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For the convenience of those without access to university libraries, I have included URLs to directly download public domain and open access books and papers, as well as other books and papers for which complete versions have been made legally available online with no paywall. For other papers, I have included DOI URLs.

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Aoki, Ei, dir. Wandering Son. Aniplex, 2011. https://www.crunchyroll.com/hourou-musuko-wandering-son.
Austen, Jane. Mansfield Park. London: 1814; Project Gutenberg, 1994. https://gutenberg.org/ebooks/141.
———. Pride and Prejudice. London: 1813; Project Gutenberg, 2013. https://gutenberg.org/ebooks/42671.
Bacon, Alice Mabel. Japanese Girls and Women. Rev. ed. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1919. https://archive.org/details/japanesegirlswom00baco_2.
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———. “Yuri Is for Everyone: An Analysis of Yuri Demographics and Readership.” Anime Feminist, February 12, 2020. https://www.animefeminist.com/yuri-is-for-everyone-an-analysis-of-yuri-demographics-and-readership.
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Bowers, Faubion. “Politics and Love in Japan.” Review of After the Banquet by Yukio Mishima. New York Times, April 14, 1963. https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/books/98/10/25/specials/mishima-banquet.html.
Bridges, Rose. Review of Sweet Blue Flowers, vol. 1, by Takako Shimura. Anime News Network. October 20, 2017. https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/sweet-blue-flowers-2-in-1-edition/gn-1/.122727.
Brown, Ash. Review of Sweet Blue Flowers, vol. 1. Experiments in Manga (blog). October 27, 2017. http://experimentsinmanga.mangabookshelf.com/2017/10/sweet-blue-flowers-omnibus-1.
Burton, Margaret E. The Education of Women in Japan. New York: Fleming H. Revell, 1914. https://archive.org/details/educationwomenja00burtuoft.
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Canno. Kiss and White Lily for My Dearest Girl. Translated by Jocelyne Allen. 10 vols. New York: Yen Press, 2013–19.
Cao, Caroline. “The Patriarchal Pains of Womanhood in the Films of Studio Ghibli’s Isao Takahata.” Anime Feminist. January 25, 2019. https://www.animefeminist.com/feature-the-patriarchal-pains-of-womanhood-in-the-films-of-studio-ghiblis-isao-takahata.
Carpenter, Edward. The Intermediate Sex: A Study of Some Transitional Types of Men and Women. New York: Mitchell Kennerly, 1912. https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Intermediate_Sex/gbcNAAAAYAAJ.
Chalmers, Sharon. Emerging Lesbian Voices from Japan. London: RoutledgeCurzon, 2002.
Chapman, David. “Geographies of Self and Other: Mapping Japan through the Koseki.” Asia-Pacific Journal: Japan Focus 9, no. 29 (July 19, 2011). https://apjjf.org/-David-Chapman/3565/article.pdf.
Chapman, David, and Karl Jakob Krogness, ed. Japan’s Household Registration System and Citizenship: Koseki, Identification, and Documentation. London: Routledge, 2014.
Charlebois, Justin. “Herbivore Masculinity as an Oppositional Form of Masculinity.” Culture, Society & Masculinities 5, no. 1 (Spring 2013), 89–104.
Cline, Alex. Review of Sweet Blue Flowers, vol. 1, by Takako Shimura. Adventures in Poor Taste. October 19, 2017. https://aiptcomics.com/2017/10/19/sweet-blue-flowers-vol-1-review.
Cook, Amelia. Review of Sweet Blue Flowers, vol. 1, by Takako Shimura. Otaku USA. December 9, 2017. https://www.otakuusamagazine.com/sweet-blue-flowers-review.
Dahlberg-Dodd, Hannah E. “Script Variation as Audience Design: Imagining Readership and Community in Japanese Yuri Comics.” Language in Society 49, no. 3 (2020), 357–78. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0047404519000794.
———. “Talking like a Shōnen Hero: Masculinity in Post-Bubble Era Japan through the Lens of Boku and Ore.” Buckeye East Asian Linguistics 3 (October 2018), 31–42. https://kb.osu.edu/bitstream/handle/1811/86767/BEAL_v3_2018_Dahlberg-Dodd_31.pdf.
Dargis, Melina. Review of Sweet Blue Flowers, vol. 2, by Takako Shimura. The Fandom Post. April 11, 2018. https://www.fandompost.com/2018/04/11/sweet-blue-flowers-vol-02-manga-review
———. Review of Sweet Blue Flowers, vol. 3, by Takako Shimura. The Fandom Post. April 11, 2018. https://www.fandompost.com/2018/12/08/sweet-blue-flowers-vol-03-manga-review.
Deacon, Chris. “All the World’s a Stage: Herbivore Boys and the Performance of Masculinity in Contemporary Japan.” In Manga Girl Seeks Herbivore Boy: Studying Japanese Gender at Cambridge, edited by Brigitte Steger and Angelika Koch, 129–76. Berlin: LIT Verlag, 2013. https://www.academia.edu/34610378/All_the_Worlds_a_Stage_Herbivore_Boys_and_the_Performance_of_Masculinity_in_Contemporary_Japan_in_Brigitte_Steger_and_Angelika_Koch_eds_Manga_Girl_Seeks_Herbivore_Boy_Studying_Japanese_Gender_at_Cambridge_LIT_Verlag_2013.
Dentsu. “First time poll categorizes straight respondents; analyzes their knowledge, awareness of LGBTQ+ matters—Most ‘knowledgeable but unconcerned’; do not think LGBTQ+ issues relate to them—.” April 8, 2021. https://www.dentsu.co.jp/en/news/release/2021/0408-010371.html.
Dezaki, Osamu, dir. Dear Brother. 1991–92; Altamonte Springs, FL: Discotek Media, 2021. Blu-ray Disc, 1080p HD.
Dollase, Hiromi Tsuchiya. Age of Shōjo: The Emergence, Evolution, and Power of Japanese Girls’ Magazine Fiction. Albany: SUNY Press, 2019.
———. “Yoshiya Nobuko’s ‘Yaneura no nishojo’: In Search of Literary Possibilities in ‘Shōjo’ Narratives.” U.S.-Japan Women’s Journal, English supplement, no. 20/21 (2001), 151–178. https://www.jstor.org/stable/42772176.
Douresseaux, Leroy. Review of Sweet Blue Flowers, vol. 1, by Takako Shimura. The Comic Book Bin. October 3, 2017. http://www.comicbookbin.com/sweetblueflowers001.html.
———. Review of Sweet Blue Flowers, vol. 2, by Takako Shimura. The Comic Book Bin. January 8, 2018. http://www.comicbookbin.com/sweetblueflowers002.html.
Duke, