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Ordinary Economies in Japan: A Historical Perspective, 1750–1950 (review)

Published by the Harvard-Yenching Institute HJAS 70.2 (2010): 533–540 more particularly, of historical forces now deemed evil. Sōseki’s Kokoro could be criticized later because it did not mention Japan’s imperialism rampant at that time. What I miss in such criticism is a more fundamental questioning (such as Benjamin’s) of what history is and what the value of literature is vis-à-vis history. Of the twenty-nine stories in Triumphant March into Port Arthur DiNitto addresses only those two that are somehow related to war. What gets included and what gets excluded are always at the core of the politics of history. We may legitimately wonder what the exclusion of the twenty-seven stories from this study signifies; and what the excluded stories might tell us about our own conception of history. However, I know I am asking too much from a first book. DiNitto does an outstanding job with what she has set out to do in this book. It effectively utilizes some new theoretical developments in our field. It is written well with little usage of jargon and with few mistakes.5 We are deeply indebted to DiNitto for introducing such a wonderful writer. Whether minor or not, whether a hero or not, DiNitto’s work clearly makes Uchida Hyakken worthy of our attention.