Jennifer Coates is Senior Lecturer in Japanese Studies at the School of East Asian Studies, University of Sheffield. She is the author of Making Icons: Repetition and the Female Image in Japanese Cinema, 1945–1964 (2016), as well as journal articles and book chapters on cinema and audiences in postwar and contemporary Japan. Her current ethnographic research project focuses on early postwar film audiences in Japan.Lucy Fraser is Lecturer in Japanese at The University of Queensland, where she teaches Japanese literature, popular culture, and language. She researches fairy tale studies in Japanese and English, with particular interests in ideas of gender and animals in retellings of folktales and traditional stories. She is the author of The Pleasures of Metamorphosis: Japanese and English Fairy Tale Transformations of “The Little Mermaid” (2017). She has translated short stories by writers such as Kawakami Hiromi and Hoshino Tomoyuki and literary and cultural studies criticism by scholars such as Kan Satoko, Fujimoto Yukari, and Honda Masuko.Mark Pendleton is Lecturer in Japanese Studies at the University of Sheffield. A cultural and social historian by training, his research interests lie in modern and contemporary Japan, East Asian memory studies, and transnational histories of gender and sexuality. He has published in a number of academic journals including Japanese Studies and Asian Studies Review , and has contributed book chapters on topics related to historical justice and memory, transnational sexual politics in East Asia, and Japanese dark tourism. He is a member of the editorial committee of leading history journal History Workshop Journal .

"The Routledge Companion to Gender and Japanese Culture is an unprecedented collection of new and updated accounts of original texts which constitutes the most comprehensive overview of both classic and contemporary scholarship in the field of gender and culture. This interdisciplinary-based volume analyzes the distribution of power across genders from all aspects of life in Japan and challenges us to re-examine the crossroads of culture and gender."Hideko Abe, Chair and Professor, East Asian Studies, Colby College"At last, a handbook on Japanese gender. And one which is both comprehensive and up-to-date in terms of coverage, methodology and theory. This should rightly go straight on to the reading lists of anyone teaching courses on contemporary Japan." Roger Goodman, Nissan Professor of Japanese Studies, University of Oxford"The Routledge Companion to Gender and Japanese Culture offers a wide range of refreshing and critical perspectives on genders and Japanese culture. Particularly impressive is how this volume tackles the complex intersecting issues of gender, race, ethnicity, class, and others. It is informative, accessible, essential reading for anyone who wishes to have a comprehensive understanding of genders in Japan." Kazue Harada, Assistant Professor of Japanese, Japanese Language and Culture, Miami University, Ohio"The Routledge Companion to Gender and Japanese Culture is an important and useful resource with a broad scope of essays from accomplished scholars. This vital collection faithfully reflects the history of the field and paves the way for future research and pedagogy on gender and society in Japan." Kathryn Hemmann, Assistant Professor, Japanese Literature and Popular Culture, George Mason University

• Contents Introduction: Gender and Culture in Japan Today Jennifer Coates, Lucy Fraser, and Mark Pendleton Part I: Theorizing and Historicizing Gender and Japanese Culture 1. Gendering Modern Japanese History: An Historiographical Update Barbara Molony 2. Gender in Pre-Modern Japan Rajyashree Pandey 3. Debates in Japanese Feminisms Ayako Kano 4. Gender and Language Miyako Inoue 5. Masculinity Studies in Japan Emma E. Cook 6. Transgender, Non-binary Genders, and Intersex in Japan S. P. F. Dale 7. Gender and Ethnicity in Urban Japan Jamie CoatesPart II: Home, Family, and the Private Sphere 8. Gender and the Koseki David Chapman 9. Attitudes to Marriage and Childbearing Ekaterina Hertog 10. Family, Inequality, and the Work-Family Balance in Contemporary Japan Aya Ezawa 11. Intimacy in and Beyond the Family Allison Alexy 12. Rural Gender Construction and Decline: Negotiating Risks Through Nostalgia Anna Vainio 13. Changing Folk Cultures of Pregnancy and Childbirth Manami Yasui, Translated by Lucy Fraser and Madelein Shimizu 14. Religion and Gender in Japan Yumi Murayama and Erica Baffelli Part III: Work, Politics, and The Public Sphere 15. Gender and the Law: Progress and Remaining Problems Stephanie Assmann 16. Gender and the Workplace Helen Macnaughtan 17. Sex Work Toru Takeoka 18. Gender, Labour, and Migration Helena Hof and Gracia Liu-Farrer 19. Women in Electoral Politics Emma

Jennifer Coates is Senior Lecturer in Japanese Studies at the School of East Asian Studies, University of Sheffield. She is the author of Making Icons: Repetition and the Female Image in Japanese Cinema, 1945–1964 (2016), as well as journal articles and book chapters on cinema and audiences in postwar and contemporary Japan. Her current ethnographic research project focuses on early postwar film audiences in Japan.Lucy Fraser is Lecturer in Japanese at The University of Queensland, where she teaches Japanese literature, popular culture, and language. She researches fairy tale studies in Japanese and English, with particular interests in ideas of gender and animals in retellings of folktales and traditional stories. She is the author of The Pleasures of Metamorphosis: Japanese and English Fairy Tale Transformations of “The Little Mermaid” (2017). She has translated short stories by writers such as Kawakami Hiromi and Hoshino Tomoyuki and literary and cultural studies criticism by scholars such as Kan Satoko, Fujimoto Yukari, and Honda Masuko.Mark Pendleton is Lecturer in Japanese Studies at the University of Sheffield. A cultural and social historian by training, his research interests lie in modern and contemporary Japan, East Asian memory studies, and transnational histories of gender and sexuality. He has published in a number of academic journals including Japanese Studies and Asian Studies Review , and has contributed book chapters on topics related to historical justice and memory, transnational sexual politics in East Asia, and Japanese dark tourism. He is a member of the editorial committee of leading history journal History Workshop Journal .

"The Routledge Companion to Gender and Japanese Culture is an unprecedented collection of new and updated accounts of original texts which constitutes the most comprehensive overview of both classic and contemporary scholarship in the field of gender and culture. This interdisciplinary-based volume analyzes the distribution of power across genders from all aspects of life in Japan and challenges us to re-examine the crossroads of culture and gender."Hideko Abe, Chair and Professor, East Asian Studies, Colby College"At last, a handbook on Japanese gender. And one which is both comprehensive and up-to-date in terms of coverage, methodology and theory. This should rightly go straight on to the reading lists of anyone teaching courses on contemporary Japan." Roger Goodman, Nissan Professor of Japanese Studies, University of Oxford"The Routledge Companion to Gender and Japanese Culture offers a wide range of refreshing and critical perspectives on genders and Japanese culture. Particularly impressive is how this volume tackles the complex intersecting issues of gender, race, ethnicity, class, and others. It is informative, accessible, essential reading for anyone who wishes to have a comprehensive understanding of genders in Japan." Kazue Harada, Assistant Professor of Japanese, Japanese Language and Culture, Miami University, Ohio"The Routledge Companion to Gender and Japanese Culture is an important and useful resource with a broad scope of essays from accomplished scholars. This vital collection faithfully reflects the history of the field and paves the way for future research and pedagogy on gender and society in Japan." Kathryn Hemmann, Assistant Professor, Japanese Literature and Popular Culture, George Mason University

• Contents Introduction: Gender and Culture in Japan Today Jennifer Coates, Lucy Fraser, and Mark Pendleton Part I: Theorizing and Historicizing Gender and Japanese Culture 1. Gendering Modern Japanese History: An Historiographical Update Barbara Molony 2. Gender in Pre-Modern Japan Rajyashree Pandey 3. Debates in Japanese Feminisms Ayako Kano 4. Gender and Language Miyako Inoue 5. Masculinity Studies in Japan Emma E. Cook 6. Transgender, Non-binary Genders, and Intersex in Japan S. P. F. Dale 7. Gender and Ethnicity in Urban Japan Jamie CoatesPart II: Home, Family, and the Private Sphere 8. Gender and the Koseki David Chapman 9. Attitudes to Marriage and Childbearing Ekaterina Hertog 10. Family, Inequality, and the Work-Family Balance in Contemporary Japan Aya Ezawa 11. Intimacy in and Beyond the Family Allison Alexy 12. Rural Gender Construction and Decline: Negotiating Risks Through Nostalgia Anna Vainio 13. Changing Folk Cultures of Pregnancy and Childbirth Manami Yasui, Translated by Lucy Fraser and Madelein Shimizu 14. Religion and Gender in Japan Yumi Murayama and Erica Baffelli Part III: Work, Politics, and The Public Sphere 15. Gender and the Law: Progress and Remaining Problems Stephanie Assmann 16. Gender and the Workplace Helen Macnaughtan 17. Sex Work Toru Takeoka 18. Gender, Labour, and Migration Helena Hof and Gracia Liu-Farrer 19. Women in Electoral Politics Emma

Jennifer Coates is Senior Lecturer in Japanese Studies at the School of East Asian Studies, University of Sheffield. She is the author of Making Icons: Repetition and the Female Image in Japanese Cinema, 1945–1964 (2016), as well as journal articles and book chapters on cinema and audiences in postwar and contemporary Japan. Her current ethnographic research project focuses on early postwar film audiences in Japan.Lucy Fraser is Lecturer in Japanese at The University of Queensland, where she teaches Japanese literature, popular culture, and language. She researches fairy tale studies in Japanese and English, with particular interests in ideas of gender and animals in retellings of folktales and traditional stories. She is the author of The Pleasures of Metamorphosis: Japanese and English Fairy Tale Transformations of “The Little Mermaid” (2017). She has translated short stories by writers such as Kawakami Hiromi and Hoshino Tomoyuki and literary and cultural studies criticism by scholars such as Kan Satoko, Fujimoto Yukari, and Honda Masuko.Mark Pendleton is Lecturer in Japanese Studies at the University of Sheffield. A cultural and social historian by training, his research interests lie in modern and contemporary Japan, East Asian memory studies, and transnational histories of gender and sexuality. He has published in a number of academic journals including Japanese Studies and Asian Studies Review , and has contributed book chapters on topics related to historical justice and memory, transnational sexual politics in East Asia, and Japanese dark tourism. He is a member of the editorial committee of leading history journal History Workshop Journal .

"The Routledge Companion to Gender and Japanese Culture is an unprecedented collection of new and updated accounts of original texts which constitutes the most comprehensive overview of both classic and contemporary scholarship in the field of gender and culture. This interdisciplinary-based volume analyzes the distribution of power across genders from all aspects of life in Japan and challenges us to re-examine the crossroads of culture and gender."Hideko Abe, Chair and Professor, East Asian Studies, Colby College"At last, a handbook on Japanese gender. And one which is both comprehensive and up-to-date in terms of coverage, methodology and theory. This should rightly go straight on to the reading lists of anyone teaching courses on contemporary Japan." Roger Goodman, Nissan Professor of Japanese Studies, University of Oxford"The Routledge Companion to Gender and Japanese Culture offers a wide range of refreshing and critical perspectives on genders and Japanese culture. Particularly impressive is how this volume tackles the complex intersecting issues of gender, race, ethnicity, class, and others. It is informative, accessible, essential reading for anyone who wishes to have a comprehensive understanding of genders in Japan." Kazue Harada, Assistant Professor of Japanese, Japanese Language and Culture, Miami University, Ohio"The Routledge Companion to Gender and Japanese Culture is an important and useful resource with a broad scope of essays from accomplished scholars. This vital collection faithfully reflects the history of the field and paves the way for future research and pedagogy on gender and society in Japan." Kathryn Hemmann, Assistant Professor, Japanese Literature and Popular Culture, George Mason University

• Contents Introduction: Gender and Culture in Japan Today Jennifer Coates, Lucy Fraser, and Mark Pendleton Part I: Theorizing and Historicizing Gender and Japanese Culture 1. Gendering Modern Japanese History: An Historiographical Update Barbara Molony 2. Gender in Pre-Modern Japan Rajyashree Pandey 3. Debates in Japanese Feminisms Ayako Kano 4. Gender and Language Miyako Inoue 5. Masculinity Studies in Japan Emma E. Cook 6. Transgender, Non-binary Genders, and Intersex in Japan S. P. F. Dale 7. Gender and Ethnicity in Urban Japan Jamie CoatesPart II: Home, Family, and the Private Sphere 8. Gender and the Koseki David Chapman 9. Attitudes to Marriage and Childbearing Ekaterina Hertog 10. Family, Inequality, and the Work-Family Balance in Contemporary Japan Aya Ezawa 11. Intimacy in and Beyond the Family Allison Alexy 12. Rural Gender Construction and Decline: Negotiating Risks Through Nostalgia Anna Vainio 13. Changing Folk Cultures of Pregnancy and Childbirth Manami Yasui, Translated by Lucy Fraser and Madelein Shimizu 14. Religion and Gender in Japan Yumi Murayama and Erica Baffelli Part III: Work, Politics, and The Public Sphere 15. Gender and the Law: Progress and Remaining Problems Stephanie Assmann 16. Gender and the Workplace Helen Macnaughtan 17. Sex Work Toru Takeoka 18. Gender, Labour, and Migration Helena Hof and Gracia Liu-Farrer 19. Women in Electoral Politics Emma