Introduction Gavan McCormack
Umehara Takeshi, Nichibunken, Mark Hudson
The Japanese as an AsiaPacific Population
archaeology, Yayoi period, Kofun period
the frontier in the construction
Yanagita Kunio, Okinawa, Fukuzawa Yukichi
The Place of Okinawa in Japanese Historial Identity
Gusuku, Quanzhou, Shuri Castle
Ainu and Okinawan
Ainu language, Wajin, Okinawan
Some Reflections on Identity Formation in East Asia
Ayutthaya, sakoku, Azuchi-Momoyama period
Indonesia under the Greater East Asia CoProsperity
Dutch East Indies, Semarang, Indonesian
Modern Patriarchy and the Formation of the Japanese
Inoue Tetsujiro, Kazoku, Ueno Chizuko
uniqueor katei, nuclear family, ancestor worship
Fmperor Race and Commoners Amino Yosfiihiko
paddy fields, kokudaka, Edo period
Two Interpretations of Japanese Culture
Bruno Taut, Manchukuo, Japanese culture
Diversity and Identity in the TwentyFirst Century
Zainichi Korean, Minato, archaeology