Memories of the Japanese Empire

Yuko MIO is Professor at Keio University. She specialises in the anthropological study of East Asia, with an emphasis on folk religion, and the social memory of subjects of the Japanese administration in Taiwan. Her publications include Historical Ethnography of Wang Ye Worship: The Dynamics of Han Chinese Folk Belief in Taiwan (in Chinese, 2018), written Introduction to: The 5th JASCA International Symposium ‘The Internationalization/Globalization of Anthropology in East Asia: Taiwan and Japan’ (2019) and ‘Domestication of Colonial and War Experience: A Case Study of a Japanese Deified in Taiwan’, (in Japanese, 2017).

Introduction PART I Recognition of the Japanese Colonial Era 1. The ‘Japanisation’ of the Taiwanese Lifeworld during and after the Colonial Period: With Reference to Nan’yō Guntō 2. The Realities of Palauan Colonial Experiences 3. Multi-layered ‘Colonial Experience’: Collisions, Contacts, and Re-encounters of the Bunun with ‘Japan’ PART II Living after the War 4. The ‘Crossover Generation’: Residents of Taiwan’s East Coast under Multi-layered Foreign Rule 5. Christian Nursing Care for the Japanese-speaking Elderly in Taiwan: Analysis of the Official Newsletters of Gyokulansou 6. Palau Sakura Kai: An Association of Palauans of Japanese Ancestry PART III Objects and Memories 7. Significance of Heritage in Decolonisation: Taiwanese Colonial Experiences and their Appropriation of Japan’s Imperial-Era Buildings 8. Two Monuments in Majuro Atoll and Economic Development: A Case Study of the East Pacific Monument to the War Dead and the Seion-Kinenhi 9. Multi-layered Realms of Memory: A Diachronic Study of the Commemoration of the the Mudanshe Incident in Taiwan