In the seventeenth century, Japanese popular prose flourished as waves of newly literate readers gained access to the printed word. Commercial publishers released vast numbers of titles in response to readers’ hunger for books that promised them potent knowledge.
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15 February 2024
We are delighted to announce the publication of Graphic Narratives from Early Modern Japan: The World of Kusazōshi (Brill), edited by Prof Laura Moretti and Prof Satō Yukiko (The University of Tokyo).
12 February 2024
In his essay, Roel Sterckx distils the ancient philosophies that flow through China’s contemporary geopolitics.
06 February 2024
Dr Young was invited to deliver three lectures on modern Japanese literature in which students engaged such topics as translation, Okinawan and trans-border texts, and the relationships between modern Japanese literature and Vietnam.
05 February 2024
Keynote address given by Prof Barak Kushner at the The Sixth Biennial International Conference of the Israeli Association for Japanese Studies Haifa, 17 November 2022, now available to read online.
02 February 2024
A Reading and Discussion with Esther Dischereit
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