noble Borjigin line) or merely the bastard son of a Merkid tribesman. For Inoue Yasushi, Chinggis’s ancestral anxiety lies...... more

modern Japanese. The mother of eleven children, she was a prominent feminist and frequent contributor to Japan’s first...... more

modern Japanese. The mother of eleven children, she was a prominent feminist and frequent contributor to Japan s first...... more

Written by one of Japan most popular modern authors, this is a lively, readable, and immensely entertaining fictional...... more

The study of modern China and Japan have separately become major arenas of scholarship over the past... more

for centuries. A work by Chinese who never visited Japan and based on evidence much older, it often describes events and...... more

for centuries. A work by Chinese who never visited Japan and based on evidence much older, it often describes events and...... more

volume brings to English a number of his scholarly writings, introductions to his two principle books, an autobiographical...... more

volume brings to English a number of his scholarly writings, introductions to his two principle books, an autobiographical...... more

and easiest way to learn about the wider world. They sent a series of missions abroad, most to Europe and several to...... more

and easiest way to learn about the wider world. They sent a series of missions abroad, most to Europe and several to...... more

Chinese, Ishikawa Yoshihiro builds a portrait of the party’s multifaceted character, revealing the provocative influences that...... more

focuses on the importation of Chinese books to Japan. This entails a detailed discussion and analysis of the censorship...... more

focuses on the importation of Chinese books to Japan. This entails a detailed discussion and analysis of the censorship...... more

trouble. Yet the very idea that these barbarians might someday invade and conquer China scarcely crossed the mind of any but a...... more