Index

Alphabetical order is word-by-word. Page numbers in bold refer to illustrations. Titles of works have been indexed from the text only, authors from both text and references. MCG

Adams, Fay 163

advertisements 74–6

Age of Transformation, The (Kato) 129

agricultural policy 119–20

Akechi Mitsuhide 35

Akita Minoru 55–6, 57, 74, 146

Akiyama Saneyuki, Admiral 74

Akiyama Yoshifuru, General 74

Akutagawa Award 75

All-Japan Proletarian Arts League 103

Amakawa Akira 155

Amano Ykichi 149

Amaterasu mikami 132, 164

ancestor worship 122

ancestral spirit 120–1

And Sheki 126

animism 38, 122

Anti-Bomb movement 109

anti-pollution movements 107–8, 114, 123, 128, 130

Anti-Vietnam War Movement 109–10

Aratani Makoto 160

Asahi Graph 28, 29

Asahi newspapers 28, 29–30

Asahi Weekly 49

Ashizu Kjir 132, 164

Asukai Masamichi 149

Atrocity (Kuroiwa) 77

‘Auld lang syne’ 100, 101

Ayukawa Nobuo 129, 163

Azuma (East) Society 26–7

Baerwald, Hans H. 136

Balbeau, Marie-Josée 164

banquet amusements 49–50, 145

baseball heroes 69

bathing 127

‘beshimi’ (grimacing face) 50

‘Between God and Marn’s (Kinoshita) 23–5, 142

Bigot, Georges Ferdinand 31

Biito Kiyoshi 61

Biito Takeshi 61 , 147

Bisson, Thomas A. 155

Black Fog Series (Matsumoto) 78

Bluer than Indigo 72

Book of Seasons, The 130–1, 132

Boy Champion Weekly, The 44

‘Bringing up Father’ (Macmanus) 28–9

Brown, B.F. 14, 137

Brown, Walker 163

Buddhism 129

‘Butterfly, The’ (Chch) 80

Candies 84, 89, 98

‘Capsule Man’ 120, 160

Carpet of Clouds 73

cartoons 30–1, 143:

female car toonists 41–3;

recurrent social themes 111–12;

‘Sazaesan’ 111, 113–14;

see also comics

Chamberlain, B.H. 145

Cheung Hong-Chung 129, 163

Christian culture 89, 92

Chshingura 69, 148

cinema see movies

‘circles’ 103–6, 108:

see also citizens’ movements

citizens’ movements 103–15:

anti-pollution 107–8, 114, 123, 128, 130;

circles 103–6, 108;

communal aspect of 105;

issue-oriented 109–11;

politicization of 109;

public safety issues 107;

revolutionary 114–15;

village tradition 106–7, 108

Clan of Poe, The (Hagio) 43

class structure 32–3, 36, 49, 117–18, 144, 152, 158–9:

ruling elite 6, 49;

uneducated 59, 60

Class Structure of Japan, The (Tominaga) 32, 144

clothes see dress

Collier, John Payne 59, 146

comics 28–45, 70, 144–5:

education and 45;

labour movement and 44;

proportion of publications 44, 144;

see also cartoons

Comics, The (Waugh) 28

‘Comin’ through the rye’ 99, 100

common culture 48–9

Communist International 104, 106

Communist Party see Japan Communist Party

Conan Doyle, Sir Arthur 77

conscription 124

conservatism 154

constitution 3, 21

Correction Bureau of the Department of Justice 16–17

‘Crimes against International Law’ (Keenan and Brown) 14, 137

culture:

Christian 89, 92;

common 48–9;

foreigners and 82–4;

international 103;

mass 55;

post-war changes 116–24

currency 5

d’Amare, Ricardo 126

Dan Ikuma 81, 92, 150

dance festivals, summer 51

‘Dates with Punch’ 147

de Vivero, Don Rodrigo 46, 145

detective novels 77

dialectics 105

dialogue see manzai

Dore, Ronals P. 163

Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan 77

dress 122:

Western clothes 122, 161

‘Drunk who has come back home, The’ (Kato) 98, 99

Earthward bound (Takemiya) 42

Edo 46–8, 129:

see also Tokyo

Edo period 52, 53 , 117, 148, 163

Edogawa Ranpo 77

education 4, 6–7, 8:

comics and 45;

musical 79–80

Ei Rokusuke 146

‘Elegy of Seven-Mile Beach’ 101, 102

elite, ruling 6, 49

Emperor 3, 4, 142–3:

absence from war crimes trials 16;

humanity declaration 8;

responsibility for war 26;

unity symbolized by 122

Engel’s coefficient 118, 159–60

Et Jun 134, 135, 137

Et Shinpei 71

Evening Star, The 70

family spirit 120–1

festivals 51, 129

Fighting Record of the Invisible Organizers, The (Shirato) 34–6, 45

Fighting Record of the Invisible Organizers of Koga, The (Shirato) 34–6

final testaments 17–18, 24–5

folk songs, Scottish 79, 99–100

food:

breakfasts 117, 118 ;

con sumption changes 117–19, 158;

during occupation 10, 11;

self-sufficiency 117–19, 158;

shortages 46–7, 117

‘Forty-seven faithful retainers’ 68 , 69, 70

French demonstration 110

From cave painting to comic strip (Hogben) 12, 137

Fujimura Michio 135–6

Fujiwara no Sadaie 50, 145

Fukuda Teiry 147

Fukushima Chro 137, 154

functional logic 105

gagaku (court music) 83

Gaki Deka (fictitious) 43, 44

Gemeinschaft 105

Gesellschaft 105

gift exchange 127

Gilber, W.S. 81

‘Glow of the fireflies, The’ 100, 101

Gods of the Flower Seeds, The (Shiba) 74

‘Gondola Song’ (Nakayama) 92, 94, 95

Good-natured Father (Nagaoki) 57

‘Great River Dramas’ 49, 67, 68 , 74, 148:

forty-seven faithful retainers 68, 69, 70;

