Collected writings of modern Western scholars on JapanVols. 7-9

This series of major works from the Japan Library features the collected writings of many of the most outstanding western scholars who have been actively writing about Japan and connected subjects over the last half century.

Developed in close collaboration with the participating scholars, each volume contains a wide and substantial cross-section of their writings, thematically structured around essays, including published and unpublished conference and symposium papers, contributions to refereed journals, chapters from multi-author volumes, translations and book reviews, as well as newspaper and more broadly based general-interest articles and commentaries as available.

A full introductory section, written by the author, reviewing his/her association and historical ties with Japan as well as specialist interests, prefaces each volume.

Thus, for the first time in scholarly publishing, this series makes available a comprehensive collection of the author's lifetime output (other than single-author volumes) that might otherwise be lost or dispersed.

Over twenty volumes are anticipated.