Lost histories: recovering the lives of Japan's colonial peoples

Introduction

Part I. Boundaries of late Meiji colonial subjecthood. Colonial reality and subaltern subjectivity

Meeting the man on the other side

The paupers' grave at Margravine Cemetery

Welcome to the empire

Part II. Journeys between the metropole and the colonies. The taming of the barbarian and other savage love stories

Two coconuts and a bonito stick

Part III. Performing and living racial-alities. Dividing space, creating barriers

A mountain of bones

Conclusion.