The Transactions of the Asiatic Society of Japan, #122 2019

The Asiatic Society of Japan (ASJ) serves members of a general audience that have shared interests in Japan. Founded in 1872, ASJ is Japan’s oldest learned society. ASJ ’s founders set into motion coordinated activities to collect and publish information on subjects relating to Japan and other Asiatic countries. For most of the ASJ's history, there has been no limit to the range of interests covered in the pursuit of the objective. On the occasion of the 110th Anniversary of the ASJ, after having completed his historical account of the first one-hundred years of the ASJ, Douglas Moore Kenrick (president of ASJ at the time) remarked to the Japanese Imperial Highnesses and members present: "The only requirement of authors, and this is the root of our policy, is that each is expected to tell us something in his or her field that has not been previously published. We ask for something new. The Transactions have covered an extraordinarily wide range of Japanese studies and the papers provide a fascinating conspectus of Western achievements in the field of Japanology over the decades, as well as useful examinations of many subjects that have not been treated elsewhere."In the tradition of our founders, our members meet monthly to hear a guest explain his or her discoveries based on original research. Topics come from the full spectrum of fields of knowledge as related to Japan, including culture, history, literature, science, business, politics, and economics. The Transactions of the Asiatic Society of Japan is a journal that contains the full texts of selected papers presented at meetings, as well as other papers submitted for publication.This year's Transactions (No. 122, 2019) contains:PAPERS• Monetarism in Japan by Hisashi Yamada• A Treatise on a Philosophy of Cancer by Okio Hino and Mark Lee Ford• The Siren Song of Kyōgen by June Compton• Werner Peiner’s ‘Resy’ by Ursula Toyka• The Tale of Genji: A Quest for the True Heart by Avery Morrow• Dag Hammarskjöld and the Haiku Form by David Burleigh• ‘Fireflies’: A Translation and Commentary by Charles De Wolf• Learning Japanese in Europe by Judit Hidasi• Donald Keene’s Contribution to Postwar Japan by Megumi Arai• The Last Armorers by Andrew MancabelliREVIEWS• Funding the ‘Far-Eastern David’ by Jason Morgan• ‘A Child’s Life in Manchuria’ by Ronald Suleski• His Imperial Majesty’s Speeches on Water Issues by Charles De WolfREPORTS• Proceedings by William Swinton• Annual Report by Masa Matsushita• Financial Report by Garret Polman• Auditor’s Report by Aamir Akhlaque• Articles of Incorporation of ASJ, Inc.• New Numbering of The Transactions Read more