Morgan Pitelka

@mpitelka.bsky.social

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Historian of Japan, distinguished professor at UNC-Chapel Hill, specialist in material culture, urban history, environmental history; coeditor, Journal of Japanese Studies

cover image of the journal of Japanese studies, volume 51, number 1, winter 2025

Godzilla tramples Tokyo in a scene from Godzilla Minus One.

picture of paperback version of Reading Medieval Ruins

pack horses in a detail from a Rakuchu Rakugaizu folding screen, early 17th century