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Founded in 1936 under the auspices of the Harvard-Yenching Institute, the Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies (HJAS) has without interruption pursued its mission to disseminate original, outstanding research and book reviews on the humanities in Asia, focusing at present on the areas of China, Japan, Korea, and Inner Asia. As scholarship has evolved, so has this Journal, but always while holding constant its commitment to serve authors and readers alike through the careful selection and editing of its contents.
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Volume 85, Number 2, December 2025Table of Contents
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View Writing Violence: The Politics of Form in Early Modern Japanese Literature by David C. Atherton (review)
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View Navigating Narratives: Tsurayuki’s “Tosa Diary” as History and Fiction by Gustav Heldt (review)
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Navigating Narratives: Tsurayuki’s “Tosa Diary” as History and Fiction by Gustav Heldt (review)
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View The Other Great Game: The Opening of Korea and the Birth of Modern East Asia by Sheila Miyoshi Jager (review)
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View The Inscription of Things: Writing and Materiality in Early Modern China by Thomas Kelly (review)
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View Moral Authoritarianism: Neighborhood Associations in the Three Koreas, 1931–1972 by Shinyoung Kwon (review)
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Cinematic Guerillas: Propaganda, Projectionists, and Audiences in Socialist China by Jie Li (review)
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View Transpatial Modernity: Chinese Cultural Encounters with Russia via Japan (1880–1930) by Xiaolu Ma (review)
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View Textual Practices of Literary Training in Medieval China: Evidence from Dunhuang Manuscripts by Christopher M. B. Nugent (review)
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Textual Practices of Literary Training in Medieval China: Evidence from Dunhuang Manuscripts by Christopher M. B. Nugent (review)
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| ISSN | 1944-6454 |
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| Print ISSN | 0073-0548 |
| Launched on MUSE | 2026-02-03 |
| Open Access | No |




