I wish to acknowledge a number of people who helped with this project. Professors Edwin Cranston, Hosea Hirata, Sumie Jones, and Susan Napier looked over the outline and made helpful suggestions. During the writing of the manuscript, I consulted frequently with Professors Cranston, Rei Inouye, Komatsu Kazuhiko, and Suzuki Sadami. Mie Inouye read an early draft. Edwin Cranston, Rei Inouye, and Gary Leupp critiqued a later draft.My students at Tufts have also played a vital role. I wish to thank the following undergraduates who read and critiqued the manuscript: Korey Aaronson, Corey Banks, Anthony Basile, Gabriella Bertucci, Peter Browne, Katharine Brush, Ella Carney, Daniel Casey, Yushu Cheng, Elizabeth Chou, Samantha Cohen, Michael Collado, Joanne Duara, Huy Giang, Jason Greene, Chloe Guss, Steven Hanton, Philip Haslett, Patrick Kinsella, Mandy Lee, Patrick Lee, Leon Mandler, Jason Markowitz, Patrick Meyers, Rebecca Mohr, Peter Moore, Alexander Nisetich, Samuel Obey, Danielle Okai, Nathan Paine, Martin Pepeljugoski, Caroline Pronovost, Catherine Richard, Angela Robins, Daniel Sofio, Andrew Sokoloff, Joy Song, Sandy Tang, Ann Tortorella, Alexandra Uden, Stefanie Vermillion, Michael Vitiello, and Jennifer Weiskopf.