Submission of Manuscripts

Original manuscripts of up to 13,000 words may be submitted for consideration for publication in The Journal of Japanese Studies. Manuscripts previously published, under consideration for publication elsewhere, or previously distributed or circulated by any means—printed or electronic—cannot be considered. Copyright of original material published in the Journal is to be assigned to the Society for Japanese Studies. Contact JJS for clarification regarding any potential copyright conflicts.

Authors should submit three copies of their work or an original copy and U.S. $5 to cover photocopying charges. Manuscripts should be accompanied by a 100-word abstract and a $15 submission fee. This fee will be waived for those who have been Journal subscribers for three or more years. Authors are asked to also submit an electronic version of their work.

Manuscripts are read anonymously by our referees. Thus we ask that authors not use their names as the running head on every page and not identify themselves in the manuscript or footnotes. When papers are accepted for publication, authors are given the opportunity to add any citations or acknowledgments omitted for this reason.

Manuscripts must be printed double-spaced with notes (also double-spaced) at the end. Tables should be printed on separate pages and included at the end. Authors of manuscripts accepted for publication will be asked to furnish professional quality, camera-ready copy of graphs, figures, and other illustrations. Japanese terms should be written in the Hepburn style of romanization. Contributors are requested to consult the Journal's style sheet.

All inquiries on submission of manuscripts and all books for review should be addressed to:

The Journal of Japanese Studies
University of Washington
Box 353650 Thomson Hall
Seattle, WA 98195-3650 U.S.A.