Front Matter
pp. i-ii
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Mapping Early Modernity: Geographical Meditations on a Comparative Concept
Wigen, Karen pp. 1-13
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Formulating a Theory of Women's Writing in 17th-Century Japan: Kitamura Kigin's Ominaeshi monogatari (Tales of the Maidenflower)
Schalow, Paul Gordon pp. 14-18
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The Prehistory of the Japanese Nation-State: Status, Ethnicity, and Boundaries
Howell, David L. pp. 19-24
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A Transgressive Life: The Diary of a Genroku Samurai
Roberts, Luke pp. 25-30
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Cosmology of Kyoto: Tales of the Millenium-Visual Mindscape of Old Japan (Game Review)
Pollack, David pp. 31
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Complete Issue
pp. 1-32
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