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illustrations Black and White Images 1. Woodblock print of an English soldier and his dog, 1860 32 2. Sadahide print of Westerners accompanied by their dog in Yokohama, 1862 33 3. Sadahide print of foreign trader inspecting merchandise in Yokohama, 1862 33 4. A Clown on a Journey by Bigot, August 1887 36 5. Canis Familiaris Japonicus, 1842 38 6. “Unenlightened person,” “half-enlightened person,” and “enlightened person” with his hound, 1870 58 7. Edwin Dun, his dog, another American adviser to the Kaitakushi, and fourteen of their Japanese students, undated 64 8. Painting of Ainu chieftain and dog, 1790 68 9. Page from “Heaving a Foreigner over a Cliff for Fun, Kobe, 24 August 1897” 74 10. Next page from “Heaving a Foreigner over a Cliff for Fun” 75 11. Massacre des Innocents by Bigot, 1888 78 12. Cartoon by Honda Kinkichiro ˉ, 1880 80 13. Statue of Saigo ˉ Takamori and his dog in Ueno Park, Tokyo, 2003 83 14. Photograph of the “Loyal Dog” Hachiko ˉ, undated 88 15. Saito ˉ Hirokichi, November 1931 94 16. Holiday greeting card from the Imperial Hotel, Tokyo, December 1933 96 17. The “Loyal Dog” Hachiko ˉ and Jiro ˉ, preserved by taxidermy in the National Science Museum, Tokyo, 2002 100 18. Cartoon by Maekawa Senpan, 1935 110 ix x Illustrations 19. Dedication ceremony of Hachiko ˉ’s statue outside of Shibuya Station, 21 April 1934 111 20. Early 1940s painting of grade-school girl and her “Japanese” dog 120 21. Textbook illustration of Momotaro ˉ and his vassal dog, 1933 122 22. Farewell ceremony for Hachiko ˉ’s statue, 12 October 1944 125 23. Teachers, students, and shepherd dog in Manchuria, early 1940s 137 24. Military dogs on patrol with Japanese soldiers in China, 1938 140 25. Soeda Juichi, president of the Bank of Taiwan, with an English springer spaniel in Taipei, 1901 142 26. Pages from the national language primer for first-year students, 1933 145 27. Kongo ˉ and Nachi leading Imperial Army charge, 1939 150 28. Dogs marching in air defense preparedness parade, June 1941 156 29. Military dog exhibition, 1934 158 30. Girl in the Asakusa neighborhood collecting funds for army dogs, 1938 159 31. Teshima Tamie and her family with shepherd dog Aren Homare, August 1938 160 32. Statues of Japanese soldiers and army dogs at the Museum of Japanese Occupation of Manchuria in Changchun, 2007 170 33. Memorial to the Sakhalin huskies lost at the South Pole, 2003 181 34. Advertisement for Jintan health products, 1958 183 Color Images following page 144 1. An American couple and their dog, 1860 2. “Dog Map of the World,” 1933 3. Painting of Miako, June 1854 4. Painting of Shimoda, June 1854 5. Lithograph entitled Kiken bijin (Elite beauty), 1888 6. Norakuro launching an attack of the Regiment of Fierce Dogs, 1938 7. Cover of the monthly boys’ magazine Sho ˉnen kurabu, April 1944 8. Army Dog Memorial Statue on the premises of Yasukuni Shrine, 2002 9. Painting and poem from Chu ˉken Hachiko ˉmonogatari, 1934 10. Advertisement for a Matsushita Electronic air-cleaning appliance, 2006 ...

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