Danube Travelogue follows the Danube across Europe, portraying its cities, peoples, and layered history through the eye of a traveler. It is not only a record of movement but an account of the river as a place where Eastern and Western European cultures meet.

A journey along a single river opens onto Europe's complicated memory.

Kano Tadao: A Naturalist Enchanted by Taiwan is a biographical study of the naturalist who left a major mark on the study of Taiwan's natural world. It brings together exploration, collecting, and the scholarly climate of colonial Taiwan to portray both passion and historical constraint.

The book places a naturalist drawn to Taiwan's mountains and fields within both natural history and modern history.

Diary of an Edo Rusuiyaku uses records from the Hagi domain residence to illuminate the daily work of officials who managed political negotiation in Edo. Through dealings with the shogunate, domain concerns, and personal networks, it makes the practical world of Edo politics vivid.

From a single diary, the details of domain politics in Edo come into view.