JSR 2019 [Volume XXIII]

Table of Contents

Editors' Introduction

Volume XXIII Introduction

Articles

Analysis of the Military Plot against Saionji Kinmochi’s Second Cabinet
Janusz Mytko

Literary Ligations: The Ubume in Early Monstrous Maternity Narratives
Michaela Leah Prostak

‘Our Islands Are Being Violated One After the Other’: Emperor Hirohito’s Prayerful Reports to His Imperial Ancestors, October 1937 – August 1945
Peter Mauch

Following the Footsteps of Wind: Some Remarks on Kuki Shūzō’s Philosophy of Aesthetics
Lorenzo Marinucci

A Translation of Kuki Shūzō’s “A Reflection on Poetic Spirit” (Fūryū ni kansuru ikkōsatsu 風流に関する一考察)
Lorenzo Marinucci

Essays

Wakamatsu Farm and the Birth of Japanese America
Daniel A. Métraux

Japanese Studies in Israel: A Response to Meron Medzini’s “From Alienation to Partnership: Israel – Japan Relation” in the Contemporary Review of the Middle East
Christopher L. Schilling

Golden Kamuy: Can the Popular Manga Contribute to the Ainu Studies?
Kinko Ito

Book Reviews

Book Reviews

Complete Issue

2019 Issue