Brian Steininger
@bsteininger.bsky.social
East Asian Studies, Princeton University
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バオーよりも海外の友人のお嬢様のご依頼で、わたなべまさこ先生の「奥さまは魔女」を英訳するのに集中しています・・・笑。この場合も逆輸入っていうんでしょうかね、向こうにとっては・・・
November 22, 2025 at 1:23 PM
バオーよりも海外の友人のお嬢様のご依頼で、わたなべまさこ先生の「奥さまは魔女」を英訳するのに集中しています・・・笑。この場合も逆輸入っていうんでしょうかね、向こうにとっては・・・
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Meet one of the oldest early printed books in our collections - a Japanese-Spanish dictionary compiled by Catholic missionaries and published in 1630 in Manila 📖
November 18, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Meet one of the oldest early printed books in our collections - a Japanese-Spanish dictionary compiled by Catholic missionaries and published in 1630 in Manila 📖
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Es farà una exposició titulada "Kawaii Kaiwai!" amb treballs de l' A-ko Mutsu i del Katsuji Matsumoto.
Dates: Del 17 de gener al 24 de febrer del 2026. Tanca els dijous.
Lloc: Antiga residència de la Theodora Ozaki, a Tòquio
Fonts: ozakitheodora.com/gallery-post...
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Dates: Del 17 de gener al 24 de febrer del 2026. Tanca els dijous.
Lloc: Antiga residència de la Theodora Ozaki, a Tòquio
Fonts: ozakitheodora.com/gallery-post...
x.com/sasounami/st...
November 9, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Es farà una exposició titulada "Kawaii Kaiwai!" amb treballs de l' A-ko Mutsu i del Katsuji Matsumoto.
Dates: Del 17 de gener al 24 de febrer del 2026. Tanca els dijous.
Lloc: Antiga residència de la Theodora Ozaki, a Tòquio
Fonts: ozakitheodora.com/gallery-post...
x.com/sasounami/st...
Dates: Del 17 de gener al 24 de febrer del 2026. Tanca els dijous.
Lloc: Antiga residència de la Theodora Ozaki, a Tòquio
Fonts: ozakitheodora.com/gallery-post...
x.com/sasounami/st...
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Has anyone ever attempted a Mandarin transcription system alignment chart? 🍿
October 30, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Has anyone ever attempted a Mandarin transcription system alignment chart? 🍿
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1) Primer petó en un manga:
-Osamu Tezuka: 拳銃天使 / Kenjū tenshi / L'àngel pistoler (1949)
-Exemple anterior: ピチ子とチャー公 世界漫遊編 / Pichiko to Chākō sekai man'yū hen / Les cròniques de la gira mundial de la Pichiko i el Chākō (Katsuji Matsumoto, 1937)
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-Osamu Tezuka: 拳銃天使 / Kenjū tenshi / L'àngel pistoler (1949)
-Exemple anterior: ピチ子とチャー公 世界漫遊編 / Pichiko to Chākō sekai man'yū hen / Les cròniques de la gira mundial de la Pichiko i el Chākō (Katsuji Matsumoto, 1937)
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October 12, 2025 at 9:43 AM
1) Primer petó en un manga:
-Osamu Tezuka: 拳銃天使 / Kenjū tenshi / L'àngel pistoler (1949)
-Exemple anterior: ピチ子とチャー公 世界漫遊編 / Pichiko to Chākō sekai man'yū hen / Les cròniques de la gira mundial de la Pichiko i el Chākō (Katsuji Matsumoto, 1937)
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-Osamu Tezuka: 拳銃天使 / Kenjū tenshi / L'àngel pistoler (1949)
-Exemple anterior: ピチ子とチャー公 世界漫遊編 / Pichiko to Chākō sekai man'yū hen / Les cròniques de la gira mundial de la Pichiko i el Chākō (Katsuji Matsumoto, 1937)
Font: x.com/OwnerDepartm...
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Holy cow, you're right. Here's another one, in "School-boy on good time," same collected volume. I read these *after* One Piece, where I noticed the inverted tails all the time, so I'm kinda shocked I didn't notice them here. Yet more evidence that the "Otomo Revolution" in manga was real, I guess
October 10, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Holy cow, you're right. Here's another one, in "School-boy on good time," same collected volume. I read these *after* One Piece, where I noticed the inverted tails all the time, so I'm kinda shocked I didn't notice them here. Yet more evidence that the "Otomo Revolution" in manga was real, I guess
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An early advert for Chinese classes at SOAS, c. 1920 #EYAEducation ow.ly/QPaV50WNtZZ
October 2, 2025 at 2:16 PM
An early advert for Chinese classes at SOAS, c. 1920 #EYAEducation ow.ly/QPaV50WNtZZ
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Looking at some mid-Tokugawa movable type, and absolutely chuffed to see something fun. Our printed pre-printed lined paper before printing the text, leading to some funny registration bloopers. Usually the lines and text are all a single form. Not so here
September 26, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Looking at some mid-Tokugawa movable type, and absolutely chuffed to see something fun. Our printed pre-printed lined paper before printing the text, leading to some funny registration bloopers. Usually the lines and text are all a single form. Not so here
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Finally, the Forms & Function exhibition: The Splendors of Global Book Making has opened! Best is coming in person, but for those who cannot, there is an online version (dpul.princeton.edu/global-book-...) and a downloadable catalog ( dpul.princeton.edu/global-book-...)
Forms & Function
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September 10, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Finally, the Forms & Function exhibition: The Splendors of Global Book Making has opened! Best is coming in person, but for those who cannot, there is an online version (dpul.princeton.edu/global-book-...) and a downloadable catalog ( dpul.princeton.edu/global-book-...)
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紀田順一郎先生御逝去。文庫版『真夜中の檻』からお付き合いをはじめ、『M・R・ジェイムズ怪談全集』 『日本怪奇小説傑作集』 を担当させていただきました。『幻想と怪奇』の再開には大きなお力添えをくださり、『新編 怪奇幻想の文学』全6巻の監修者でありながら、全6巻完結時には編者へのお祝いのメールをくださいました。 『幻想と怪奇17 幽霊のいる暮らし』が、最後に御一緒したお仕事になりました。
紀田先生、ありがとうございました。最大の感謝をこめてお見送りさせていただきます。
www.tokyo-np.co.jp/article/433368
紀田先生、ありがとうございました。最大の感謝をこめてお見送りさせていただきます。
www.tokyo-np.co.jp/article/433368
評論家の紀田順一郎さん死去 文学、歴史で幅広く執筆、９０歳：東京新聞デジタル
推理小説から歴史研究まで幅広い分野の執筆活動を行った評論家の紀田順一郎（きだ・じゅんいちろう、本名佐藤俊＝さとう・たかし）さんが７月１...
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September 4, 2025 at 7:02 AM
紀田順一郎先生御逝去。文庫版『真夜中の檻』からお付き合いをはじめ、『M・R・ジェイムズ怪談全集』 『日本怪奇小説傑作集』 を担当させていただきました。『幻想と怪奇』の再開には大きなお力添えをくださり、『新編 怪奇幻想の文学』全6巻の監修者でありながら、全6巻完結時には編者へのお祝いのメールをくださいました。 『幻想と怪奇17 幽霊のいる暮らし』が、最後に御一緒したお仕事になりました。
紀田先生、ありがとうございました。最大の感謝をこめてお見送りさせていただきます。
www.tokyo-np.co.jp/article/433368
紀田先生、ありがとうございました。最大の感謝をこめてお見送りさせていただきます。
www.tokyo-np.co.jp/article/433368
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Satomi Newsom and I published our translation of Kentaro Takekuma-sensei's chapter today from MANGA NO YOMIKATA on TCJ. I think it looks awesome! Great discussion of how drawing tools really matter.
www.tcj.com/the-artists-...
www.tcj.com/the-artists-...
August 26, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Satomi Newsom and I published our translation of Kentaro Takekuma-sensei's chapter today from MANGA NO YOMIKATA on TCJ. I think it looks awesome! Great discussion of how drawing tools really matter.
www.tcj.com/the-artists-...
www.tcj.com/the-artists-...
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We founded the U of Arizona Center for East Asian Studies three years ago with a US Dept of Education grant. Last Friday marked the end of year 3 of 4. Though the grant was for four years, we have not received word about year 4 funding. Without this support, we have no choice but to close down.
August 18, 2025 at 8:20 PM
We founded the U of Arizona Center for East Asian Studies three years ago with a US Dept of Education grant. Last Friday marked the end of year 3 of 4. Though the grant was for four years, we have not received word about year 4 funding. Without this support, we have no choice but to close down.
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Reminder: Lone Wolf & Cub will receive a Deluxe Edition (hardcover, 7x10") format release! Pre-order your copy: bit.ly/4l41Qxc
For the first time in English, these will read from right to left. Included are original Japanese sound effects and more.
By Kazuo Koike and Goseki Kojima
For the first time in English, these will read from right to left. Included are original Japanese sound effects and more.
By Kazuo Koike and Goseki Kojima
August 18, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Reminder: Lone Wolf & Cub will receive a Deluxe Edition (hardcover, 7x10") format release! Pre-order your copy: bit.ly/4l41Qxc
For the first time in English, these will read from right to left. Included are original Japanese sound effects and more.
By Kazuo Koike and Goseki Kojima
For the first time in English, these will read from right to left. Included are original Japanese sound effects and more.
By Kazuo Koike and Goseki Kojima
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We don't really know for sure, as this is (of course) never explained explicitly back in the day, but we may assume several factors to be at work here, often simultaneously -- at least:
1) phonetic match
2) simplicity (basically as in low stroke count)
3) semantic considerations 1/
1) phonetic match
2) simplicity (basically as in low stroke count)
3) semantic considerations 1/
That Japanese would have adopted Chinese Kanji to write Japanese syllabically (manyogana) makes good sense to me.
But what is puzzling to me is why they did not use characters that are homophonous with said syllables.
Like why is 良 use for <ra> while its reading is raũ why 天 for <te> and not ten?
But what is puzzling to me is why they did not use characters that are homophonous with said syllables.
Like why is 良 use for <ra> while its reading is raũ why 天 for <te> and not ten?
August 16, 2025 at 7:03 PM
We don't really know for sure, as this is (of course) never explained explicitly back in the day, but we may assume several factors to be at work here, often simultaneously -- at least:
1) phonetic match
2) simplicity (basically as in low stroke count)
3) semantic considerations 1/
1) phonetic match
2) simplicity (basically as in low stroke count)
3) semantic considerations 1/
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Ashton Lazarus - Performing Transgression
Crowds and Bodies in Heian Japan
À paraître en mars aux Harvard UP
Crowds and Bodies in Heian Japan
À paraître en mars aux Harvard UP
July 24, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Ashton Lazarus - Performing Transgression
Crowds and Bodies in Heian Japan
À paraître en mars aux Harvard UP
Crowds and Bodies in Heian Japan
À paraître en mars aux Harvard UP
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Ariel Stilerman - Court Poetry and the Culture of Learning in Japan
À paraître en mars aux Harvard UP
À paraître en mars aux Harvard UP
July 24, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Ariel Stilerman - Court Poetry and the Culture of Learning in Japan
À paraître en mars aux Harvard UP
À paraître en mars aux Harvard UP
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I've just heard the terrible news that my friend - and friend of many here - Andrew West, @babelstone.co.uk, the incomparably brilliant Sinologist and Tangutologist passed away suddenly but peacefully on 10th July. 1/2
July 14, 2025 at 5:49 PM
I've just heard the terrible news that my friend - and friend of many here - Andrew West, @babelstone.co.uk, the incomparably brilliant Sinologist and Tangutologist passed away suddenly but peacefully on 10th July. 1/2
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Giving a talk on Thursday at Hanazono University in Kyoto—come one, come all (who want to learn about ostentatious poetry by Zen monks)!
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五山文学における文学的「革命」
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June 2, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Giving a talk on Thursday at Hanazono University in Kyoto—come one, come all (who want to learn about ostentatious poetry by Zen monks)!
iriz.hanazono.ac.jp/event/250605...
iriz.hanazono.ac.jp/event/250605...
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Interestingly the only appearance of 雫 in Chinese text is in the dictionary “Longkan Shoujian” 龍龕手鑑 (c. 997), compiled by the Khitan monk 行均 (Xingjun), which documented the pronunciations of 雫 (na, nuan) without providing any definition
So is this Kanji character 雫 Chinese or Japanese in origin? 🤔
So is this Kanji character 雫 Chinese or Japanese in origin? 🤔
May 28, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Interestingly the only appearance of 雫 in Chinese text is in the dictionary “Longkan Shoujian” 龍龕手鑑 (c. 997), compiled by the Khitan monk 行均 (Xingjun), which documented the pronunciations of 雫 (na, nuan) without providing any definition
So is this Kanji character 雫 Chinese or Japanese in origin? 🤔
So is this Kanji character 雫 Chinese or Japanese in origin? 🤔
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New Book: Fumiko Jōo, "Peony Lantern Tales: Ghostly Encounters in the Early Modern Sinosphere" (University of Hawai'i Press).
uhpress.hawaii.edu/title/peony-...
uhpress.hawaii.edu/title/peony-...
Peony Lantern Tales: Ghostly Encounters in the Early Modern Sinosphere
“The Story of the Peony Lantern” by the Chinese author Qu You (1347–1433) traveled across lingual, cultural, and geopolitical borders in early modern East Asia. The original tale, set in fourteenth…
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April 15, 2025 at 12:25 PM
New Book: Fumiko Jōo, "Peony Lantern Tales: Ghostly Encounters in the Early Modern Sinosphere" (University of Hawai'i Press).
uhpress.hawaii.edu/title/peony-...
uhpress.hawaii.edu/title/peony-...
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A very rare Song dynasty #manuscript up for auction this week. A parting poem to a Zen student written by Chan Master Xutang Zhiyu 虛堂智愚 (1185-1269), signed and dated 1254. This is exactly the kind of poem and manuscript I studied at length in my book “The Poetry Demon.”
March 25, 2025 at 12:33 AM
A very rare Song dynasty #manuscript up for auction this week. A parting poem to a Zen student written by Chan Master Xutang Zhiyu 虛堂智愚 (1185-1269), signed and dated 1254. This is exactly the kind of poem and manuscript I studied at length in my book “The Poetry Demon.”
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Looking forward to participating in this workshop at Princeton this Friday: " The State of the Field in Japanese Literary Studies."
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The State of the Field in Japanese Literary Studies
Registration is required. Breakfast and lunch is provided.New research tracing changes in the arts across various media.15 Participants from 12 InstitutionsNameInstitutionNameInstitutionScott Aalgaard...
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February 18, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Looking forward to participating in this workshop at Princeton this Friday: " The State of the Field in Japanese Literary Studies."
eas.princeton.edu/events/state...
eas.princeton.edu/events/state...
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Congrats to UVA colleague @neetinair.bsky.social and Stanford kōhai Narusa Yamato on their well-deserved AAS prizes! Big congratulations as well to @sixwang.bsky.social for writing the seminal text on Ming-Chosŏn relations!
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AAS 2025 Prizes - Association for Asian Studies
The AAS is pleased to announce the winners of this year’s prize competitions and offer congratulations to all honorees. Please join us at the AAS 2025 Presidential Address and Awards Ceremony to recog...
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February 14, 2025 at 3:52 AM
Congrats to UVA colleague @neetinair.bsky.social and Stanford kōhai Narusa Yamato on their well-deserved AAS prizes! Big congratulations as well to @sixwang.bsky.social for writing the seminal text on Ming-Chosŏn relations!
www.asianstudies.org/aas-2025-pri...
www.asianstudies.org/aas-2025-pri...