Meiji restoration in 70–1, 74, 148, 149

guidebooks 125–33

Hachirgata farmers 119–20

Hagio Moto 43

haiku poets 132

Hall, Robert King 155

Hamada Hikoz 30

Hanabishi Achako 56, 57

Hani Gor 151

harakiri 129

hardwork ethic 69

Harimoto 69

Hasegawa Machiko 42, 111

Hata Ikuhiko 155

Hatoko’s Sea 70, 72

Hayakawa Ktar 146

Hayashi Chikio 158

Hayashi Fusao 21, 141, 151

Hayashi Shonosuke 55

Hayashi Takeji 152

Hayashiya Tatsusabur 146

health care 10–11

Hearn, Lafcadio 37

Hepburn, Dr 30

Here Goes Ryma (Shiba) 74

heroes on television 69

hichiriki (instrument) 83

Hida Kageki 164

Hidaka Rokur 153

‘Hietsukibushi’ 86, 91

Higashikuni, Premier Prince 5

Hinata Yasushi 152

Hirano Ken 134

Hirasawa Sadamichi 78

Hirota Kki 22–3, 142

History of Modern Japan-Changing Signs of the Times (Yanagita) 116, 120, 153

Hogben, Lancelot 12, 137

hokku (poem) 125

Hokusai cartoons 31

home-brewing 153

Honda Shgo 134

Hoover, President 1

Hryji Temple 30

Hoshino Yoshir 123, 161

human rights (jinken) 152

Hussey, Commander Alfred R. 3

hymns 89, 92

hyottoko (funny face) 50

Ibuse Masuji 133, 164

Ichikawa Hakugen 144

Ichimura Uzaemon XV 83, 84

Ickes, Harold L. 3

Ienaga Sabur 22, 141–2, 161

‘If you go to the sea’ (Nobutoki) 97

Iinuma Jiro 120, 160

Ikeda Hayato, Premier 7

Ikeda Riyoko 43

Ikeda Yasabur 145

Ikky (Zen priest) 31

Ikuma, Dan 81, 92, 150

Imaizumi Sadasuke 164

Imamura Taihei 153–4

‘Imay’ 89, 92

‘In support of the Greater East Asian War’ (Hayashi) 21, 141

Inaba Michio, 44, 145

inductive logic 105

industrialization policy 120

innovation 123, 126

Inoue, Marquis 48

Inoue Hiroshi 147

Inoue Hisashi 74, 163

Inoue Kiyoshi 135, 142

internal consistency, logic of 105

Internal Military Tribunal for the Far East see Tokyo War Crimes Trial

Inui Takashi 150

invasion, sanctions against 14–15, 20

Invisible Organizers 34–6

Irokawa Daikichi 153

Ishimure Michiko 153

Isoda Kichi 135

Isomura Eiichi 47

It, Prince 48

It Hirobumi 164

Ito Toshio 151

Itsuki Hiroyuki 74

Izawa Sensei 150

Izawa Shji 79–80, 100

Japan Chisso Company 108

Japan Communist Party 8, 9:

citizens’ movements and 103, 104, 106, 109;

monopoly on truth 9–10;

purge of 8, 136

Japan Handbook, The (Tames) 129, 131, 163

Japan Proletarian Cultural League 103

jinken (human rights) 152

jokes 55, 56

journalism 77–8

KOP 103

Kabashima Katsuichi 29, 30

kabuki actors 52, 83

Kabukiza Theatre 67

Kades, Colonel Charles L. 3

Kaik Takeshi 75–6

Kajii Jun 144

kamikaze 129

Kamisaka Fuyuko 138

Kamishima Jir 165

Kamo Momoki 164

Kaneko, Petty Officer 17

Kanohara, Private (fictitious) 23–4

Kata Kji 144

katami see mementos

Kato Hidetoshi 159

Kat Shichi 48, 129, 163

Katsushika Hokusai 31

‘Katyusha’s Song’ (Nakayama) 93, 150–1

Katzenjammer Kids 28

Kawade Shob 153

Kawai Eijir 151

Kawazoe Noboru 145

Keenan, Joseph B. 14, 23

Keene, Donald 83

Kim Dae Chung 78, 150

Kimura Gor 20

Kimura Ihei 11, 12

Kimura Minori 43

Kimura Tsunehisa 64, 65

Kinen Jigykai 150

King 49

King Hall, Robert 155

Kinoshita Junji 23–5, 142

Kishi, Premier 7, 9, 109, 114

Kishida Gink 30, 143

Kishimoto Shigenobu 159

Kitahara Hakush 94

Kitamura Hideo 147

Kitar of the Grave (Mizuki) 38

Kitayama Shigeo 151

Kobayashi Ichiz 43

Kobayashi Takiji 36

Kobayashi Tomi 153

Kodaira Yoshio 10, 137

Kodama, General 71

Koenaki Koe no Kai 153

Koizumi Fumio 81–2, 84, 150, 151

Kojima Noboru 142, 155

Kokontei Shinsh 53

Kon Wajir 145, 161

Konno Toshihiko 136

Konroe family 84

Korea:

Shinto shrine in 132, 164

Koreans:

literature written in Japanese by 131–2, 163–4

Kuno Osamu 114, 154

Kuno Takeshi 143

Kurahara Koreto 103–4, 108

Kuroiwa Ruik 77

Kurosawa 92

Kuwahara Takeo 158

Ky Utako 57, 59

Kyho 48

Kyokutei (Takizawa) Bakin 130, 163

land reforms 8

‘Last Testament of the Century’ 17, 25, 138

Lat (cartoonist) 128

Leckie, Gordon W. 163

lending bookshops, 34, 37

libraries see lending bookshops

literature 76–7, 125:

by Korean residents 131–2, 163–4;

poetry 125, 130, 132;

see also journalism

Little Bears (Swinnerton) 28

‘Little Community, The’ (Redfield) 13, 137

Live Corpse, The (Tolstoy) 94

‘live talkers’ 67

‘Living’ (film) 93

Lockheed bribe case 78

logic 105

loyalty tests 64

lullaby 86, 90

‘Luminous Moss’ (Takeda) 23, 142

MacArthur, General 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 10, 13, 69, 154–5

Macmanus, George 28, 143

Maddo Amano 148

Maeda Isamu 146

Maeda Toshihiko 153

Maintenance of public order act 7

Makabe Hitoshi 153

Makiguchi Tsunesabur 131

Makise Kikue 153

male-female relationship 11, 12

Manchurian Incident 55, 135

manga see comics

manzai 49–54:

art of the ineducated 59, 60;

based on contemporary events 56–7;

counter-acting unity 70;

history 146;

jokes 55, 56;

late Edo period 52;

marriage counselling show 57–9;

Mikawa 52 ;

performers in Sensh Scroll 51 ;

post-war development 57–9;

radio and 55;

Two Beats 61

marches 80, 92

marriage counselling show 57–9

Maruki Iri 141

Maruki Toshi 141

Marunouchi 12

Maruyama Masao 16, 137

Mason, Luther 79

mass culture 55

mass media 55, 70

mass society 30

Master of Gensenkan, The (Tsuge) 40, 41

master-servant dialogue see manzai

mathematical logic 105

Mathematical Statistics Research Institute 140

Matsudaira Sadanobu 46

Matsui Sumako 94

Matsumoto Seich 77–8, 149

Matsuura Sz 137

Meigetsuki (Fujiwara) 50

Meiji, Emperor 164

Meiji period:

early 47–8, 54;

food in 117;

restoration in Great River Dramas 70–1, 74, 148, 149

mementos 121–2

middle class see class structure

Mihashi Kazuo 151

Mikado, The 81, 82

Mikawa manzai 52

militarism 131:

checks on 123–4

Mimura Fumio 135

Minamata disease 108, 110, 114

Minami Hiroshi 147, 150

Minamie Jir 146

Mishima Yukio 129

Misora Hibari 69

Misumi Yko 101

Mita Munesuke 150, 159

Mitsuaki Usami 129, 163

Miyako Chch 57, 58 , 59

Miyako Harumi 69

Miyao Shigeo 143

Miyaoka Masao 153

‘Miyasan’ 80–1, 92

Mizuki Shigeru 37–9

‘Monument of the Stupid, The’ 27, 143

Morikawa Tetsuro 149–50

Morimura Seiichi 77

Morishima Michio 124, 163

Morita Yoshinori 146

Morita Yoshiyuki 155

Morse, E.S. 47, 145

movements see citizens’ movements

movies 68:

‘live talkers’ 67

‘Mr Elephant’ (Dan Ikuma) 92, 93

Murakami Yasusuke 159

Murasaki, Lady 125

music:

early Western-style melodies 92–7;

education in 79–80;

gagaku 83;

hymns 89, 92;

‘Imay’ 89, 92;

lullaby 86, 90;

marches 80–1, 92;

pentatonic scale 92, 93, 97;

post-war Western-style 97–100;

traditional 81–3, 85–92;

Westernization of 79–84;

work songs 81, 86, 91;

see also popular songs, singers and song contest

‘Musical structure of Japanese popular songs’ (Koizumu) 84

NAP 103

NHK see television

Nagai Hiro’o 146, 147

Nagaoka Hiroyoshi 153

Nagaoki Makoto 55, 57, 146

Nagashima 69

Nagata Hidejiro 132, 164

Nakai Masakazu 104–5, 114

Nakamura Shikan 46–7

Nakano Osamu 120, 147, 160

Nakano Shigeharu 133, 164

Nakata Yoshinao 97

Nakayama Shinpei 93, 94

Nakazono Eisuke 150

Nanking massacre (1937) 14

Nanto Yuji 57, 58

Nara 30

Narita Tamez 95

Narita, airport at 49, 108, 120

Naruse Mukyoku 146

National Geographic Magazine 30

Nebuta Festival 129

‘New Deal’ 1, 2

‘New History of Japan, A’ (Ienaga) 22, 141–2

New Men 21

New York American 28

nihilism 36

Niijima Jo 30, 143

Nishibe Susumu 159

Nishihira Shigeyoshi 140

Nishiyama Taikichi 78

Nobutoki Kiyoshi 97

Nogi, General 71

Norman, E.H. 126

Nosaka Akiyuki 74

Nozoe Kenji 153

69

occupation 1–12:

health and welfare 10–12;

lifestyle changes 11;

sense of justice and 11, 13–27;

terms of 4–5;

