The Resource The gods left first : imperial collapse and the repatriation of Japanese from northeast Asia, 1945-56, Andrew E. Barshay
The gods left first : imperial collapse and the repatriation of Japanese from northeast Asia, 1945-56, Andrew E. Barshay
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The item The gods left first : imperial collapse and the repatriation of Japanese from northeast Asia, 1945-56, Andrew E. Barshay represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in University of Missouri Libraries.
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- Summary
- "At the time of Japan's surrender to Allied forces on August 15, 1945, some six million Japanese were left stranded across the vast expanse of a vanquished Asian empire. Half civilian and half military, they faced the prospect of returning somehow to a Japan that lay prostrate, its cities destroyed, after years of warfare and Allied bombing campaigns. Among them were more than 600,000 soldiers of Japan's army in Manchuria, who had surrendered to the Red Army only to be transported to Soviet labor camps, mainly in Siberia. Held for between two and four years, and some far longer, amid forced labor and reeducation campaigns, they waited for return, never knowing when or if it would come. Drawing on a wide range of memoirs, art, poetry, and contemporary records, The Gods Left First reconstructs their experience of captivity, return, and encounter with a postwar Japan that now seemed as alien as it had once been familiar. In a broader sense, this study is a meditation on the meaning of survival for Japan's continental repatriates, showing that their memories of involvement in Japan's imperial project were both a burden and the basis for a new way of life."--
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource
- Contents
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- I. Prologue
- The Gods Left First
- Sources and Method
- II. The Siberian Internment in History
- The Prince's Tale
- The Soviet-Japanese War
- Hot War to Cold
- The Soviet-Japanese Conflict : Prehistory into History
- Toward Internment
- The Internment Remembered
- III. Kazuki Yasuo and the Profane World of the Gulag
- Icons of the Profane
- The Red Corpse
- "My Vision Broadened Tenfold"
- The "Siberia Style"
- From Image to Text
- The Responsibility of the Artist
- "The Beauty only I Can Grasp"
- IV. Knowledge Painfully Acquired : Takasugi Ichirō and the "Democratic Movement" in Siberia
- Thank You, Iosif Vissarionovich!
- A Humanist Interprets the Gulag
- Siberia, School of Democracy
- Ogawa Gorō Becomes Takasugi Ichirō
- In the Shadow of the Northern Lights
- The Gate of Hell
- Toward Epiphany
- Toward Return
- Knowledge Painfully Acquired
- V. Ishihara Yoshirō : "My Best Self Did Not Return"
- Prologue: Ishihara Yoshirō and Viktor Frankl
- The Survivor's Question
- The Primitive Accumulation of Memory
- The Life before the Death
- Into the Gulag
- At Lowest Ebb, Stirrings
- Kano Buichi, Enigma
- Was this Domoi?
- VI. Coda
- The People Stalin Didn't Care About
- "A War to Live" : Fujiwara Tei's The Shooting Stars Are Alive
- The Meaning and Message of Survival
- Appendix: How Many?
- Isbn
- 9780520956575
- Label
- The gods left first : imperial collapse and the repatriation of Japanese from northeast Asia, 1945-56
- Title
- The gods left first
- Title remainder
- imperial collapse and the repatriation of Japanese from northeast Asia, 1945-56
- Statement of responsibility
- Andrew E. Barshay
- Subject
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- 1900-1999
- Biographies
- Biography
- China -- Manchuria
- Concentration camp inmates
- Concentration camp inmates -- Russia (Federation) | Siberia -- Biography
- Concentration camps
- Concentration camps -- Russia (Federation) | Siberia -- History -- 20th century
- East Asia
- Electronic books
- Emigration and immigration
- HISTORY -- Asia -- General
- HISTORY -- Europe -- Western
- History
- Imperialism -- Social aspects
- Imperialism -- Social aspects -- East Asia -- History -- 20th century
- Japan -- Emigration and immigration | History -- 20th century
- Japanese
- Japanese -- East Asia -- History -- 20th century
- Japanese -- Russia (Federation) | Siberia -- Biography
- Japanese -- Russia (Federation) | Siberia -- History -- 20th century
- Korea
- Korea -- Emigration and immigration | History -- 20th century
- Manchuria (China) -- Emigration and immigration | History -- 20th century
- Repatriation
- Repatriation -- Japan -- History -- 20th century
- Russia (Federation) -- Siberia
- Japan
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "At the time of Japan's surrender to Allied forces on August 15, 1945, some six million Japanese were left stranded across the vast expanse of a vanquished Asian empire. Half civilian and half military, they faced the prospect of returning somehow to a Japan that lay prostrate, its cities destroyed, after years of warfare and Allied bombing campaigns. Among them were more than 600,000 soldiers of Japan's army in Manchuria, who had surrendered to the Red Army only to be transported to Soviet labor camps, mainly in Siberia. Held for between two and four years, and some far longer, amid forced labor and reeducation campaigns, they waited for return, never knowing when or if it would come. Drawing on a wide range of memoirs, art, poetry, and contemporary records, The Gods Left First reconstructs their experience of captivity, return, and encounter with a postwar Japan that now seemed as alien as it had once been familiar. In a broader sense, this study is a meditation on the meaning of survival for Japan's continental repatriates, showing that their memories of involvement in Japan's imperial project were both a burden and the basis for a new way of life."--
