Acknowledgements vii
List of Illustrations viii
Contributors (By Order of Chapter) x
Introduction - Selçuk Esenbel
1 Japan and the Great Game - Ian Nish
2 Western and Central Asia in the Eyes of the Japanese Radical Right - Christopher W.A. Szpilman
3 Fukushima Yasumasa’s Travels in Central Asia and Siberia: Silk Road Romanticism, Military Reconnaissance, or Modern Exploration? - Sven Saaler
4 Fukushima Yasumasa and Utsunomiya Tarō on the Edge of the Silk Road: Pan-Asian Visions and the Network of Military Intelligence from the
Ottoman and Qajar Realms into Central Asia - Selçuk Esenbel
5 Mongolia as a Base for Central Asia and the Silk Road - Li Narangoa
6 Abdurreshid Ibrahim and Japanese Approaches to Central Asia - Komatsu Hisao
7 Exploring Asia, Reforming Japan: Ōtani Kōzui and Itō Chūta - Brij Tankha
8 Ōtani Kozui and His Vision of Asia: From Villa Nirakusō to “The Rise of Asia” Project - Erdal Küçükyalçın
9 The Effects of the Russo-Japanese War on Turkic Nations: Japan and Japanese in Folk Songs, Elegies, and Poems - A. Merthan Dündar
10 Some Notes on the Japanese Records and Information on the “Turks” - Katayama Akio
11 Tracing Origins Along the Silk Road: Japanese Architect Itō Chūta’s Travel in the Ottoman Lands -Miyuki Aoki Girardelli
12 The Beginning of Turkish Philology and Linguistics in Japan - Klaus Röhrborn
13 Appendix to the “The Beginning of Turkish Philology and Linguistics in Japan” - Mehmet Ölmez
14 F. Beato beyond Empires: Flaneur, Photo Reporter, Merchant - Banu Kaygusuz
15 Translation Practices on the Silk Road and Akutagawa Ryūnosuke’s “Toshishun” - Oğuz Baykara
16 Transforming an Ancient Myth into a Popular Medieval Tale - Masako Satō
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