BRIDGING AUSTRALIA AND JAPAN VOLUME 1 THE WRITINGS OF DAVID SISSONS, HISTORIAN AND POLITICAL SCIENTIST BRIDGING AUSTRALIA AND JAPAN VOLUME 1 THE WRITINGS OF DAVID SISSONS, HISTORIAN AND POLITICAL SCIENTIST EDITED BY ARTHUR STOCKWIN AND KEIKO TAMURA ASIAN STUDIES SERIES MONOGRAPH 8 Published by ANU Press The Australian National University Acton ACT 2601, Australia Email:
[email protected] This title is also available online at press.anu.edu.au National Library of Australia Cataloguing-in-Publication entry Creator: Sissons, D. C. S. (David Carlisle Stanley), 1925-2006, author. Title: Bridging Australia and Japan : the writings of David Sissons, historian and political scientist Volume 1 / J. A. A. Stockwin, Keiko Tamura, editors. ISBN: 9781760460860 (paperback) 9781760460877 (ebook) Series: Asian studies series; 8. Subjects: Sissons, D. C. S. (David Carlisle Stanley), 1925-2006. Emigration and immigration. International trade. Australia--Relations--Japan--History. Japan--Relations--Australia--History. Other Creators/Contributors: Stockwin, J. A. A. (James Arthur Ainscow), 1935- editor. Tamura, Keiko, 1955- editor. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying or otherwise, without the prior permission of the publisher. Cover design and layout by ANU Press This edition © 2016 ANU Press Contents Acknowledgements . vii Introduction . 1 Arthur Stockwin 1 . Reflections and engagements . 5 David Sissons and I . 5 Fukui Haruhiro My reminiscences of David Sissons . 9 Okudaira Yasuhiro David Sissons, my doctoral supervisor and mentor . 16 Arthur Stockwin David Sissons and Shiba Ryōtarō . 25 Watanabe Akio David Sissons, his methods of supervision and the adventures of one of his students: A memoir of the days when the world was wide .