Beyond Brushtalk: Sino-Japanese Literary Exchange in the Interwar Period

Acknowledgements

Acknowledgements It is fitting that my own stubborn efforts to see this project through to completion should in some meager way parallel Uchiyama Kanzō’s persevering efforts at sustaining relations between the Japanese and Chinese literary communities. However, I must acknowledge that this book would never have been completed without the help and support of many wonderful people. This is my opportunity to recognize and thank those individuals who helped to make this book possible. First of all, I would like to thank the editors of the following journals for permission to use material from these previously published articles: “Satō Haruo’s ‘Ajia no ko’ and Yu Dafu’s Response: Literature, Friendship and Nationalism,” which appeared in Sino-Japanese Studies, Volume 13, No. 2, Spring 2001; “Uchiyama Kanzō’s Shanghai Bookstore and Its Impact on May Fourth Writers,” which appeared in E-ASPAC, Vol. 1, February, 2002; and “Musings of a Literary Pilgrim: Generic Variations in Tanizaki Jun’ichirō’s Travel Writings from China,” which appeared in B.C. Asian Review, No. 14, 2003–2004. In the autumn of 2004 I pursued research and writing at Wenzhou University, Linfield College’s partner institution in Zhejiang, China. Many of my colleagues there helped me with Chinese texts, particularly Professor Ye Miao. In the summer of 2006 I pursued research at Kyoto Bunkyo University, Linfield College’s partner institution in Kyoto, Japan. Once again, I received the assistance of a number of faculty members at the university, including Professors Lu Jun and Elizabeth King, who helped me to locate texts and provided me with library space to pursue research. Furthermore, I appreciated the opportunity to give a presentation about my research provided by Mr. Suzuki Nobuyuki who also supplied invaluable logistical support during my stay in Kyoto. In the spring of 2007 Dr. Li Xinde from Wenzhou University spent an academic year at Linfield College. During his stay, Dr. Li helped me locate a number of articles that proved very useful for my research, and I am extremely grateful for all of the help that he provided. I would also like to extend my thanks to Dr Li for introducing me to Mr. Meng x Acknowledgements Tiexia of the Shanghai Daily who was instrumental in obtaining permission from the Lu Xun Museum in Shanghai to use the cover photograph. My sincere appreciation goes to Mr. Wang Xirong, Curator of the Lu Xun Museum for permission to use that photograph. I am also very indebted to Dean Barbara Seidman and my colleagues in the Department of Modern Languages at Linfield College who encouraged me to complete this project. In particular, I owe a debt of gratitude to John Sagers in the Department of History for all of his excellent advice about academic publishing. Many thanks also to Bahram Refaei and Kathleen Spring from the Educational Media Services Office and to Saiyare Refaei for help in preparing the photographs included in this book. Many thanks also to Linfield student Yang Shi for all of his assistance identifying and communicating with sources in China. Without institutional and departmental help and support, this book would not have been possible. I also would like to thank Dr. Rebecca Copeland from Washington University in St. Louis for sharing insights into the role of women writers in Japan during the war, and to my father, Dr. William P. Keaveney, for carefully reading and editing the draft manuscript in preparation for submission. I must also express appreciation to the anonymous reviewer of the manuscript whose insightful comments and constructive suggestions guided me during the revision stage. Moreover, my sincere appreciation goes to Dr. Colin Day and Hong Kong University Press for publishing this book. Dr. Day was a firm supporter of this project and helped me to resolve a number of editorial issues along the way. Many thanks also to Ms. Clara Ho for guiding me through the final critical publication stages. I would like to express my most heartfelt thanks to Dr. Ian Lok, a former editor at Hong Kong University Press, for his support throughout this process. Ian believed in this work from the very beginning, and his efforts to see that my work was published exemplify the qualities that every scholar hopes to find in an editor. Finally, I reserve my deepest, most heartfelt gratitude for my parents William and Margaret Keaveney who always supported and cultivated my intellectual interests, and to my wife Shigeko and my daughters Bridget and Erica who have always been and will...