The Wages of Guilt: Memories of War in Germany and Japan by Ian Buruma 1994 Ukiyoe introducing a subtle iridescent accent

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also Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重) was one of Japan’s greatest ukiyo-e masters

The Wages of Guilt: Memories of War in Germany and Japan by Ian Buruma 1994 Ukiyoe introducing a subtle iridescent accentA landmark work of comparative cultural history examining how Germany and Japan have each attempted to reckon with the conduct and legacy of World War II. Buruma travels through both countries visiting Auschwitz, Berlin, Hiroshima, and Tokyo and speaks with scholars, politicians, survivors, artists, and activists whose divergent confrontations with guilt, denial, and memory form the book's core. He contrasts the former East and West German approaches