Contents

Introduction

Fieldwork

From Scrambled Messages to an Impromptu Dip: Serendipity in Finding a Field Location

The Paradox of Friendship in the Field: Analysis of a Long-Term Anglo-Japanese Relationship

Marriage amd Some Early Theoretical Contributions

Is Science Maintaining Tradition in Japan?

The Modification of Tradition in Modern Japanese Weddings and Some Implications for the Social Structure

Tomodachi kō: Age-Mate Groups in Northern Kyushu

Shoes: The Early Learning of an Important Distinction in Japanese Society

‘The Fix’ in Japanese Society

Marriage and the Family in Modernising Japan

The Continuing Case of Japan

Child Rearing and Education

Becoming Japanese: A Social Anthropological View of Child-Rearing

Kindergartens and the Transition from Home to School Education

Peer Pressure and Kindergartens in Japan

Children’s Contests in Japan

St Valentine and St Nicholas Travel Abroad: Success and Internationalisation in Japanese Education

Individualism and Individuality: Entry into a Social World

Bags, Objects and Education in Japan

Material Objects and Mathematics in the Life of the Japanese Primary School Child

Politeness, Housewives and the Wrapping Idea

The Use and Abuse of Politeness Formulae: Some Social Implications

Respect, Solidarity or Contempt? Politeness and Communication in Modern Japan

Humidity, Hygiene, or Ritual Care: Some Thoughts on Wrapping as a Social Phenomenon

To Wrap or not to Wrap: Politeness and Penetration in Ethnographic Inquiry

The Armour of Honorific Speech: Some Lateral Thinking about Keigo

Politeness and Formality in Japanese Social Relations

Order, Elegance and Purity: The Life of the Professional Housewife

Honorifics as Dialect: The Expression and Manipulation of Boundaries in Japanese

The Role of the Professional Housewife

Wrapping and Japanese Presentation: Is this Waste or Care?

The Sacred Power of Wrapping

Cultural Display

Gardens and the Wrapping of Space in Japan: Some Benefits of a Balinese Insight

Nature Tamed: Gardens as a Microcosm of Japan’s View of the World

Who is Representing Whom? Gardens, Theme Parks and the Anthropologist in Japan

Pine, Ponds and Pebbles: Gardens and Visual Culture

The Whole World as Heritage? Foreign Country Theme Parks in Japan

Foreign Country Theme Parks: A New Theme or an Old Japanese Pattern?

The Japanese Tattoo: Play or Purpose?

Old Gods, New Pilgrimages: A Whistle-stop Tour of Japanese International Theme Parks

Shakespeare on Show in Japan: An Anthropological Analysis of Cultural Display

“The Past, Foreign Countries and Fantasy . . . They All Make for a Good Outing”: Staging the Past in Japan and Some Other Locations

Some Sundry Contributions

Nursing in Japan

Food as Social Nutrition? The Japanese Case

Drinking and Gender in Japan

The Ritual of the Revolving Towel

The Chrysanthemum Continues to Flower: Ruth Benedict and Some Perils of Popular Anthropology

Building Bridges, Common Ground, and the Role of the Anthropologist

Summing Up

Japan and Pacific Anthropology: Some Ideas for New Research

Learning that Emerges in Times of Trouble: A Few Cases from Japan

Forty Years of Research and Teaching on Japan: A Personal Trajectory

Joy Hendry’s Full Bibliography

Index