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In another illustration from the Illustrated Biographies of Exemplary Women, Emperor Ming (reigned 466-472) of the Liu Song dynasty once outraged his empress during a grand gathering in which he had everyone watch a group of palace women take their…

Based on a comprehensive reading of eighteenth-century Chinese novels and a theoretical approach grounded in psychoanalytic and feminist criticism, the book examines how polygamous privilege functions in these novels and provides one of the first…

In this first cross-cultural study of opium in China, McMahon explores early Western observations of opium smoking, early definitions of addiction, the formation of arguments for and against the legalization of opium, the portrayals of opium smoking…

The author provides a thought provoking literary history of the normative ideal of polygamy from the late Ming to the late Qing, countering the ideal with the theme of sublime love between two people. McMahon argues that the fantasies of polygamy had…

Masterpieces of Chinese Portrait Painting in the National Palace Museum

Opium pipe and accessories

My research focuses on premodern Japanese social and cultural history especially foodways, consumption, and the performing arts. I offer courses on Japanese and Tibetan history and food culture, and I have taught at the University of Kansas since…

Contemporary “Japanese cuisine” was developed beginning in the late 19th century by blending native and foreign cooking styles. By examining Japanese cookbooks, recipe collections, and gastronomic writings from 1400 to 1868, the author offers the…

The collection of interdisciplinary essays considers the production, consumption, and circulation of Japanese foods from the mid-15th century to the present day in political, economic, cultural, social and religious contexts. In his chapter, “Honzen…

An example of a search result in the Scripta Sinica site that KU subscribes to. This site has searchable texts of many editions of early Chinese works, many of which include commentaries. Commentaries are often essential when one is reading early…