Study Guide and Recitation: Takahashi Gen’ichirō "Demon Beasts” (Kichiku, 2002, trans. me)

*Watch at 1.5 speed.
Purchase my translation of the story, published in vol 4 of literary journal *Monkey Business (2014): https://www.monkeybusinessmag.com/vol04
*Purchase the original Japanese story, included in this 2005 collection: https://amzn.to/3guHVpg
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Further Reading On Transhumanism

(1) On transhumanism: https://whatistranshumanism.org/
(2) Against Transhumanism, The Delusion of Technological Transcendence (2016) by Richard A.L. Jones: https://bit.ly/31LD92E

*Japan Chronology
ca. 4000 BCE Jōmon 縄文 culture.
ca. 300 BCE Yayoi 弥生 culture.
ca. 300 CE Tomb Period: Kofun 古墳 (250-538), Asuka 飛鳥 (538-710) [552 CE Introduction of Buddhism; 645 CE Taika Reform 大化の改新]
710-794 Nara 奈良 Period
794-1185 Heian 平安 Period
1185-1333 Kamakura 鎌倉 [Minamoto Shogunate]
1333-1336 Kemmu Restoration 建武の新政
1336-1573 Ashikaga 足利 Shogunate (Muromachi neighborhood 室町) [Nanboku-chō period 南北朝時代 (1336-1392)] [Sengoku period 戦国時代 (1467-1615), which includes the Azuchi–Momoyama period 安土桃山時代 (1568-1600; aka Unification Period)]
1600-1867 Tokugawa 徳川 (Edo 江戸) Shogunate
1868-1912 Meiji Era 明治時代
1912-1926 Taishō Era 大正時代
1926-1989 Shōwa Era 昭和時代
1989-2019 Heisei Era 平成時代
2019-present Reiwa 令和時代
a more detailed chronology: http://afe.easia.columbia.edu/timelin...