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Letter from George Yamada
No full textA letter from George Yamada about a publication called Rikka.These materials are from box 73 and 74 of the Frank Chin Papers. The Frank Chin Papers contain personal and professional correspondence between Frank Chin and Michi Weglyn relating to particular projects on which either author was working as well as files related to the Day of Remembrance Tribute to Michi Weglyn
Reading Yamada Eimi
No full textThe Japanese novelist Yamada Eimi has published many controversial and
popular books. As she herself lives openly and controversially in the same way
that she writes, Yamada Eimi the person is often confused with the narrators of
her stories. This essay is not only a reading of her texts, but also an analysis of
how "Yamada Eimi," the author, is embedded into these texts and then consumed
by the reader.
Starting first with two examples of diametrically opposed readings by the
North American critics Richard Okada and Kuwahara Yasue, I then outline my
reading which falls somewhere in between Okada's and Kuwahara's. Several
Japanese readings of Yamada's writings indicate that Yamada creates her own
world with its own value system and then draws the readers into this system. In
Chapter One, a close reading of three of Yamada's works shows that this system is
an aesthetic code that defines the behaviour, dress and attitude of the female
characters in the stories. Chapter Two then shows how this code is communicated
to the readers. The homosocial "sister" relationships that allow this
communication are also part of how the readers are drawn in. In Chapter Thriee I
combine the aesthetic code with the "sister structure" to illustrate how the reader
is also included in a sister relationship with Yamada Eimi.. Back full circle, I then
show how different readings of the same texts become possible.Arts, Faculty ofAsian Studies, Department ofGraduat
山村での生活が子どものメラトニン反応に及ぼす影響
No full text掲載誌：Shingo Noi, Akiko Shikano, Naoko Yamada, Ryo Tanaka, Kosuke Tanabe and Hideyuki Tsuji (2021). Effects of change in residence to a mountain village on children’s melatonin responses, Biological Rhythm Research, 52(1): 60–69.研究紹介 : 国外学術誌掲載論文か
Effects of change in residence to a mountain village on children’s melatonin responses
No full text掲載誌：Shingo Noi, Akiko Shikano, Naoko Yamada, Ryo Tanaka, Kosuke Tanabe and Hideyuki Tsuji (2021). Effects of change in residence to a mountain village on children’s melatonin responses, Biological Rhythm Research, 52(1): 60–69.研究紹介 : 国外学術誌掲載論文からdepartmental bulletin pape
Letter from Yukio Mochizuki to Dr. Yamada, September 28, 1977
No full textIn this itemized memo, Yukio Mochizuki provides updates and commentary on various aspects of his research to Dr. Yamada. He discusses forms for an independent study agreement, drafts of letters he is sending, and books he is reading for his research.Collection of notes, articles, correspondence, photographs, and term papers collected by Yukio Mochizuki, a student at CSU Dominguez Hills, while researching Japanese American incarceration and Japanese Peruvian internment during World War II
子どもと青年の睡眠習慣につながる経路 : 東京都世田谷区での悉皆調査
No full text掲載誌: Shingo Noi, Akiko Shikano, Ryo Tanaka, Kosuke Tanabe, Natsuko Enomoto, Tetsuhiro Kidokoro, Naoko Yamada and Mari Yoshinaga (2021). The pathways linking to sleep habits among children and adolescents: A complete survey at Setagaya-ku, Tokyo, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(12): 6309.
doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18126309研究紹介 : 国外学術誌掲載論文か
47-Prefecture Redistricting Simulations
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The goal of the 47-Prefecture Simulation Project is to generate and analyze redistricting plans for the single-member districts of the House of Representatives of Japan using a redistricting simulation algorithm.
In this project, we analyzed the partisan bias of the 2022 redistricting for 25 prefectures subject to redistricting.
Our simulations are designed to comply with the redistricting rules that the Council abides by.
This dataset contains sampled districting plans and accompanying summary statistics for the Japanese House of Representatives for the 25 prefectures subject to redistrict following the demographic shifts reflected in the 2020 Census, according to relevant legal requirements.</p
The pathways linking to sleep habits among children and adolescents : a complete survey at Setagaya-ku, Tokyo
No full text掲載誌: Shingo Noi, Akiko Shikano, Ryo Tanaka, Kosuke Tanabe, Natsuko Enomoto, Tetsuhiro Kidokoro, Naoko Yamada and Mari Yoshinaga (2021). The pathways linking to sleep habits among children and adolescents: A complete survey at Setagaya-ku, Tokyo, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(12): 6309.
doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18126309研究紹介 : 国外学術誌掲載論文からdepartmental bulletin pape
Lyctocoris ichikawai Yamada & Yasunaga, sp. nov.
No full textLyctocoris ichikawai Yamada & Yasunaga, sp. nov. (Figs. 1–22) Diagnosis. Distinguished from congeners by the following combination of characters: hemelytra blackish brown with pale yellow markings on basal and median part of clavus, basal part of endocorium, apical part along claval suture and medial fracture in endocorium, and basal part of embolium; membrane smoky dark brown, but subbasal area and area along four veins always semitransparent; labium reaching metasternum; parameres strongly acute at apex; left paramere apically not bent inwardly; genital apophysis rounded at apex, constricted near middle, broadened at base. Description. Coloration. Body (Figs. 1, 20) generally blackish brown. Head (Figs. 1, 3) blackish brown, apex tinged with pale brown; eyes reddish brown; ocelli red to reddish brown. Antennae (Figs. 1, 3) generally fuscous, basal half of segment II tinged with yellowish brown. Labium (Fig. 2) yellowish brown; segment I and II blackish brown. Pronotum (Figs. 1, 3) blackish brown, with posterior margin narrowly pale yellow. Scutellum (Fig. 1) same color as pronotum, with apex pale yellow. Hemelytra (Fig. 1) blackish brown; basal and median part of clavus, basal part of endocorium, apical part along claval suture and medial fracture in endocorium, and basal part of embolium with pale yellow markings; membrane smoky dark brown, but subbasal area and area along four veins always semitransparent. Venter of thorax generally blackish brown. Ostiolar peritreme and evaporatorium (Figs. 2, 4) fuscous. Legs (Fig. 2) blackish brown; coxa brown; trochanter and basal and apical femur pale yellow. Abdomen (Fig. 2) brown to blackish brown; side of each sternum tinged with reddish brown. Structure. Body (Fig. 1) oval, densely covered with short, silky, recumbent setae. Head (Figs. 1, 3, 10) excluding neck about 0.75 times as long as width across eyes, dorsal surface shining; anteocular portion about 0.7 times as long as length of eye in dorsal view; vertex about 1.5 times as wide as width of eye in dorsal view; postocular portion constricted; neck very short; ocelli placed between the eyes, anterior of an imaginary line that passes through the posterior margin of eyes. Antennal segment I (Figs. 1, 3, 10) reaching apex of head, sparsely covered with short recumbent setae; segment II (Figs. 1, 3, 10) about 0.75 times as long as head width across eyes, slightly thickened toward apex, covered with suberect setae, each seta about as long as width of the segment; segments III and IV (Figs. 1, 3, 10) covered with long erect setae intermixed with short recumbent setae, longest seta about twice as long as width of respective segment; segment IV (Figs. 1, 3, 10) weakly flattened, slightly longer than segment III. Labium reaching metasternum; segment III about 2.8 times as long as segment II; segment IV slightly longer than segment II. Pronotum (Figs. 1, 3, 10) trapezoidal, shining; anterior half weakly swollen; posterior half shallowly depressed medially; anterior margin nearly straight, width slightly narrower than mesal length; lateral margin carinate, strongly rounded at anterior angle; posterior margin concave, width about 2.8 times as wide as anterior pronotal width; collar indistinct. Scutellum (Fig. 1) shining, about 0.7 times as long as basal width, shallowly punctate on basal half, rugose on apical half. Hemelytra (Figs. 1, 11) discernibly narrowed toward apex, densely covered with short, silky, recumbent setae and tiny punctures; embolial margin about 1.8 times as long as cuneal margin; maximum width of endocorium about 1.5 times width of embolium; membrane with four distinct veins, middle two veins slightly curved. Ostiolar peritreme (Figs. 4, 6) sharply bending at middle and gradually narrowed anteriad, slightly expanding posteriad at the bend, extending to anterior margin of metapleuron. Fore and mid coxae with several spine-like setae around apex; fore trochanter with brush-like setae on ventral side; fore tibia (Fig. 12) with 23–26 small teeth on ventral side and a few stout spines on apical half, and with large fossula spongiosa at apex; mid tibia (Fig. 13) with 22–23 small teeth on ventral side, apically with fossula spongiosa smaller than that of fore tibia; mid and hind tibiae (Figs. 13, 14) covered with short suberect setae intermixed with several stout spines about as long as width of respective tibia. Abdomen densely covered beneath with short, silky recumbent setae; scissure on abdominal tergite reaching to posterior margin of segment III. Male genitalia (Figs. 5, 7–9, 15– 18): Pygophore (Fig. 15) densely furnished with short erect setae on posterodorsal and posteroventral surface. Parameres (Figs. 16, 17) strongly acute at apex; left paramere curved at middle, apically not bent inwardly, moderately rounded on outer margin, weakly serrate on inner side of apical half; right paramere about half the length of left paramere, weakly serrate on inner side. Phallobase (Fig. 18) symmetrical, with a hole at anterior 1 / 3, slightly narrowed anteriad, deeply emarginate inwardly on posterior margin. Aedeagus (Figs. 5, 7, 8) very long, strongly coiled upwardly, apically with long and straight acus. Female genitalia (Fig. 19): Genital apophysis (Fig. 19) rounded at apex, reaching anterior margin of sternum VI, constricted near middle, broadened at base. Measurements [3 (n= 10)/ Ƥ (n= 10), value for holotype male in parentheses]. Body length 4.50–4.85 (4.85)/ 4.55–5.05; head length (excluding neck) 0.58–0.70 (0.64)/ 0.64–0.68; head width across eyes 0.82–0.91 (0.85)/ 0.86–0.91; vertex width 0.43–0.47 (0.43)/ 0.45–0.48; width between ocelli 0.32–0.35 (0.33)/ 0.33–0.37; lengths of antennal segments I–IV respectively 0.20–0.23 (0.20)/ 0.20–0.22, 0.62–0.69 (0.62)/ 0.63–0.68, 0.42–0.45 (0.42)/ 0.42–0.45, and 0.49–0.52 (0.49)/ 0.49–0.53; lengths of labial segments II–IV respectively 0.36–0.44 (0.44)/ 0.38–0.42, 1.06–1.15 (1.10)/ 1.05–1.20, and 0.45–0.49 (0.45)/ 0.46–0.50; anterior pronotal width 0.58–0.64 (0.59)/ 0.62–0.65; mesal pronotal length 0.63–0.70 (0.66)/ 0.65–0.72; basal pronotal width 1.65–1.87 (1.69)/ 1.68–1.90; length of embolial margin 1.50–1.68 (1.55)/ 1.53–1.68; length of cuneal margin 0.83–0.92 (0.85)/ 0.87–0.96; maximum width across hemelytra 1.86–2.06 (1.87)/ 1.86–2.17. Etymology. Named after Toshihide Ichikawa, the third author, who first discovered this new species and provided the knowledge of its biology. Type material. HOLOTYPE: 3 (Figs. 1 –3, 5, 7–9), ‘[Shikoku] / Kinbuchi Forest Park / Higashiueta-chô / Takamatsu-shi / Kagawa Pref. / 19–20.vii. 2003 / K. Yamada leg.’ (TKPM). PARATYPES: JAPAN [Shikoku] Kagawa Pref.: Miki-chô, Ikenobe, Yoshidagawa Riv.: 13, 28.iv. 2003, T. Ichikawa; 13, 18.viii. 2009, T. Ichikawa; 232 Ƥ, 21.v. 2010, K. Yamada & T. Ichikawa. Takamatsu-shi, Sogouhigashi-machi: 13, 24.vii. 2009, T. Ichikawa; 33 (one in Fig. 15), 5.viii. 2009, T. Ichikawa; 43, 21.v. 2010, K. Yamada & T. Ichikawa; 53 (one in Fig. 20), 25.v. 2011, K. Yamada. Same locality as holotype: 13, 21.viii. 2002, T. Ichikawa; 43 (one in Figs. 4, 6), 11.iv. 2003, T. Ichikawa; 934 Ƥ (one in Fig. 19), 25.iv. 2003, T. Ichikawa; 231 Ƥ, 5.v. 2003, M. Takai; 131 Ƥ, same date, S. Akagi; 23, same date, E. Doi; 1132 Ƥ, same date, T. Yasunaga (AMNH, TYCN); 63 (one in Fig. 10; another in Figs. 11 –14, 16– 18) 2 Ƥ, same data as holotype; 231 Ƥ, 18.viii. 2003, T. Ichikawa; 43, 28.v. 2004, K. Yamada. Takamatsu-shi, Nishiueta-chô: 13, 10.iv. 2007, T. Ichikawa. [Kyushu] Kumamoto Pref.: Koushi-shi, Sakae: 33, vii. 2003, T. Yasunaga. Distribution. Japan (Shikoku, Kyushu). Remarks. This new species is most similar in general appearance to L. zhangi, from which it can be distinguished by the larger body size [3.5–3.9 mm in L. zhangi], parameres strongly acute at apex [blunt at apex], and acus straight [curved]. Also, whereas L. ichikawai resembles L. variegatus in the shape of the male genitalia, the following external characters of the former are significantly different from the latter: posterior margin of pronotum narrowly pale yellow [broadly pale yellow in