Shogun-ki

You know, I've always heard the phrase 'never judge a book by its cover', but until recently I've paid it little heed. Thus,...

Dr. Thomas Conlan is an Associate Professor of History and Asian Studies at Bowdoin College. He received a BA in History and Japanese at the...

We at the SA just received the newest offering from the prolific Stephen Turnbull-“The Samurai Swordsman: Master of War”. As we speculated i...

Here are the results of our question and answer session with Sylvain Jolivault, author of Esprits et créatures fabuleuses du Japon: Rencontr...

Have you ever wondered why there seems to be so little scholarship on the Shinsengumi available in English? One may find it surprising, cons...

Wow, I thought to myself as I unwrapped a large parcel from a bookseller in the UK-Thomas Conlan (Associate Professor of Asian Studies at B...