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  ‘Between God and Marn’s (Kinoshita) 23–5, 142

  Bigot, Georges Ferdinand 31

  Biito Kiyoshi 61

  Biito Takeshi 61 , 147

  Bisson, Thomas A. 155

  Black Fog Series (Matsumoto) 78

  Bluer than Indigo 72

  Book of Seasons, The 130–1, 132

  Boy Champion Weekly, The 44

  ‘Bringing up Father’ (Macmanus) 28–9

  Brown, B.F. 14, 137

  Brown, Walker 163

  Buddhism 129

  ‘Butterfly, The’ (Chch) 80

  Candies 84, 89, 98

  ‘Capsule Man’ 120, 160

  Carpet of Clouds 73

  cartoons 30–1, 143:

  female car toonists 41–3;

  recurrent social themes 111–12;

  ‘Sazaesan’ 111, 113–14;

  see also comics

  Chamberlain, B.H. 145

  Cheung Hong-Chung 129, 163

  Christian culture 89, 92

  Chshingura 69, 148

  cinema see movies

  ‘circles’ 103–6, 108:

  see also citizens’ movements

  citizens’ movements 103–15:

  anti-pollution 107–8, 114, 123, 128, 130;

  circles 103–6, 108;

  communal aspect of 105;

  issue-oriented 109–11;

  politicization of 109;

  public safety issues 107;

  revolutionary 114–15;

  village tradition 106–7, 108

  Clan of Poe, The (Hagio) 43

  class structure 32–3, 36, 49, 117–18, 144, 152, 158–9:

  ruling elite 6, 49;

  uneducated 59, 60

  Class Structure of Japan, The (Tominaga) 32, 144

  clothes see dress

  Collier, John Payne 59, 146

  comics 28–45, 70, 144–5:

  education and 45;

  labour movement and 44;

  proportion of publications 44, 144;

  see also cartoons

  Comics, The (Waugh) 28

  ‘Comin’ through the rye’ 99, 100

  common culture 48–9

  Communist International 104, 106

  Communist Party see Japan Communist Party

  Conan Doyle, Sir Arthur 77

  conscription 124

  conservatism 154

  constitution 3, 21

  Correction Bureau of the Department of Justice 16–17

  ‘Crimes against International Law’ (Keenan and Brown) 14, 137

  culture:

  Christian 89, 92;

  common 48–9;

  foreigners and 82–4;

  international 103;

  mass 55;

  post-war changes 116–24

  currency 5

  d’Amare, Ricardo 126

  Dan Ikuma 81, 92, 150

  dance festivals, summer 51

  ‘Dates with Punch’ 147

  de Vivero, Don Rodrigo 46, 145

  detective novels 77

  dialectics 105

  dialogue see manzai

  Dore, Ronals P. 163

  Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan 77

  dress 122:

  Western clothes 122, 161

  ‘Drunk who has come back home, The’ (Kato) 98, 99

  Earthward bound (Takemiya) 42

  Edo 46–8, 129:

  see also Tokyo

  Edo period 52, 53 , 117, 148, 163

  Edogawa Ranpo 77

  education 4, 6–7, 8:

  comics and 45;

  musical 79–80

  Ei Rokusuke 146

  ‘Elegy of Seven-Mile Beach’ 101, 102

  elite, ruling 6, 49

  Emperor 3, 4, 142–3:

  absence from war crimes trials 16;

  humanity declaration 8;

  responsibility for war 26;

  unity symbolized by 122

  Engel’s coefficient 118, 159–60

  Et Jun 134, 135, 137

  Et Shinpei 71

  Evening Star, The 70

  family spirit 120–1

  festivals 51, 129

  Fighting Record of the Invisible Organizers, The (Shirato) 34–6, 45

  Fighting Record of the Invisible Organizers of Koga, The (Shirato) 34–6

  final testaments 17–18, 24–5

  folk songs, Scottish 79, 99–100

  food:

  breakfasts 117, 118 ;

  con sumption changes 117–19, 158;

  during occupation 10, 11;

  self-sufficiency 117–19, 158;

  shortages 46–7, 117

  ‘Forty-seven faithful retainers’ 68 , 69, 70

  French demonstration 110

  From cave painting to comic strip (Hogben) 12, 137

  Fujimura Michio 135–6

  Fujiwara no Sadaie 50, 145

  Fukuda Teiry 147

  Fukushima Chro 137, 154

  functional logic 105

  gagaku (court music) 83

  Gaki Deka (fictitious) 43, 44

  Gemeinschaft 105

  Gesellschaft 105

  gift exchange 127

  Gilber, W.S. 81

  ‘Glow of the fireflies, The’ 100, 101

  Gods of the Flower Seeds, The (Shiba) 74

  ‘Gondola Song’ (Nakayama) 92, 94, 95

  Good-natured Father (Nagaoki) 57

  ‘Great River Dramas’ 49, 67, 68 , 74, 148:

  forty-seven faithful retainers 68, 69, 70;

  Meiji restoration in 70–1, 74, 148, 149

  guidebooks 125–33

  Hachirgata farmers 119–20

  Hagio Moto 43

  haiku poets 132

  Hall, Robert King 155

  Hamada Hikoz 30

  Hanabishi Achako 56, 57

  Hani Gor 151

  harakiri 129

  hardwork ethic 69

  Harimoto 69

  Hasegawa Machiko 42, 111

  Hata Ikuhiko 155

  Hatoko’s Sea 70, 72

  Hayakawa Ktar 146

  Hayashi Chikio 158

  Hayashi Fusao 21, 141, 151

  Hayashi Shonosuke 55

  Hayashi Takeji 152

  Hayashiya Tatsusabur 146

  health care 10–11

  Hearn, Lafcadio 37

  Hepburn, Dr 30

  Here Goes Ryma (Shiba) 74

  heroes on television 69

  hichiriki (instrument) 83

  Hida Kageki 164

  Hidaka Rokur 153

  ‘Hietsukibushi’ 86, 91

  Higashikuni, Premier Prince 5

  Hinata Yasushi 152

  Hirano Ken 134

  Hirasawa Sadamichi 78

  Hirota Kki 22–3, 142

  History of Modern Japan-Changing Signs of the Times (Yanagita) 116, 120, 153

  Hogben, Lancelot 12, 137

  hokku (poem) 125

  Hokusai cartoons 31

  home-brewing 153

  Honda Shgo 134

  Hoover, President 1

  Hryji Temple 30

  Hoshino Yoshir 123, 161

  human rights (jinken) 152

  Hussey, Commander Alfred R. 3

  hymns 89, 92

  hyottoko (funny face) 50

  Ibuse Masuji 133, 164

  Ichikawa Hakugen 144

  Ichimura Uzaemon XV 83, 84

  Ickes, Harold L. 3

  Ienaga Sabur 22, 141–2, 161

  ‘If you go to the sea’ (Nobutoki) 97

  Iinuma Jiro 120, 160

  Ikeda Hayato, Premier 7

  Ikeda Riyoko 43

  Ikeda Yasabur 145

  Ikky (Zen priest) 31

  Ikuma, Dan 81, 92, 150

  Imaizumi Sadasuke 164

  Imamura Taihei 153–4

  ‘Imay’ 89, 92

  ‘In support of the Greater East Asian War’ (Hayashi) 21, 141

  Inaba Michio, 44, 145

  inductive logic 105

  industrialization policy 120

&n
bsp; innovation 123, 126

  Inoue, Marquis 48

  Inoue Hiroshi 147

  Inoue Hisashi 74, 163

  Inoue Kiyoshi 135, 142

  internal consistency, logic of 105

  Internal Military Tribunal for the Far East see Tokyo War Crimes Trial

  Inui Takashi 150

  invasion, sanctions against 14–15, 20

  Invisible Organizers 34–6

  Irokawa Daikichi 153

  Ishimure Michiko 153

  Isoda Kichi 135

  Isomura Eiichi 47

  It, Prince 48

  It Hirobumi 164

  Ito Toshio 151

  Itsuki Hiroyuki 74

  Izawa Sensei 150

  Izawa Shji 79–80, 100

  Japan Chisso Company 108

  Japan Communist Party 8, 9:

  citizens’ movements and 103, 104, 106, 109;

  monopoly on truth 9–10;

  purge of 8, 136

  Japan Handbook, The (Tames) 129, 131, 163

  Japan Proletarian Cultural League 103

  jinken (human rights) 152

  jokes 55, 56

  journalism 77–8

  KOP 103

  Kabashima Katsuichi 29, 30

  kabuki actors 52, 83

  Kabukiza Theatre 67

  Kades, Colonel Charles L. 3

  Kaik Takeshi 75–6

  Kajii Jun 144

  kamikaze 129

  Kamisaka Fuyuko 138

  Kamishima Jir 165

  Kamo Momoki 164

  Kaneko, Petty Officer 17

  Kanohara, Private (fictitious) 23–4

  Kata Kji 144

  katami see mementos

  Kato Hidetoshi 159

  Kat Shichi 48, 129, 163

  Katsushika Hokusai 31

  ‘Katyusha’s Song’ (Nakayama) 93, 150–1

  Katzenjammer Kids 28

  Kawade Shob 153

  Kawai Eijir 151

  Kawazoe Noboru 145

  Keenan, Joseph B. 14, 23

  Keene, Donald 83

  Kim Dae Chung 78, 150

  Kimura Gor 20

  Kimura Ihei 11, 12

  Kimura Minori 43

  Kimura Tsunehisa 64, 65

  Kinen Jigykai 150

  King 49

  King Hall, Robert 155

  Kinoshita Junji 23–5, 142

  Kishi, Premier 7, 9, 109, 114

  Kishida Gink 30, 143

  Kishimoto Shigenobu 159

  Kitahara Hakush 94

  Kitamura Hideo 147

  Kitar of the Grave (Mizuki) 38

  Kitayama Shigeo 151

  Kobayashi Ichiz 43

  Kobayashi Takiji 36

  Kobayashi Tomi 153

  Kodaira Yoshio 10, 137

  Kodama, General 71

  Koenaki Koe no Kai 153

  Koizumi Fumio 81–2, 84, 150, 151

  Kojima Noboru 142, 155

  Kokontei Shinsh 53

  Kon Wajir 145, 161

  Konno Toshihiko 136

  Konroe family 84

  Korea:

  Shinto shrine in 132, 164

  Koreans:

  literature written in Japanese by 131–2, 163–4

  Kuno Osamu 114, 154

  Kuno Takeshi 143

  Kurahara Koreto 103–4, 108

  Kuroiwa Ruik 77

  Kurosawa 92

  Kuwahara Takeo 158

  Ky Utako 57, 59

  Kyho 48

  Kyokutei (Takizawa) Bakin 130, 163

  land reforms 8

  ‘Last Testament of the Century’ 17, 25, 138

  Lat (cartoonist) 128

  Leckie, Gordon W. 163

  lending bookshops, 34, 37

  libraries see lending bookshops

  literature 76–7, 125:

  by Korean residents 131–2, 163–4;

  poetry 125, 130, 132;

  see also journalism

  Little Bears (Swinnerton) 28

  ‘Little Community, The’ (Redfield) 13, 137

  Live Corpse, The (Tolstoy) 94

  ‘live talkers’ 67

  ‘Living’ (film) 93

  Lockheed bribe case 78

  logic 105

  loyalty tests 64

  lullaby 86, 90

  ‘Luminous Moss’ (Takeda) 23, 142

  MacArthur, General 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 10, 13, 69, 154–5

  Macmanus, George 28, 143

  Maddo Amano 148

  Maeda Isamu 146

  Maeda Toshihiko 153

  Maintenance of public order act 7

  Makabe Hitoshi 153

  Makiguchi Tsunesabur 131

  Makise Kikue 153

  male-female relationship 11, 12

  Manchurian Incident 55, 135

  manga see comics

  manzai 49–54:

  art of the ineducated 59, 60;

  based on contemporary events 56–7;

  counter-acting unity 70;

  history 146;

  jokes 55, 56;

  late Edo period 52;

  marriage counselling show 57–9;

  Mikawa 52 ;

  performers in Sensh Scroll 51 ;

  post-war development 57–9;

  radio and 55;

  Two Beats 61

  marches 80, 92

  marriage counselling show 57–9

  Maruki Iri 141

  Maruki Toshi 141

  Marunouchi 12

  Maruyama Masao 16, 137

  Mason, Luther 79

  mass culture 55

  mass media 55, 70

  mass society 30

  Master of Gensenkan, The (Tsuge) 40, 41

  master-servant dialogue see manzai

  mathematical logic 105

  Mathematical Statistics Research Institute 140

  Matsudaira Sadanobu 46

  Matsui Sumako 94

  Matsumoto Seich 77–8, 149

  Matsuura Sz 137

  Meigetsuki (Fujiwara) 50

  Meiji, Emperor 164

  Meiji period:

  early 47–8, 54;

  food in 117;

  restoration in Great River Dramas 70–1, 74, 148, 149

  mementos 121–2

  middle class see class structure

  Mihashi Kazuo 151

  Mikado, The 81, 82

  Mikawa manzai 52

  militarism 131:

  checks on 123–4

  Mimura Fumio 135

  Minamata disease 108, 110, 114

  Minami Hiroshi 147, 150

  Minamie Jir 146

  Mishima Yukio 129

  Misora Hibari 69

  Misumi Yko 101

  Mita Munesuke 150, 159

  Mitsuaki Usami 129, 163

  Miyako Chch 57, 58 , 59

  Miyako Harumi 69

  Miyao Shigeo 143

  Miyaoka Masao 153

  ‘Miyasan’ 80–1, 92

  Mizuki Shigeru 37–9

  ‘Monument of the Stupid, The’ 27, 143

  Morikawa Tetsuro 149–50

  Morimura Seiichi 77

  Morishima Michio 124, 163

  Morita Yoshinori 146

  Morita Yoshiyuki 155

  Morse, E.S. 47, 145

  movements see citizens’ movements

  movies 68:

  ‘live talkers’ 67

  ‘Mr Elephant’ (Dan Ikuma) 92, 93

  Murakami Yasusuke 159

  Murasaki, Lady 125

  music:

  early Western-style melodies 92–7;

  education in 79–80;

  gagaku 83;

  hymns 89, 92;

  ‘Imay’ 89, 92;

  lullaby 86, 90;

  marches 80–1, 92;

  pentatonic scale 92, 93, 97;

  post-war Western-style 97–100;

  traditional 81–3, 85–92;

  Westernization of 79–84;

  work songs 81, 86, 91;

  see also popular songs, singers and song contest

  ‘Musical structur
e of Japanese popular songs’ (Koizumu) 84

  NAP 103

  NHK see television

  Nagai Hiro’o 146, 147

  Nagaoka Hiroyoshi 153

  Nagaoki Makoto 55, 57, 146

  Nagashima 69

  Nagata Hidejiro 132, 164

  Nakai Masakazu 104–5, 114

  Nakamura Shikan 46–7

  Nakano Osamu 120, 147, 160

  Nakano Shigeharu 133, 164

  Nakata Yoshinao 97

  Nakayama Shinpei 93, 94

  Nakazono Eisuke 150

  Nanking massacre (1937) 14

  Nanto Yuji 57, 58

  Nara 30

  Narita Tamez 95

  Narita, airport at 49, 108, 120

  Naruse Mukyoku 146

  National Geographic Magazine 30

  Nebuta Festival 129

  ‘New Deal’ 1, 2

  ‘New History of Japan, A’ (Ienaga) 22, 141–2

  New Men 21

  New York American 28

  nihilism 36

  Niijima Jo 30, 143

  Nishibe Susumu 159

  Nishihira Shigeyoshi 140

  Nishiyama Taikichi 78

  Nobutoki Kiyoshi 97

  Nogi, General 71

  Norman, E.H. 126

  Nosaka Akiyuki 74

  Nozoe Kenji 153

  69

  occupation 1–12:

  health and welfare 10–12;

  lifestyle changes 11;

  sense of justice and 11, 13–27;

  terms of 4–5;

  ‘truth’ during 9;

  see also surrender, terms of

  Oda Makoto 153

  Oda Nobunga 35

  Oda Nobutsune 29

  ishi Kuranosuke 69

  Okamoto Hiroshi 147

  Okamoto Tki 36

  Okazaki Katsuo 5–6

  ki Yone 153

  Okinawa base 21, 78

  kubo Hisao 137

  Okura Mitsugu 67

  mura Masujir 71, 81

  On the Eve (Turgenev) 93

  Onuma Yasuaki 142

  Origin of Shigisan (Toba) 31

  Orikuchi Shinobu 49, 145

  okina (honourable old man) 50

  Osanai Kaoru 67

  Oshima Yumiko 43

  Oshin (TV programme) 148

  tori Keisuke 57, 59

  Outcoult, R.F. 28

  Ox against the storm (Strong) 106

  Ozawa Shichi 146, 147

  Pal, Radharinod B. 20–1, 139

  parody 74, 148

  pentatonic scale 92, 93, 97

  picture-card show 33, 34

  Pink Lady 84, 86

  poetry 125, 130, 132

  Poetry Contest of the Thirty-Two Anisans 51

  Police Reserve Force 8

  pollution see anti-pollution movements

  popular song 79–102:

  see also music, singers, song contest

  population 123, 128, 161–3

  Population Institute 123

  posture 67–8

  Postwar Period in Literature, The 129

  Potsdam Declaration 6, 9, 13, 134–5

  privacy 120

  Prosperity of Edo, The (Terakado) 46

  public maintenance law 7

  public safety issues 107

  Punch, Mr 59–60

  Punch and Judy (Collier) 59

  purges: