FIRST, thanks go to Akiko Takenaka, who has been through every line, most more than once. Likewise, I am humbled by the careful reading and cogent feedback, again, on every line, by Rachel DiNitto, Davinder Bhowmik, and Shibata Motoyuki. I acknowledge the changes prompted by discussions with the students of JPN 421—too many to mention by name. I thank Suga Keijirō for being, in many ways, the impetus and catalyst for the project. Thanks go to Columbia University Press—especially to Jennifer Crewe, Jonathan Fiedler, and Michael Haskell—for their commitment to this project and the accelerated timeline. I also thank Furukawa Hideo for his enthusiasm and availability for the conundrums of the text, and Furukawa Chie for her support as well.
Excerpts, in different form, appeared in Words Without Borders as “Spirited Away: Hideo Furukawa’s ‘Horses, Horses, in the Innocence of Light,’ ” parts 1 and 2, March 11 and 12, 2015, http://www.wordswithoutborders.org/dispatches/article/spirited-away-hideo-furukawas-horse-horses-in-the-innocence-of-light. An excerpt, in different form, appeared in The Asia-Pacific Journal: Japan Focus, vol. 13, issue 10, no. 3, March 16, 2015.