About the Author

Fred G. Notehelfer, Professor of History at UCLA, is the author of the introductory essay and descriptive notes that appear in the Black Ship Scroll Scholar's Tour. Dr. F.G. Notehelfer is Professor of History and Director of the Center for Japanese Studies at the University of California at Los Angeles. Dr. Notehelfer's areas of research include pre-modern & modern Japanese history. Dr. Notehelfer holds a B.A. from Harvard University and a Ph.D from Princeton University.

Dr. Notehelfer's recent publications include:

1992. Japan Through American Eyes: The Journal of Francis Hall, Kanagawa and Yokohama, 1859-1866, Princeton University Press.

1990. "A Matter of Transcendence: War Experiences and the Transformation of Japanese and American Fighter Pilots." In The Ambivalence of Nationalism: Modern Japan Between East and West. J.W. White et al., eds. New York: University Press of America.

1990. "Visions of Early Yokohama: Francis Hall in Treaty Port Japan." Asian Art 3(3).

1990. "On Idealism and Realism in the Thought of Okakura Tenshin." Journal of Japanese Studies 16(2).

1990. "Meiji in the Rear-View Mirror: Top-Down Versus Bottom-Up History." Monumenta Nipponica 45(2).

On with the tour!