‘truth’ during 9;

see also surrender, terms of

Oda Makoto 153

Oda Nobunga 35

Oda Nobutsune 29

ishi Kuranosuke 69

Okamoto Hiroshi 147

Okamoto Tki 36

Okazaki Katsuo 5–6

ki Yone 153

Okinawa base 21, 78

kubo Hisao 137

Okura Mitsugu 67

mura Masujir 71, 81

On the Eve (Turgenev) 93

Onuma Yasuaki 142

Origin of Shigisan (Toba) 31

Orikuchi Shinobu 49, 145

okina (honourable old man) 50

Osanai Kaoru 67

Oshima Yumiko 43

Oshin (TV programme) 148

tori Keisuke 57, 59

Outcoult, R.F. 28

Ox against the storm (Strong) 106

Ozawa Shichi 146, 147

Pal, Radharinod B. 20–1, 139

parody 74, 148

pentatonic scale 92, 93, 97

picture-card show 33, 34

Pink Lady 84, 86

poetry 125, 130, 132

Poetry Contest of the Thirty-Two Anisans 51

Police Reserve Force 8

pollution see anti-pollution movements

popular song 79–102:

see also music, singers, song contest

population 123, 128, 161–3

Population Institute 123

posture 67–8

Postwar Period in Literature, The 129

Potsdam Declaration 6, 9, 13, 134–5

privacy 120

Prosperity of Edo, The (Terakado) 46

public maintenance law 7

public safety issues 107

Punch, Mr 59–60

Punch and Judy (Collier) 59

purges:

of communists 8, 136;

war leaders 7, 8, 9

pyramidal school system 6

radio:

manzai and 55

Rainbow, The 71

rakugo (story telling) 53, 55

‘Red Dragonfly, The’ (Yamada) 96, 97

Redfield, Robert 13, 137

reforms 7–8:

see also education

Regional Struggle 109

Reischauer, Edwin O. 164

religion 126–7, 129, 131, 132, 164

responsibility for war 16, 26–7, 136–7

Resurrection (Tolstoy) 94, 150

revolutionary movements 114–15

Robertson, R.W.W. 163

Rogers, Lester B. 163

Röling, Bernard 142

Roosevelt, President 1, 2, 3

Rose of Versailles, The (Ikeda) 43

Rousseau, J.J. 126

Rowell, Milo E. 3

ruling elite 6, 49

Ryjin Hish 89

Saig 71

Sait Raitar 151

‘Saiz’ 50

Sakamoto Ryma 71, 74

Sakomizu 9

Sakuramoto Tomio 136, 137

Sakuta Keiichi 18–19, 138

Sams, General 10

samurai 129

San Francisco Examiner 28

Sanpei the Kappa (Mizuki) 38, 39

Sanrizuka farmers 49, 108, 120

Sanytei Ench 77

Sasaki Gen 143

Sat Ryoichi 137

Satomi Ton 150

Satoshi Kamata 163

Satow, Sir Earnest 48, 145

Saturday 104, 105, 151

‘Saturday’ group 104

Sawachi Hisae 150

‘Sazaesan’ (Hasegawa) 11, 113–14, 153–4

Schodt, Frederik L. 145

schools see education

science cult:

Mizuki questioning of 39;

Tsuge opposition to 41

Scottish folk songs 79, 99–100

Scroll of Frolicking Animals (Toba) 30–1

Sea of Fertility (Mishima) 129

Sei, T.K. 150

Seki Yoshihiko 124, 163

self-defence corps 8

self-sufficiency 117–19, 155–7

‘Sergeant Pepper’ 84, 87

servant see manzai, ‘Saiz’’

‘Seven Heads’ (Tsuboi) 20, 138–9

Shiba Rykai 71, 74

Shiba Rytar 71, 149

Shidehara 9

Shigemitsu, Foreign Minister 6

Shikitei Sanba 47

Shimamura Hogetsu 94

Shimoda Takez 13

Shimura Takashi 95

Shimagawa Yajir 81

Shinobu Seizabur 153

Shinto 131, 132, 164

Shiojiri Kimiaki 137

Shirakawa Yoshikazu 148

Shirato Sanpei 34–6, 45

Shiroyama Sabur 22, 142

sh (instrument) 83

Shchan and the Squirrel 29–30, 32

Shhin Kaguku Kenkyjo 161

Shwa period 55

Simonson, Carl S. 163

singers 69

‘Sky of my Home Village, The’ 100

Slavina, Countess Ludovskaya 67

Slavina, Kitty 67

Society for the Study of Contemporary Customs 117, 158

Sodei Rinjir 154, 155

Shy 44

Skagakkai 131

solidarity 122–3

Sma Gyof 94

song contest 64, 66, 69:1953 65 ; 1982 66

‘Song of the Seaside’ (Narita) 95, 96

Song of Trees and Wind, The (Takemiya) 43

songs see music, popular song, singers, song contest

Sonobe Sabur 80, 150

special privilege (tokken) 152

speech suppression 137

‘Spring Number One’ 84, 88 , 98

Stanislavsky (Konstantine Sergeyevich Alexeyev) 82

star festival 129

Stekel 82

Story of Modern Nations, The 125–6

story telling (rakugo) 53, 55

Strong, Kenneth 106, 152

‘Structure of the Sportsman’s Experience, The’ (Nakai) 105

Sugamo Isho Hensankai 138

Sullivan, Sir Arthur 81

summer dance festivals 51

sum wrestlers 83, 85

Sunagawa farmers 108

‘Sunset Aglow, The’ (Shiroyama) 22

Sunsh Scroll 51

Suntory 74–6

surrender, terms of 5–6, 134–6

Sutherland, General 5

Suzuki Bunshiro 28, 29–30

Suzuki Masashi 135

Swinnerton, James 28

Tachibana Takashi 150

Tachikawa base 49

Tada Michitar 145

Taih (wrestler) 83

Taish, Emperor 29

Taish era 54–5:

food in 117;

movies in 67

Takabatake Michitoshi 159

Takamiyama (wrestler) 83, 85

Takamori 71

Takano Chei 71

Takano Yichi 134, 135

Takarazuka culture 43

Takarazuka Girls’ Opera 43

Takasaki Ryji 136, 137

Takasugi Shinsaku 71

Takatori Masao 121

Takechan Man’ 147

Takeda Taijun 23, 142

Takemae Eiji 155

Takemiya Keiko 43

Taketani Mitsuo 107, 114, 152, 154

Takizawa Bakin 130, 163

Tale of Genji, The (Murasaki) 108, 125–6

Tamaki Akira 106, 152

Tames, Richard 129, 131, 163

Tamura Norio 152

Tanabe Wakao 150, 151

Tanaka cabinet 78

Tanaka Shz 106–7, 152

tanka (poem) 125

Taoka Ryichi 134, 135

tarento (talent) 147

Tarumoto Shigerharu, Captain 17

‘Tay’ 50

television 62–6, 68–74, 147:

morning dramas 70, 149;

not used against government 62;

number of sets 63 , 64;

see also Great River Dramas, song contest

Terakado Seiken 46

testaments see final testaments

textbook authorization 22–3, 141–2

‘This is true’ (radio series) 9

thought police:

abolition 7

Toba, Abbot 31

Toba-e drawing 31

Toda Jsei 131

Togura Shu’ichi 84

Tj, General 24–5

Tj Hideki 138

Tj cabinet 9

tokken (special privilege) 152

‘Tokoton yare-bushi’ (Miyasan Miyasan) 80–1, 92

Tokugawa Ieyasu 46, 163

Tokugawa period 48, 49, 74

Tokyo 129:

see also Edo

Tokyo (Mitsuaki and Cheung) 129

Tokyo University, Law Department 6, 49

Tokyo War Crimes Trial 13–15, 19, 142:

absence of Emperor 16;

defence of law and peace 15;

distrust of verdicts in 1980s 23;

