LINKS

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Japanese Literature & Film

• Genji Unlocked — my Substack exploring how The Tale of Genji became one of Japan's most important cultural treasures: the story of a thousand years of readers, scholars, filmmakers, and adapters who fought over what this monument of classical Japanese literature means
• PMJS (Premodern Japanese Studies) – papers and discussion by scholars working on various premodern topics
• Royall Tyler’s Genji translation
• Suggested references for premodern Japanese literary studies — my page
• Kinema Club — Japanese cinema resources

Current Events: Asia → Japan

• TIME — Asia
• New York Times — Asia
• Mainichi Shimbun (English)
• The Japan Times (English)

Cultural & Cross-Cultural (Japan)

• The New Yorker — Japan tag (archive) — articles and memorable cover art

  

• Isuzu “Z.E.N.” Prototype — background on the 2001 Tokyo Motor Show concept

  

• Tokugawa Art Museum – 12th-century Genji scrolls
• Gotoh Museum – illustrated Genji handscrolls (Tokyo)
• Ningyo Joruri (Bunraku) – National Theatre introduction

Japanese Language

• Japanese Language Program (Princeton)
• Kanji Alive — learn to read and write kanji
• Japanese library resources — UMass guide (Sharon Domier)
• Jim Breen's Japanese Page – computing/dictionaries

Design, Sustainability & Time

• TreeHugger.com — sustainability news, design, and how-tos
• Satoyama Initiative — societies in harmony with nature
• UNU-IAS: International Satoyama Initiative
• “MOTTAINAI”: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle — and Respect
• Mottainai & mindful consumption (Travel Japan)