This week, we conclude our look at canine history in Japan with the nation’s most famous dog: Hachiko. You might…
This week we continue our footnote on the history of dogs in Japan. How did public perceptions of dogs change…
In the final footnote for our Revised Introduction, we turn our attention to a little discussed subject that is a…
This week’s footnote is a continuation of last week’s discussion of the gozan, or five mountain system for the ranking of…
This week on the Footnotes to the Revised Introduction to Japanese History: many describe Zen as the religion of the…
This week, we’re continuing last week’s footnote on the postwar ultraright. How did the fall of the Soviet Union affect…
This week’s footnote: the first of two parts on the postwar extreme right. This week, we’re mostly focusing on the…
This week, we’re continuing last week’s footnote on daily life in Meiji Japan. Topics covered this week include life as…
This week on the Revised Introduction to Japanese History Footnotes: what was it like to live in the Meiji Era?…
For our second footnote to the Revised Introduction to Japanese History: a simple question that definitely won’t result in an…