Food safety after Fukushima: Scientific citizenship and the politics of risk
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CONTEMPORARY JAPAN 267 excellent new book Japanese Gardens and Landscapes, 1650–1950, this new English translation brings Ogawa to the attention of a Western readership. In the context of these publications, Suzuki stands out for offering a broad socio-economic vision and drawing fascinating connec- tions between gardening and the emergence of modern Japan. Apart from being eminently knowledgeable, his account clearly benefits from an outstanding architectural competence and an understanding of social changes in the late 19th century. Though Suzuki’s detailed descrip- tion of social networks may be slightly confusing for Western readers, his general attempt to embed Ogawa’s biography in the context of the Meiji, Taishō, and early Shōwa eras is, without a doubt, fascinating. Unfortunately, Suzuki himself did not live to see the publication of his seminal work in English. The architectural historian died in 2014. References Kuitert, W. (2017). Japanese gardens and landscapes, 1650–1950. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press. Shirahata, Y. (2016). Daimyō gardens. Kyoto: International Research Center for Japanese Studies (Nichibunken). Christian Tagsold Department forModern Japan, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf tagsold@phil.hhu.de http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8361-0116 © 2019 Christian Tagsold https://doi.org/10.1080/18692729.2019.1634347 Food safety after Fukushima: Scientific citizenship and the politics of risk,by Nicolas Sternsdorff-Cisterna, Honolulu, University of Hawaii Press, 170