Introduction : opacity, misrecognition, and other complexities of symbolic communication
Japanese cherry blossoms : from the beauty of life to the sublimity of sacrificial death
European roses : from 'bread and roses' to the aestheticization of murderers
The subversive monkey in Japanese culture : from scapegoat to clown
Rice and the Japanese collective self : the purity of exclusion
The collective self and cultural/political nationalisms : cross-cultural perspectives
The invisible and inaudible Japanese emperor
(Non-)externalization of religious and political authority and power : a cross-cultural perspective.