Family, Friends and Furusato
"Home" in the Formation of Japanese War Memories
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2132237 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Philip Seaton (0000-0002-3106-0570, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2007 |
| Volume | 5 |
| Issue | 7 |
| Publication date | 2007-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Japan focus (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1557-4660 • E-ISSN: 1557-4660 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s1557466007021420 |
| OpenAlex | W4410181949 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
This article examines how issues "closest to home"-family, friends and furusato (home town/area)-affect Japanese war memories. It draws upon testimony illustrating the importance of "home" and analyzes how family and local identities impinge on the evolution of cultural memory and war commemoration. Examples are drawn from Hokkaido.In 1938, Ito Yoshimitsu enlisted in the Sapporo Tsukisamu 25th regiment, part of the Seventh (Hokkaido) Division of the Imperial Army. He saw action in China before transferring to the military police (kempei) in 1943. At the end of the war he was stationed in Celebes in present-day Indonesia. There he was arrested by the Dutch after the war and executed as a BC class war criminal on 4 October 1948. Ito had been convicted of serious torture, including beating, burning with cigarettes and force-feeding water to Indonesian prisoners
| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 2 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2025 (1) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |