Japanese Science Fiction
I lived in Japan for 4 years, so I learned a bit about Japanese science fiction. In 2007, I went to the WorldCon in Yokohama. Last year the Internet Review of Science Fiction published my article on Japanese SF. A …
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Who Would Have Thought Collecting Severed Heads Would Be So Difficult?
From Warriors of Medieval Japan by Stephen Turnbull Head collecting is a tradition found throughout samurai history… When a battle was won, the taking, recording and presentation of these ghastly trophies was as systematic and as thorough as the battlefield …
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Hidden Statues
From Lost Japan by Alex Kerr. Japan is fascinated by secrets. They are the defining feature of the way traditional arts are taught and preserved. They cause problems for governments and business, since different departments of the same organization …