Empire of Dogs: Canines, Japan, and the Making of the Modern Imperial World

by Aaron Herald Skabelund

Book Overview

In 1924, Professor Ueno Eizaburo of Tokyo Imperial University adopted an Akita puppy he named Hachiko. Each evening Hachiko greeted Ueno on his return to Shibuya Station. In May 1925 Ueno died while giving a lecture. Every day for over nine years the Akita waited at Shibuya Station, eventually becoming nationally and even internationally famous for his purported loyalty. A year before his death in 1935, the city of Tokyo erected a statue...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1501735888
• ISBN13: 9781501735882
• Release Date: March 2019
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.02 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 9.1" x 8.2"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher