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Brian Ruh @brianruh.bsky.social

Out next May - The Kyoto School and the Japanese Navy The Hidden Truth Behind the Alleged War Collaboration I am definitely interested in this. And of course it's US$100+ because those are the books that get my attention it seems. www.bloomsbury.com/us/kyoto-sch...

sep 2, 2025, 9:19 pm • 3 0

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Ben Wurgaft @benwurgaft.bsky.social

totemo takai desu

sep 2, 2025, 9:27 pm • 1 0 • view
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Brian Ruh @brianruh.bsky.social

Another expensive book (but this one just came out) - Hirabayashi Hatsunosuke Reader, The: Mass Culture and Intermediality in Imperial Japan. I do need to read the essay "Film as a Mechanism of Americanization" - it seems directly relevant to my earlier studies. www.bloomsbury.com/us/hirabayas...

sep 2, 2025, 9:24 pm • 1 0 • view
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Nick, Nick, 🪿! @nicknickgoose.bsky.social

You ever read Century of the Black Ships? It’s kind of an incredible effort in localization - textual analysis of how fiction helped popularize imperialist policy in Japan www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Ce...

sep 2, 2025, 9:28 pm • 1 0 • view
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Brian Ruh @brianruh.bsky.social

That's been in my "to be purchased" for a good number of years now. :)

sep 2, 2025, 9:30 pm • 1 0 • view
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Nick, Nick, 🪿! @nicknickgoose.bsky.social

Same. Need to find a discounted copy somewhere. Weird to see Viz try and compete with Stone Bridge Press or Tuttle

sep 2, 2025, 9:36 pm • 0 0 • view
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Brian Ruh @brianruh.bsky.social

I also need to peruse this one at some point. www.schiffermilitary.com/products/jap...

sep 2, 2025, 9:59 pm • 1 0 • view