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TY  - JOUR
VL  - 67
T2  - Shakespeare Survey
SP  - 102-111
ID  - bbbp71
T1  - "'And which the Jew?': Representations of Shylock in Meiji Japan (1868-1912)"
AU  - Oya, Reiko
PY  - 2023
DA  - 2026
KW  - Japan
LA  - English
AB  - Suggests that translations of Merchant of Venice shaped Japanese perceptions of Jewishness. Surveys Japanese translations of Merchant of Venice, showing how some elided the play's Christian references, "thereby seculariz[ing] the Venetian citizens, while letting the Jewish characters remain religious." Notes that Shoyo Tsubouchi's 1906 translation added extensive stage directions that made Shylock's character more tragic.
ER  -