Translation of Towazugatari by Nakanoin Masatada no Musume. One of the oldest books in print by a woman, The Confessions of Lady Nijō is a memoir written by a high-spirited Japanese Imperial court concubine, covering the years 1271 to 1306. She tells…
Michael Baskett is Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Studies in the Department of Film and Media Studies. His area of specialization is Film History with an emphasis on Japanese and East Asian film studies. He is author of The Attractive…
I earned a B.A. at Gettysburg College in History in 1972, having started my study of Japanese at Middlebury Summer School in 1971 and attended Princeton University to study Japanese language, history, and literature and Chinese Art History as a…