... and industrial state—that is central to fascist movements. The author also rejects the previously held image of Japanese intellectuals as passive resisters against the rise of authoritarianism in Japan by emphasizing the leading roles of three prominent writers—Miki Kiyoshi, Ryū Shintarō, and Rōyama Masamichi...

...Douglas H. Mendel, Jr. Seiji ishiki no kaibō . (An analysis of political consciousness). By Rōyama Masamichi and associates. Tokyo : Asahi shimbun sha , 1949 , 234 pp. Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1952 1952 400 FAR EASTERN QUARTERLY we have...

...Douglas H. Mendel, Jr. 2 For a brief, overall analysis of this election, see Dull Paul , “ The Japanese General Election of 1952 ,” APSR , XLVII ( 1953 ), 199 – 204 . In addition to the Rōyama group's survey, the Shimbun Kyōkai Chōsabu (Survey Division of the Newspaper...

...David Joel Steinberg The Philippine Polity: A Japanese View . By Rōyama Masamichi and Takéuchi Tatsuji . Translated by Takéuchi Tatsuji . Edited by Theodore Friend . Monograph Series No. 12, Southeast Asia Studies, Yale University , 1967 . xxx, 293 pp. Appendices. Paper. $9.50...

... of the contemporary American criticism of the unfettered, market-oriented neoliberalism. 11 Moreover, Han acknowledges that Yoshino's writings were context-sensitive and continued to evolve. Her perceptive comparison between Yoshino Sakuzō and Rōyama Masamichi (1895–1980), an influential political theorist...

..., like deus ex machina, need not be accounted for. Stanford University THOMAS C. SMITH Seiji ishiki no kaibo BkinMHtfcOfflft] (An analysis of political consciousness). By ROYAMA MASAMICHI JglllJEJCii and associates. Tokyo: Asahi shimbun sha, 1949, 234 pp. Late in 1948 a group of professors in Tokyo...

...Hans H. Baerwald; Harry Nishio Comparative Platforms of Japan's Major Parties . Tr. and arranged by Cecil H. Uyehara , Michio and Shimako Royama , and Shijuro Ogata . Introduction by Allan B. Cole. Medford, Mass. : The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy , 1955 . v, 65 (mimeo...

... Jin'ichi, Royama Masamichi, and others who offered intellectual and moral justifications for government policy. To explain this, Miwa shows that these thinkers were products of state indoctrination, as much as other members of Japanese society, fervent patriots who accepted the supreme value of loyalty...

... movements. The author also rejects the previously held image ofJapanese intellectuals as passive resisters against the rise of authoritarianism in Japan by emphasizing the leading roles of three prominent writers Miki Kiyoshi, Ryu Shintaro, and Royama Masamichi in planning the New Order Movement. Fascism...

... should not be abandoned to the willing but unable. Tiedemann himself may not have furnished all the answers; he has, however, broken the necessary ground. Brooklyn College HYMAN KUBLIN Comparative Platforms of J a p a n ' s Major Parties. Tr. and arranged by CECIL H. UYEHARA, MICHIO and SHIMAKO ROYAMA...

..., and political grievances. Finally, the studies should be made between, as well as during, election campaigns. But, despite its admitted limitations and inherent shortcomings, the Royama study is a solid contribution to a research area that is neglected. University of Michigan DOUGLAS H. MENDEL, JR. Japanese...

.... TOTTEN The Fletcher School ofLaw and Diplomacy Sosenkyo no jittai" [Facts o n t h e general election]. Ed. by ROYAMA MASAMICHI10, UKAI NOBUNARI1, TSUJI KIYOAKI", KAWAHARA JIKICHIRO", and NAKAMURA KIKUO Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten, 1955. 9 + 207. 300 yen. Former Prime Minister Yoshida once told Mrs. Vining...

... Hundred Poems from the Japanese [Charles E. Hamilton] 425 Royama Masamichi, Ukai Nobunari, Tsuji Kiyoaki, Kawahara Jikichiro, and Naka- mura Kikuo, Sdsenkyo no jitlai [Douglas H. Mendel, Jr.] 294 Sakisaka Itsuro, ed. Nihon shakaishugi undo shi [George 0 . Totten] 293 Sieffert, Rene1, Bibliographie du Thi...

.... Uyehara (Fletcher), "Socialist Patterns of Party Organization"; Allen B. Cole (Fletcher), "Socialist Party Relations With Small and Medium Enterprise"; Michio Royama (Fletcher), "Socialist Views of Japan's Role in World Affairs." Discussion: Solomon B. Levine (Illinois). James Mellon Menzies, 1885-1957 Mr...

..." rather than the pejorative "collaborators" (p. 56). RoYAMA MASAMICHI AND T A K E U C H I T A T - SUJI. Translated by Takeuchi Tatsuji. Edited by Theodore Friend. Monograph Series No. 12, Southeast Asia Studies, Yale University, 1967. xxx, 293 pp. Appendices. Paper. $9.50. The first part of this book...

...- collection which Professor Lebra has given us. pare Royama Masamichi's idealism about respect for "nationality, independence, and freedom" with Navy Headquarters which wanted the south- SIDNEY DEVERE BROWN The University of Oklahoma ern areas chiefly "to complete our policies toward Manchuria, China...

...John A. Harrison 300 FAR EASTERN QUARTERLY work which should be corrected more adequately if the Royama group attempts a third election study. First, and most annoying, the failure to provide information on the number of cases on which each table is based is an inexcusable omission. Fewer than 10...

... them. This is a useful book for the Asian nationalist perspective and factual knowledge the author brings to the subject. For sophistication of analysis, however, it will not supplant Friend, Steinberg, Phelan, and Majul, whom it cites or Wickberg, Salamanca, Goodman, and Royama and Takeuchi, whom...

... that independence would be based primarily on "military strategy and only secondarily to meet the local situation" (p. 244). As a result, he and Royama felt it would be "a sheer sham only name without substance" (p. 243). Despite his lack of power, many of Takeuchi's observations clarify the relationship between...

... of South- They do not mar the usefulness of the valuable east Asia to win the stalemated China war. Com- collection which Professor Lebra has given us. pare Royama Masamichi's idealism about respect for "nationality, independence, and freedom" with Navy Headquarters which wanted the south- SIDNEY DEVERE...