In the final footnote for our Revised Introduction, we turn our attention to a little discussed subject that is a part of daily life for many: the history of our life with dogs! How did humans live with dogs in premodern Japan, and how did that start to change when the country was opened during the Meiji years?
Sources
Skabelund, Aaron. Canines, Japan, and the Making of the Modern Imperial World.
Walker, Brett L. “Animals and the intimacy of History.” History and Theory 52, No 4 (December, 2013).
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