The Sea of Withered Trees is a novel set against the land of Kishu and memories of blood ties, depicting the life, violence, and family fate of the young Akiyuki in dense prose. Rooted in a real place, it gains a mythic weight and stands as a major work by Kenji Nakagami.

The land of Kishu and memories of blood violently shake a young man’s body and fate.

Underwater Garden is a coming-of-age novel set around the mid-1950s, following a young man who leaves his hometown for Tokyo and encounters sexual awakening, friendship, and a harsh job market. It brings out the mood just before Japan’s high-growth era through one person’s uncertainties.

Through the eyes of a young man in Tokyo, the youth and restlessness of an era come into view.

Tak群 Itsue and Yanagita Kunio is a critical study centered on marriage history, examining where Takamure Itsue and Yanagita Kunio meet and diverge intellectually. From the intersection of women’s history and folklore studies, it reconsiders Japanese views of family.

From the crossing point of women’s history and folklore, it reconsiders marriage and family.

The Otsu Incident Reconsidered is a study that rereads the 1891 Otsu Incident from the perspectives of international politics and international law. Based on relevant literature and field investigation, it examines political meanings beyond the familiar story of judicial independence.

The Otsu Incident is reexamined through international politics and law.

Citizen Participation is a work of political science and urban policy on the theory and practice of modern urban policy and participatory democracy. Through residents’ movements, local government, and communication, it considers the conditions under which citizens can take part in policymaking.

It asks what it means for citizens to take part in urban policy decisions.

Public and Private is a work of social thought that asks how public and private spheres relate, examining tensions among organization, state, and individual. It addresses questions of publicness and individuality in modern society.

From the boundary between public and private, it reads the tensions of modern society.

Pictorial Ethnography of the World, volume two, Southeast Asia, is a large-format ethnographic publication on Japanese exploration of Southeast Asia and views of ethnic cultures. Through photographs and commentary, it conveys local life, belief, and histories of movement.

It follows Southeast Asian life and culture through exploration accounts and ethnographic perspectives.

Letters on American Education is an educational essay collection that reports on schools and communities from a small American town. By observing everyday education in a large country, it offers clues for thinking about education in Japan.

From schools in a small town, the realities of American education and questions for Japan come into view.

Diagnosing the Health of Rivers is a science book that looks at river environments through water quality and living organisms. From the desire for clear flowing water, it explains the relationship between people and rivers in accessible language.

It reads environmental health from river life and the appearance of water.

The Complete Works of Miyazaki Toten gathers the writings, letters, and revolutionary-era texts of the Asianist Miyazaki Toten. Including his involvement with the Chinese Revolution, it is a key source for tracing intellectual exchange between modern Japan and Asia.

Miyazaki Toten’s words reveal the crossing of modern Japan and the Chinese Revolution.

The Complete Works of Miyazaki Toten collects Miyazaki’s political activity, thought, and letters, allowing readers to see how modern Japan was connected to the Chinese Revolution. Edited by scholars including Hidemi Onogawa, it combines documentary value with narrative force.

The words and actions behind revolutionary support emerge in complete-work form.

Materials on Contemporary History is a large series for reading modern Japanese history from the prewar and wartime periods through primary sources. The volumes on mass-media control associated with Yoshimi Uchikawa trace the process of speech and press control through government materials.

Through materials on media control, it reads prewar and wartime Japanese society.

Chronological Tables of Japanese Children’s Literature is a basic reference that follows events, works, and publishing trends in Japanese children’s literature by year. Covering the period from Meiji through the prewar Showa years, it remains an important guide for children’s literature studies.

It traces the path of children’s literature through yearly events and works.