... in Prewar Japan ( Berkeley , 1953 ), p. 36 ; Ike, p. 189. Administrative Transition from Han to Ken: The Example of Okayama ARDATH W. BURKS THE first decade of the Meiji era, 1868-77, was a period of bewildering experiment in political forms for the nation-state emerging in Japan. The administrative...

... Traditional Marriage in Korea .” Korea Journal 29.12 : 17 – 27 . Marriage in Taiwan, 1881-1905 An Example of Regional Diversity CHUANG YING-CHANG and ARTHUR P. WOLF SINOLOGISTS HAVE LONG AGREED that many aspects of Chinese culture vary widely from region to region and even from valley to valley and town...

... and experiences are, at least in part, the fruit of past actions (karma) , and that release or liberation (moksa) from this ongoing cycle is possible and desirable. As David Kinsley (1982:8) says, “certain underlying beliefs are accepted by most Hindus: karma, samsara , and moksa , for example.” J. L. Brockington...

...: A Preliminary Example JOANNA WILLIAMS BY WHAT STANDARDS should we judge works of art from another culture or era? We are generally used to the idea that understanding the meaning of an image requires consideration of its distinctive context literary, religious, social, and so on. Evaluating the quality...

... to Chinese Civilization . Edited by John Meskill. New York: Columbia University Press, 1973. 699 pp. Appendix, Index. $1750 Review Articles WRITING TEXTBOOK HISTORY: TWO CURRENT EXAMPLES "/ know histhry isn't true, Hinnessy, because it ain't like what I see ivry day in Halstead Sthreet. If any wan comes...

...Nancy Shatzman Steinhardt Chinese Buddhist Sculpture under the Liao (Free Standing Works in Situ and Selected Examples from Public Collections) . By Marilyn Leidig Gridley . Śata-Pitaka Series. Indo-Asian Literatures. Volume 368. New Delhi: International Academy of Indian Culture and Aditya...

...Ming Ivory Industrial Structures and the Development of Small and Medium Enterprise Linkages: Examples from East Asia . Edited by Saha Dhevan Meyanathan . Washington, D.C. : International Bank for Reconstruction and Development , 1994 . v., 158 pp. $9.95. 502 THE JOURNAL OF ASIAN...

...Anne E. Booth Mobility and Employment in Urban Southeast Asia: Examples from Indonesia and the Philippines . By Michael A. Costello , Thomas R. Leinbach , and Richard Ulack . International Studies in Migration. Boulder, Colo. : Westview Press , 1987 . xvi , 191 pp. $26.50 (paper...