An unexpected snowy morning in Tokyo delightfully calls to mind this poem from the Kokinshū: 春立てば花とや見らむ白雪のかかれる枝にうぐひすぞなく

Question for any religion or premodern lit scholars! Writing about a theatrical adaptation of the Shuten Dōji legend, and wondering how people have translated the position of 阿闍梨 into English. High priest? Abbot? Something else?

The ecstasy of finishing the fall term quickly replaced by the agony of having to actualize an AAS abstract into a presentation

Please repost, friends in Japan! Dr. Anna Wozny (PhD, University of Michigan) will speak at Waseda University's Graduate School of Asia-Pacific Studies next Thursday (February 13) at 4 p.m. on "The 'Marriage-Hunting' Market and Gendered Governance in Japan." All are welcome. Thanks for reposting!

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Public history is one way to connect our classrooms to lived experiences. Revisit our #NCCSpotlight by Dr. Alan Christy to learn about The Okinawa Memories Initiative, an international collaboration on postwar Okinawan history, archives, and memory! 📸 guides.nccjapan.org/homepage/new...

Forthcoming open access book from @ucpress.bsky.social: Collaborative Settler Colonialism: Japanese Migration to Brazil in the Age of Empires by Sidney Xu Lu www.ucpress.edu/books/collab...

Not everyone has access to the library resources they need. NCC’s Outreach Working Group (OWG) works to help folks locate open access archives, databases, and more! 💻📖 To find guides and helpful portals, visit the OWG’s page: guides.nccjapan.org/outreach

A new entry alert!! Dr. Ruselle Meade has kindly contributed this translation of a Japanese scientist describing indigenous people and life in Nan'yo. I can think of many ways of using this resource in class already! japaneseempire.info/the-scientis...

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Ko Youngran's book sounds incredible, can't wait to hear her discuss it

Stoked to share the publication of my first article, a short piece about literary legacies and Miyazawa Kenji in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Out now in Review of Japanese Culture and Society!🤙 muse.jhu.edu/article/919573