The Scars of War Tokyo during World War II: Writings of Takeyama Michio

Takeyama Michio, the author of Harp of Burma, was thirty-seven in 1941, the year of Pearl Harbor. Husband, father of children born during the war, and teacher at Japans elite school of higher education in Tokyo, he experienced the war on its home front. This intimate account of the scars of war, including personal anecdotes from Takeyamas students and family, is one of very few histories from this unique vantage point. Beautifully translated by Richard H. Minear, these honest and moving essays are a fresh look at the history of Japan during the Asia-Pacific War.