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Acknowledgments Many people who helped with this book would be mortified if their names appeared here. Thanks go to the large number of people who freely but anonymously shared their stories with me and helped shape this book. I can thank other people more publicly. For helpful conversations and comments on the manuscript, I thank Yuri Fukazawa, John Haley, Don Herzog, Atsushi Kinami, David Leheny (my spectacular referee ), Y. A. Lin, Alison MacKeen, Kevin McVeigh, Curtis Milhaupt, Bill Miller, Mark Nornes, Yoshihiro Ōhara, Mark Ramseyer, Carl Schneider, Scott Shapiro, Marc Spindelman, Yukiko Tsunoda, and Sarah Zearfoss. I also received helpful comments at presentations hosted by the University of Chicago, Columbia University, Harvard University, the Japan Society, the University of Michigan, the Museum of Sex, and Washington University in St. Louis. viii Acknowledgments My work is supported by the endowments of the Nippon Life Insurance Company and the Sumitomo Bank, Ltd., at the University of Michigan Law School, as well as by contributions to the school from Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu and Oh-Ebashi LPC & Partners. I also received generous funding from the University of Michigan’s Center for Japanese Studies. ...

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