A fellow professor and Roman Catholic asked me recently whether I could direct him toward any books that would help…

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I grew up in the years after World War II. One of my earliest memories is going to the movies,…

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How far Lord Minamoto no Muneyuki had fallen. His grandfather was the former Emperor Kōkō, and his father the Imperial…

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