L. variegatus]; clavus blackish brown, with pale yellow markings on basal and median part [almost pale yellow excluding darkened area along claval suture and inner margin]; embolium blackish brown, with pale yellow markings on basal part [mostly pale yellow, with dark brown on median part]; and apex of left paramere not bent inwardly [rather slender and slightly bent inwardly].Published as part of Yamada, Kazutaka, Yasunaga, Tomohide & Ichikawa, Toshihide, 2012, A new species of Lyctocoridae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Cimicoidea) feeding on the exuded sap of Sawtooth Oak, Quercus acutissima, in Japan, pp. 65-74 in Zootaxa 3525 on pages 67-71, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.28272
Neorealism and the Chinese ideology in Yamada Yoji's family films
No full textBesides Tora-san series and samurai trilogy, veteran Japanese filmmaker Yamada Yoji also endeavors in making family films, however, his ‘home drama’1 genre has long been neglected in academia. To fill this gap, the aims of this research are to investigate firstly the aesthetics of his social realistic films; secondly, what are the family values revealed in his family films and thirdly, how ‘woman’ is portrayed in his ‘home drama’.
Working under the ‘director system’ of Shochiku Studio, this research argues that auteur theory which advocates director as the author of a film is applicable to Yamada and is thus employed to examine family films that are produced between 1970 and 2013. Background information of the auteur (author) and his films are reviewed in Part I of this thesis while Part II will focus on the discussion and analysis of the film aesthetics and motifs of Yamada Yoji’s family films.
Similar to other cultural artefacts, film aesthetics cannot stand apart from the surrounding culture. Italian neorealism which flourished at the time when Yamada entered the film industry will be used to examine Yamada’s stylistic orientation. It is found that except collaborating with professional actors, Yamada’s films display most of the characteristics of Italian neorealism. In the pursuit of aesthetic realism, the “repeated team” (also known as ‘director’s team’) of Yamada at Shochiku Studio helped him to actualize his film aesthetics. With its adoption of ‘director system’ and ‘star system’, Shochiku is also known for producing shomingeki (film of ordinary people), so besides the possible influences from Italian neorealism, Shochiku Studio may have also cast influences to the artistic style of Yamada Yoji.
Through intertextual reading of his social realistic films, the kind of social problem always lies in the dilemma between tradition and progression. Viewing ‘family’ as the fundamental unit of a society, Yamada presents to us the importance of preserving traditional virtues and family values in the continuation of a family so as to the sustainability of a society. This research reaffirms the influence of Chinese ideology on the construction of Japanese family system that the family relationships and the core family values found in films can well be explained by Chinese Confucianism.
Under the patriarchal social context, it is interesting to discover the portrayal of ‘strong woman and weak man’ image in his family films. While the oppression of women is depicted in the process of modernization, the image of ‘strong woman’ is presented through the inscription of femininity in Yamada’s cinematic film texts. Rejecting the binary opposition of sexes, women in Yamada’s films is portrayed to encompass the qualities of masculinity and femininity under the ecriture feminine writing of Yamada. This feminine approach can be regarded as a way out, as proposed by the auteur, to tackle social challenges.
Through an in-depth examination of Yamada Yoji’s family films, this research demonstrates that is a good way to learn more about a culture or a society through social realistic cinema.published_or_final_versionJapanese StudiesDoctoralDoctor of Philosoph
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