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From My Grandmother's Bedside: Sketches of Postwar Tokyo
From My Grandmother's Bedside: Sketches of Postwar Tokyo

By Norma Field

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From My Grandmother's Bedside is an experiment in genre, a moving and evocative reflection on contemporary Japan, human desire, family relations, life, and death. Norma Field, the daughter of a Jap...

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Japanese Law in Context
Japanese Law in Context
In the realm of a dying emperor
In the Realm of a Dying Emperor
In the Realm of a Dying Emperor

By Norma Field

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When the Emperor Hirohito died in 1989, Japanese newspapers had to use a special, exalted word to refer to his death, and had to depict his life uncritically, as one beginning in turbulence but end...

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The Splendor of Longing in the Tale of the Genji
The Splendor of Longing in the Tale of the Genji
The Splendor of Longing in the Tale of the Genji
The Splendor of Longing in the Tale of the Genji
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