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... local antagonisms. Originally designated as a province (&mi)by the classi- cal court over a millennium ago and persisting in virtually identical form as modern Nagano Prefecture (ken), Shinshii’s stable borders belie a tempes- tuous past...

..., in light of the institu- tionalization of Okinawan discrimination in the prewar prefectural gov- ernment, the savage toll on civilian life in the Battle of Okinawa, and the Shijwa emperor’s seemingly easy renunciation of the islands after...

... Oe Taku, the governor of Kanagawa (the prefecture that includes Yoko- hama), praised the venereal disease examination system as “entirely a gift from foreign co~ntriesAccording to the leaders of the new Meiji govern- ment...

... of American bases, and its status, to this day, as Japan’s poorest prefecture. Within the context of this tumultuous past, the Cornerstone of Peace is a symbol of regional pride for Okinawa Prefecture, of personal redemption for bereaved...

... in eastern Hiroshima Prefecture, where he was offered the post of local librarian—a labor of love, as it turned out. The mayor felt the designated salary would be an insult to a scholar of Nakai’s stature, despite the fact that less than a decade...

... okoshi, through his A to Z project in Aomori Prefecture. Nara’s effort reflects two directions shaping up in today’s Japan: a growing interdisciplinary interest and an ambition to transcend the confines of gendai bijutsu as such presented...

... Prefecture, is operating on Tudumari Beach, located near the mouth of the Urauchi River. This area consists primarily of mangrove habitat that is home to a variety of unique plants and animals. According to Unimat’s plan released in June 2003...

... Prefecture, but culturally speaking is a part of Ryukyu archipelago.1 During the Pacific War this author married an islander woman, Miho, who was a descendant of a shaman family. The writer was there because he was a Japanese solider, so...

... Aomori, Iwate, Miyagi, and Fukushima Prefectures. Even within this historically underdeveloped region, Tsugaru was long con- sidered especially provincial and impoverished. At the northern edge of the Sea of Japan, the peninsula...

... government uni- laterally dissolved the Rykyan Kingdom and established the Prefecture of Okinawa.7 Bolstered by its defeat of China in the Sino-Japanese War of 1894–95 and invoking a modernist rhetoric of progressive “civilization...

... Ilson . 2014 . Rupo Kyoto Chosen Gakko Shugeki Jiken: Heito Kuraimu ni Koshite (Report on the Attack on the Kyoto Korean Ethnic School: Resisting Hate Crime) . Tokyo : Iwanami Shoten . Okinawa-ken Heiwa Kinen Shiryokan (Okinawa Prefectural Peace Memorial Museum) . n.d. “ Okinawa Battle Q...

.... Let us examine the recent development of Lijiang, which, like many other places emphasizing cultural tourism, has found its local economy heavily intertwined with cultural policy and IPR. Lijiang Prefecture is a “minority autonomous district...

... (September 23, 1923); Shizuoka Prefecture headquarters in Hamamatsu City (March 5, 1924); Yamanashi Prefecture headquarters in Kfu City (April 10, 1924); and Saikai headquarters in Pusan, Korea (April 1924), and three branches in Seoul.26...

... to cast off their backwardness and jump into the sea of commerce. One popular story relates how the prefectural governor of southeast Guizhou, a Mia0 named Wu Dehai, helped villagers to abandon ancient superstitions and create...

... [abbreviated from Fukuoka Prefectural Exhibition]? Tabe: Yes, I must have received it for my entries to the kenten and the Nishi-­ Nihon Exhibition [sponsored by the Nishi-­Nihon newspapers]. Yoshimoto: What kind of work did you enter in the kenten...

... 2010 Contributors Hagiwara Hiroko is a professor in cultural studies and critical women’s studies at Osaka Prefecture University. Her recent publications include “Return to an Unknown Land: Sanae Takahata’s Quest...

... extensively in the fields of comparative aesthetics, critical theory, and contemporary art. Brett Hack is assistant professor in the Program for Applied Global Education at Aichi Prefectural University. His research examines Japanese media culture and globalization through intersections of moving image...

..., 2005); an essay in Japanese Women Artists in Avant-­garde Movements, 1950 – 1975 (Tochigi Prefectural Museum of Art, 2005); entries in Yes Yoko Ono (Japan Society, 2000); an essay in Yayoi Kusama (Centre Pompidou, 2011), and “From Space to Environment...

.... The Shame of Empire: The Beginning of the Nationwide Abolitionist Movement Scholars generally see the campaign against licensed prostitution in Gunma Prefecture in the 1880s as the beginning of the Japanese antiprostitution movement.30...

... Correspondence from poet Takara Ben (b. 1949) never bears the standard designation, “Okinawa Prefecture,” on the return address. He prefers “Ryiikyii KO,”the 40 referring to the arced form of the Ryukyu Islands. By emphasizing geographical formation...