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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…

An example of a bronze inscription and transcription from the CHANT site that KU subscribes to. The site contains searchable texts for most early Chinese works as well as a great many excavated texts, including oracle bones, bronze inscriptions,…

This map shows Onitsha's position as the center of the Nigerian book trade in the 1960's.

Illustration of The King in the drama, My Seven Daughters are After Young Boys, (pg. 34).

This illustration of a "juju" priest is taken from The Ibo Native Law and Custom (pg. 28).

This illustration of a poverty-striken worker is taken from Life Turns Man Up and Down, (pg. 9).

This illustration of a pregnant woman begging a man to marry her while he attempts to flee is taken from Life Turns Man Up and Down, (pg. 3).

This illustration of wrestling, the most popular sport in Ibo land, is taken from The Ibo Native Law and Custom (pg. 25).