jr. Ceremony and Symbolism in the Japanese Home . By Michael Jeremy and M. E. Robinson . Honolulu : University of Hawaii Press , 1989 . xvi, 196 pp. $35.00. Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1989 1989 BOOK REVIEWS JAPAN 861 It should...
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Published: 01 February 2017
Figure 6. Two good demons slay the Yellow Demon at the culmination of the ceremony. Photo by Sim Chi Yin/VII Photo Agency.
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in The Word Is Mightier than the Throne: Bucking Colonial Education Trends in Manchukuo
> Journal of Asian Studies
Published: 01 August 2009
Figure 2. One the left, a Manchukuo family participates in a ceremony honoring their dead at a gravesite. On the right, a Manchukuo boy receives a postcard from his older brother, with a picture of Mt. Fuji on it. Lower Elementary School Japanese Language Textbook , vol. 2 (1934) p. 4–5. Copy
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in Leveraging Liminality: The Border Town of Bao'an (Shenzhen) and the Origins of China's Reform and Opening
> Journal of Asian Studies
Published: 01 May 2021
Figure 4. Opening ceremony of the Shenzhen Theatre House, March 5, 1960. Photo credit: Zheng Zhongjian.
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in Building Bombs, Building a Nation: The State, Chaebŏl , and the Militarized Industrialization of South Korea, 1973–1979
> Journal of Asian Studies
Published: 01 February 2020
Figure 4. “Safety medal” ceremony at Inch’ŏn factory, 1977 (Min 2011 , 330, photo no. 2019 [photo a] and photo no. 2020 [photo b]).
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in Warriors of the City-State: Chin Wan, Chinese Religion, and Hong Kong Localism
> Journal of Asian Studies
Published: 01 May 2024
FIGURE 2 Chin Wan officiating at a ceremony for the Song Emperors, October 3, 2014. Photo © Chin Wan.
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in National Restoration, Regional Prestige: The Southeast Asian Games in Myanmar, 2013
> Journal of Asian Studies
Published: 01 November 2014
Figure 1. Myanmar's national game, chinlone , performed during the closing ceremony. Photo by Simon Creak.
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in National Restoration, Regional Prestige: The Southeast Asian Games in Myanmar, 2013
> Journal of Asian Studies
Published: 01 November 2014
Figure 4. A group of performers poses prior to the opening ceremony. Photo by Simon Creak.
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in National Restoration, Regional Prestige: The Southeast Asian Games in Myanmar, 2013
> Journal of Asian Studies
Published: 01 November 2014
Figure 5. Thrilled spectators snap photos of the opening ceremony. Photo by Simon Creak.
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in “Pioneers of Overseas Japanese Development”: Japanese American History and the Making of Expansionist Orthodoxy in Imperial Japan
> Journal of Asian Studies
Published: 01 November 2008
Figure 1. Opening ceremony of the Conference of Overseas Japanese, November 1940. With Prince Higashikuni (behind the center podium) as the official convener, this conference featured virtually all top government officials of the time in honor of overseas ethnic comrades—emigrants
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in “Pioneers of Overseas Japanese Development”: Japanese American History and the Making of Expansionist Orthodoxy in Imperial Japan
> Journal of Asian Studies
Published: 01 November 2008
Figure 2. Opening ceremony of the Conference of Overseas Japanese, November 1940. Representatives of the imperial household (center), the government (right side), and overseas settlements (left side) hurrah in union for the past and future success of national expansion. The giant maps show
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Journal of Asian Studies (2002) 61 (3): 1080–1082.
Published: 01 August 2002
...Yi Sŏng-Mi Chosŏn sidae kungjung kirokhwa yŏn'gu . (Documentary paintings of court ceremonies of the Chosŏn dynasty) . By Park Jounghye . Seoul : Ilchisa , 2000 . 615 pp. ₩32.000. Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 2002 2002 1080 THE JOURNAL OF ASIAN STUDIES...
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Journal of Asian Studies (1969) 29 (1): 198–199.
Published: 01 November 1969
...F. K. Lehman The Ceremonial Ox of India: The Mithan in Nature, Cultures, and History with Notes on the Domestication of Common Cattle . By Frederick J. Simoons . Madison : University of Wisconsin Press , 1968 . xv, 323 pp. Appendixes, Index. $11.00. Copyright © The Association...
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Journal of Asian Studies (2018) 77 (1): 205–223.
Published: 01 February 2018
...Ka-Ming Wu Abstract This article examines how Chinese national values are imparted to and through the recent phenomenon of ceremonial volunteers or etiquette volunteers ( liyi zhiyuan ). These volunteers are all young college women who serve at major national events by greeting guests, ushering...
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Far Eastern Quarterly (1953) 12 (4): 450–451.
Published: 01 August 1953
...George W. Briggs The Na-khi Nāga Cult and Related Ceremonies ., Part I by J. F. Rock . Serie Orientale Roma IV. Roma : Instituto Italiano per Il Medio ed Estremo Oriente , 1952 . x, 383 . Plates 30. Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1953 1953 450 FAR EASTERN...
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Far Eastern Quarterly (1954) 14 (1): 132.
Published: 01 November 1954
...George W. Briggs The Nakhi Naga Cult and Related Ceremonies . Part II. By J. F. Rock . Serie Orientale Roma IV. Roma : Instituto Italiano per II Medio ed Estremo Oriente , 1952 . xii, 421 . Plates 35. Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1954 1954 132 FAR EASTERN...
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