Contents

Vol.104 Chinese Characters, Chinese Words, and Literary Chinese in East Asian Civilization
  • Photographic Report
    A Pleasant Portrayal of Death — Examining the Function of Early Modern Period Nehanzu (Paintings of the Buddha Entering Nirvana)    		 Satoshi Joshima
  • Commentaries
    From Animalistic Existence to Plant-like Coexistence    		 Dan Shao
  • Using the Correct Means in Redistribution Takashi Unayama
  • Grief and a New Way of Interacting with Departed Loved Ones Mao Naka
  • Special Feature:
    Chinese Characters, Chinese Words, and Literary Chinese in East Asian Civilization
    Preface    		 Takashi Okamoto
  • Lu Xun or Ro Jin in Japanese?
    — The Twenty-first Century East Asian Chinese Character Problem    		 Bunkyo Kin
  • The Spread of Japanese-made Chinese Words
    — The Case of the Modernization of Mongolian    		 B. Huhbator
  • Literary Chinese as Modern Written Media — A Modern East Asian Discourse Sphere Mareshi Saito
  • Cantonese in the World — A Globalization of the Chinese Maki Iida
  • Buddhist Sutras and Their Translations into Chinese Toru Funayama
  • Kanji Characters and the Japanese Language Shinji Konno
  • Lights and Shadows of Japanese
    — On Native Japanese Words, Chinese Words in Japan, and Loanwords in Katakana    		 Shuichi Kaganoi
  • The Japanese Language in the Chinese-Character Cultural Sphere A dialogue of
    Kyuyoh Ishikawa
    and
    Takashi Okamoto
  • Article
    Should It Be "Divided" or Not? — A Short History of the Coded Character Set of Kanji    		 Tatsuo Kobayashi
  • Photographic Report
    Where the Andes and the Amazon Meet    		 Yuko Kanezaki
  • Correspondence
    On the Other Side of the Divide — Disappointments with Free Speech    		 Jun Takaku
  • The Future of Open Letters Anna Nakai
  • The Dilemma of Child Marriage Momoe Makino
  • Some Highlights of Modern Japanese Literature Studies in Australia Tomoko Aoyama
  • Report: Reexamining Japan in a Global Context
    The Current Status of the World and Japan    		 A dialogue of
    David A. Welch
    and
    Masayuki Tadokoro
  • Essays
    "Time-Intelligence" — The Cases of Dementia and Generative AI    		 Noriko Osumi
  • Afterglow of the Deer Cry Pavilion
    — The Cotillon Dancing Still Performed at Komaba High School    		 Hiroshi Watanabe
  • Theory and Architecture Terunobu Fujimori
  • Remembrance of the Okinawan War Dead at Mabuni Hills Yoshitaka Nitta
  • A Telephone Call from Norihiro Kato Kumiko Kakehashi
  • Book Review
    What is "Fiction"?    		 A written exchange between
    Atsushi Kobayashi
    and
    Toru Takeda
  • Essays
    Reading in the Train
    — Thoughts on Bookstores and the Piles of Unread Books of Tsundoku    		 Lin Hanyang
  • The Changing Nature of Fan Love — From "Moe," to "Oshi," to "Toutoi," to "Meroi" Anna Toi
  • On Shintaro Okuno, Japanese Sinologist Daisaburo Okumoto
  • Series
    A Colette Style of Living
    Part 2. Up to the Birth of "Claudine at School"    		 Shigeru Kashima

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