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Asian Studies, University of Edinburgh @asianstudiesed.bsky.social · 24d

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Charlie Richmond (Gyro Gearloose) 311.3ppm @charlierichmond.bsky.social · 28d

Japan poised to get first female PM after Sanae Takaichi wins ruling party leadership | Japan | The Guardian www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

Japan poised to get first female PM after Sanae Takaichi wins ruling party leadership

Margaret Thatcher admirer beat her more moderate rival to become leader of Liberal Democratic party

www.theguardian.com

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Asian Studies, University of Edinburgh @asianstudiesed.bsky.social · 26d

Welcome @jfecuk.bsky.social as you #jointheconversation 🦋🤗

JFEC (The Japan Foundation Endowment Committee) @jfecuk.bsky.social · 26d

We provide small grants for research in Japanese studies, staff & doctoral research students in institutions of #highered in the UK.

Deadline Oct. 15th.

If you've been funded by us and would like to be featured on our page let us know. Scholar's Spotlights:

jfecommittee.org.uk/scholar-spot...

Scholar Spotlights: Awardees’ ongoing contribution - jfecommittee.org.uk

See how JFEC-supported scholars are advancing knowledge and driving change. If you have been awarded by JFEC and want to be featured on our page, please send us an email. Click on the Contact Us link ...

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Jeffrey J. Hall @mrjeffu.bsky.social · Aug 6

Prime Minister Ishiba closed his Hiroshima memorial speech by quoting a poem by Shoda Shinoe. It was published in 1947, in defiance of US Occupation authorities, who banned such poems.
At the time Shoda believed her act could have resulted in imprisonment or the death penalty.

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Asian Studies, University of Edinburgh @asianstudiesed.bsky.social · Aug 6

limelight-arts.com.au/features/opp...

Oppenheimer: Noh Theatre in the Nuclear Age

80 years after the destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Allan Marett’s Noh play inspired by the "father of the atomic bomb" is being performed in Japan.

limelight-arts.com.au

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Halle O'Neal @halleoneal.bsky.social · Aug 5

For those interested in kintsugi and Buddhist repair in art and ritual, I'm doing a few events at the Edinburgh International Book Festival @edincollegeofart.bsky.social @asianstudiesed.bsky.social

Lecture on Buddhist Repair, Spiegeltent, 17 Aug 10:30
www.edbookfest.co.uk/the-festival...

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Dr. Wes Robertson @scriptingjapan.bsky.social · Jul 26

On of the best Japan related jokes of all time, nearly impossible to top.

Gef the Toking Mongoose @geftokingmongoose.bsky.social · Jul 25

Two screens from the Simpsons showing marge and homer sitting on a plane with homer looking angry. Text of the first image says "come on, homer. Japan will be fun. You liked rashoman" text of the second image says "that's not how I remember it"

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CMA: Korean Art @cmakorean.bsky.social · Jul 16

Bowl with Stamped Decoration https://clevelandart.org/art/1921.678

To create the linear patterns visible on this bowl the potter quickly carved the design into the dark clay body. He then applied white clay slip with a brush over this general area. After the slip settled into the linear grooves, he wiped the surface excess away (although he "missed" an area near the parallel horizontal neck bands), leaving a whitish line. A greenish celadon glaze was then applied over the bowl. Punch'ong decorative techniques were a response to medieval Korean society's need for greater numbers of attractive, inexpensive housewares.

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Helen Parker (she/her/hers) @hseparker.bsky.social · Jul 14

From #valentinesday to #bastilleday Printed, “3D” copy has finally arrived 👀📖🤗 #genderfluidity in #japaneseartsandculture

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JocelynH @jocelynhphoto.bsky.social · Jul 4

give way to the new day.
#street #photography #morning

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Asian Studies, University of Edinburgh @asianstudiesed.bsky.social · Jul 12

japannews.yomiuri.co.jp/culture/kabu...

Kabuki to Make Debut at U.K.’s Biggest Japan Festival

<p>Intricate costumes, bold makeup, stunning sets — the distinct characteristics of Japanese kabuki theater have become recognizable worldwide. With the artform having been showcased the world over, S...

japannews.yomiuri.co.jp

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School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures (LLC) @uoe-llc.bsky.social · Jun 27

Researchers! Are you a fox 🦊 or a hedgehog 🦔? In this episode of Beyond the Books, Beth talks to self-professed fox-type, Dr Xuelei Huang. From cinema to smells, they dive into the softer side of history and cultural cosmopolitism in Republican China.

Full episode: youtu.be/lrl234hkIZo

Quote from the podcast episode Beyond The Books Series 3 Episode 3. It says I'm interested in the soft side of history: cultural artifacts...

Quote from the podcast episode Beyond The Books Series 3 Episode 3. It follows on from the first image and says... common people, even as tiny as smells. But they are never trivial.

Quote from the podcast episode Beyond The Books Series 3 Episode 3. It follows on from the first image and says... They can tell a lot about politics and social change.

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Aaron William Moore @aaronwmoore.bsky.social · Jun 2

Upcoming lecture by Dr. Seth Jacobowitz @iashedinburgh.bsky.social on forensics and detective fiction, linking Britain / Scotland and Japan: www.iash.ed.ac.uk/event/dr-set... #detectivefiction @uoe-llc.bsky.social @asianstudiesed.bsky.social

Dr Seth Jacobowitz: "The Forensic Turn in Modern Britain and Japan: Criminology, the Human Sciences, and Detective Fiction" | IASH

www.iash.ed.ac.uk

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Asian Studies, University of Edinburgh @asianstudiesed.bsky.social · May 30

Welcome to @dgb-asianstudies.bsky.social 👋

De Gruyter Brill Asian Studies @dgb-asianstudies.bsky.social · May 27

Hello #AsianStudies community! 👋

We’re thrilled to join #Bluesky. Follow us for updates on our books, journals, digital resources, events and CfPs covering Asian Studies—across #history, #philosophy, #religion, #literature and #culturalstudies.

We can’t wait to connect with you all!

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De Gruyter Brill Asian Studies @dgb-asianstudies.bsky.social · May 30

📚 Forthcoming Series: Short Introductions to Korean Studies (SIKS)

Peer-reviewed, research-based, and Open Access. Covers #Koreanhistory, #politics, #society & #culture. Supported by AKSE. Proposals welcome.

More: brill.com/page/forthco...

#KoreanStudies #OpenAccess
@degruyterbrill.bsky.social

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De Gruyter Brill Asian Studies @dgb-asianstudies.bsky.social · May 28

Now available in Open Access! 🔓

Chinese Families Upside Down: Intergenerational Dynamics and Neo-Familism in the Early 21st Century by Yunxiang Yan

Download it here for free: brill.com/display/titl...

@degruyterbrill.bsky.social

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Ginny Tapley Takemori @ginnytkmr.bsky.social · May 6

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curious ordinary @curiousordinary.bsky.social · May 4

'Fine Day in May' - Kotozuka Eiichi, ca. 1950s.
#JapaneseArt

Carp streamers fly in a clear blue sky above houses. Two children can be seen in the street below.

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Asian Studies, University of Edinburgh @asianstudiesed.bsky.social · May 3

A fine afternoon for our hanami yesterday 🌸😎🍱 #hanami #blossom #arthursseat #themeadows #maytime #花見　 #花見

Trees in blossom, with university buildings in the background

A group of students gathered for a picnic under trees in blossom

People walking along a path lined with trees, some of them in blossom

A view of Arthur’s Seat with gorse in blossom, from the Meadows, where people are sitting under trees with pink and white blossom and playing games.

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Asian Studies, University of Edinburgh @asianstudiesed.bsky.social · May 1

Repatriation of Ainu ancestral remains - yesterday the journey home began #readmore below: www.ed.ac.uk/news/2025/un...

University returns ancestral remains to Ainu people in Japan

The University has repatriated the skulls of three Indigenous Ainu people back to their community in Japan.

www.ed.ac.uk

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Asian Studies, University of Edinburgh @asianstudiesed.bsky.social · Apr 28

May Day listening for #KoreanStudies #koreanempire #inourtime

School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures (LLC) @uoe-llc.bsky.social · Apr 28

The Korean Empire lasted only thirteen years, yet this transformative period had lasting consequences.

Holly Stephens (@asianstudiesed.bsky.social) will be one of three experts joining Melvin Bragg for #InOurTime on Thursday 1 May to discuss.

📻 BBC Radio 4; 9am

www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

BBC Radio 4 - In Our Time, The Korean Empire

How Korea embraced modernisation at the end of the 19th century in a bid for independence.

www.bbc.co.uk

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NCC (北米日本研究資料調整協議会) @nccjapaninfo.bsky.social · Apr 27

Folks researching modern Japan: 3,700+ items of the Prange Collection’s Censored Newspaper Articles, items issued by the Civil Censorship Detachment 民間検閲支隊 (1945–1952), are now available (no login!) via NDL’s digital collections! More info: prangecollection.wordpress.com/2025/02/09/a... #NDLOutreach

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SadaoHanga @sadaohanga.bsky.social · Apr 17

Christ bearing his cross (1975) by Sadao Watanabe.
十字架を負うキリスト(1975年)。渡辺禎雄作品。

@sadaohanga.bsky.social
#sadaowatanabe #渡辺禎雄 #民芸 #型絵染 #合羽摺 #四旬節 #사순절 #lent #veertigdagentijd #quadragesima #Fastenzeit #cuaresma #careme #聖金曜日 #goedevrijdag #goodfriday #karfreitag #vendredisaint #viernessanto

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Halle O'Neal @halleoneal.bsky.social · Apr 10

Scottish RME teachers:

Buddhism Discovery Day: 12 June, 10am-2.30pm
University of Edinburgh

Includes Q&A with Thai Buddhist monk, meditation with Zen Buddhist priest, Buddhist Studies taster lectures, and Treasure Hunt for Buddhist art at National Museum of Scotland. Contact [email protected]

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Asian Studies, University of Edinburgh @asianstudiesed.bsky.social · Apr 6

Video clip from Dr Youngmi Kim’s recent interview about the South Korean president’s removal from office: www.itv.com/watch/news/s...

www.itv.com

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