The University of Melbourne
Jonathan Glade is a Lecturer in Japanese Studies at the University of Melbourne. His research interests include modern Japanese and Korean literature, the post-Second World War occupation of Japan and southern Korea, and the globalisation of Japanese food.
The last samurai, Saigo Takamori (1828-1877), a tale of adulation and fabrication
by Jennifer Harris
University of Adelaide
Dr Jennifer Harris’s doctorate in art history examined the formation of the Japanese art collection at the Art Gallery of South Australia within national and international contexts. She was formerly a teacher of Japanese language, and lecturer/ tutor in Japanese art history at the University of Adelaide, where she is a visiting research fellow. Her MA thesis examined the nineteenth-century calligrapher Ichikawa Beian. She is the author and curator of Netsuke and other miniatures from the Japanese Collection (2014) and The power of pattern: the Ayako Mitsui Collection (2015) at the Art Gallery of South Australia. Most recently, she was co-editor and contributor to the publication Exporting Japanese aesthetics: evolution from tradition to cool Japan (Sussex Academic, 2020).