Pal’s dissent in 20–1, 139;

retroactive law 14–15;

Tj in 24–5;

see also War Tribunals

Tolstoy, Count Leo 94, 150

Tominaga Ken’ichi 32, 45, 144, 155, 159

Tomura Issaku 153

Torio Tsuruyo, Viscountess 3

Town where Snow is Falling, A’ (Nakata) 97, 98

Toyotomi Hideyoshi 163

tradition, village 106–7, 108

Truman, President 20

‘truth’ during occupation 9–10, 137

Tsuboi Shigeharu 20, 138–9

Tsuganezawa Satohiro 147

Tsuge Yoshiharu 39–41

Tsukuda Jitsuo 155, 164

Tsumura Takashi 44, 145

Tsurumi Kazuko 18, 138

Turgenev, Ivan Sergeevich 93

Uchimura Sukeyuki 137

Uekuso Jin’ichi 163

Ueyama Shunpei 141

Ui Jun 152

Ukiyo Buro (Shikitei) 47

Ukiyo Doko (Shikitei) 47

unconditional surrender 5–6, 134–6

Urada Minoru 137

urbanization 120–1:

high-rise estates 121

Utsumi Aiko 138

vaudeville acts 46–61:

in early Meiji period 54 ;

late Edo period 53 ;

see also kabuki, manzai, rakugo

Vietnam War 21

village tradition 106–7, 108

Wada Haruki 150

Wada Minoru, Sergeant 25

Wada Yichi 151

wages 127–8

Wakana-Ichir couple 59

Wakatsuki 9

‘Wanderer’s Song, The’ (Nakayama) 94

‘War Criminal, the Life and Death of Hirota Kki’ (Shiroyama) 22–3, 142

war criminals:

defined by communists 9;

responsibility for war 136–7;

see also Tokyo War Crimes Trials, War Tribunals

war leaders:

Azuma (East) Society 26–7;

hanging of 14, 15, 19;

prosecution of 13–14, 16, 19–20, 24–5;

purge of 7, 8, 9;

reinstatement of 9, 21–2;

responsibility for war 16, 26–7, 136–7

War Tribunals:

in Rangoon 19 ;

in Singapore 18;

retrospective view 21–7;

unfair trials 19, 23;

view at the time 13–21;

see also Tokyo War Crimes Trial

Watanabe Kazan 31

Waugh, Coulton 28, 143

Wayman, Dorothy 145

Weathercock (Great River Drama) 70, 73

Weekly Post 49

welfare, during occupation 10–11

White Flag, The (Mizuki) 37–8

White She-Devil, The (Tsuge) 39

Whitney, General Courtney 3, 8–9

Willoughby, General Charles A. 2, 3

Wirgman, Charles 31

women cartoonists 41–3

work cult 69

World, The 28

World Culture 104, 105

‘World Culture’ group 104, 107

Yamada Ksaku 86, 97

Yamafuji Shoji 163

Yamagami Tatsuhiko 43–4

Yamagata, Prince 48

Yamaguchi Hitomi 75

Yamamoto, Count 48

Yamamoto Akira 146, 161

Yamanaka Hisashi 136, 137

Yanagita Kunio 67–8, 120, 126, 146, 147, 153, 154

Yashiro Yukio 31, 143

Yellow Kid, The (Outcoult) 28

Yokoyama Entatsu 56

Yorozuchh 77

Yoshida Tamesabur 146

Yoshida Torajir 71

Yoshii Isamu 93

Yoshimasu Nobuo 137

Yoshimoto Enterprise 55, 57

Yoshimoto Sei 55

Yoshimoto Taiz 54–5

Yoshimoto Takaaki 129, 139, 163

Zak Jun 150