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- Provided by publisher
- Biography type
- contains biographical information
- Cataloging source
- YDXCP
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Barshay, Andrew E
- Dewey number
- 940.53/1450952
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- DK759.J37
- LC item number
- B27 2013
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
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- dictionaries
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Japanese
- Concentration camps
- Japanese
- Concentration camp inmates
- Japanese
- Repatriation
- Imperialism
- Manchuria (China)
- Korea
- Japan
- HISTORY
- HISTORY
- Concentration camp inmates
- Concentration camps
- Emigration and immigration
- Imperialism
- Japanese
- Repatriation
- China
- East Asia
- Japan
- Korea
- Russia (Federation)
- Label
- The gods left first : imperial collapse and the repatriation of Japanese from northeast Asia, 1945-56, Andrew E. Barshay
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
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- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- I. Prologue -- The Gods Left First -- Sources and Method -- II. The Siberian Internment in History -- The Prince's Tale -- The Soviet-Japanese War -- Hot War to Cold -- The Soviet-Japanese Conflict : Prehistory into History -- Toward Internment -- The Internment Remembered -- III. Kazuki Yasuo and the Profane World of the Gulag -- Icons of the Profane -- The Red Corpse -- "My Vision Broadened Tenfold" -- The "Siberia Style" -- From Image to Text -- The Responsibility of the Artist -- "The Beauty only I Can Grasp" -- IV. Knowledge Painfully Acquired : Takasugi Ichirō and the "Democratic Movement" in Siberia -- Thank You, Iosif Vissarionovich! -- A Humanist Interprets the Gulag -- Siberia, School of Democracy -- Ogawa Gorō Becomes Takasugi Ichirō -- In the Shadow of the Northern Lights -- The Gate of Hell -- Toward Epiphany -- Toward Return -- Knowledge Painfully Acquired -- V. Ishihara Yoshirō : "My Best Self Did Not Return" -- Prologue: Ishihara Yoshirō and Viktor Frankl -- The Survivor's Question -- The Primitive Accumulation of Memory -- The Life before the Death -- Into the Gulag -- At Lowest Ebb, Stirrings -- Kano Buichi, Enigma -- Was this Domoi? -- VI. Coda -- The People Stalin Didn't Care About -- "A War to Live" : Fujiwara Tei's The Shooting Stars Are Alive -- The Meaning and Message of Survival -- Appendix: How Many?
- Control code
- 856411652
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780520956575
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- c
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- 22573/ctt3j2vfb
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)856411652
- Label
- The gods left first : imperial collapse and the repatriation of Japanese from northeast Asia, 1945-56, Andrew E. Barshay
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- I. Prologue -- The Gods Left First -- Sources and Method -- II. The Siberian Internment in History -- The Prince's Tale -- The Soviet-Japanese War -- Hot War to Cold -- The Soviet-Japanese Conflict : Prehistory into History -- Toward Internment -- The Internment Remembered -- III. Kazuki Yasuo and the Profane World of the Gulag -- Icons of the Profane -- The Red Corpse -- "My Vision Broadened Tenfold" -- The "Siberia Style" -- From Image to Text -- The Responsibility of the Artist -- "The Beauty only I Can Grasp" -- IV. Knowledge Painfully Acquired : Takasugi Ichirō and the "Democratic Movement" in Siberia -- Thank You, Iosif Vissarionovich! -- A Humanist Interprets the Gulag -- Siberia, School of Democracy -- Ogawa Gorō Becomes Takasugi Ichirō -- In the Shadow of the Northern Lights -- The Gate of Hell -- Toward Epiphany -- Toward Return -- Knowledge Painfully Acquired -- V. Ishihara Yoshirō : "My Best Self Did Not Return" -- Prologue: Ishihara Yoshirō and Viktor Frankl -- The Survivor's Question -- The Primitive Accumulation of Memory -- The Life before the Death -- Into the Gulag -- At Lowest Ebb, Stirrings -- Kano Buichi, Enigma -- Was this Domoi? -- VI. Coda -- The People Stalin Didn't Care About -- "A War to Live" : Fujiwara Tei's The Shooting Stars Are Alive -- The Meaning and Message of Survival -- Appendix: How Many?
- Control code
- 856411652
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780520956575
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- 22573/ctt3j2vfb
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)856411652
Subject
- 1900-1999
- Biographies
- Biography
- China -- Manchuria
- Concentration camp inmates
- Concentration camp inmates -- Russia (Federation) | Siberia -- Biography
- Concentration camps
- Concentration camps -- Russia (Federation) | Siberia -- History -- 20th century
- East Asia
- Electronic books
- Emigration and immigration
- HISTORY -- Asia -- General
- HISTORY -- Europe -- Western
- History
- Imperialism -- Social aspects
- Imperialism -- Social aspects -- East Asia -- History -- 20th century
- Japan -- Emigration and immigration | History -- 20th century
- Japanese
- Japanese -- East Asia -- History -- 20th century
- Japanese -- Russia (Federation) | Siberia -- Biography
- Japanese -- Russia (Federation) | Siberia -- History -- 20th century
- Korea
- Korea -- Emigration and immigration | History -- 20th century
- Manchuria (China) -- Emigration and immigration | History -- 20th century
- Repatriation
- Repatriation -- Japan -- History -- 20th century
- Russia (Federation) -- Siberia
- Japan
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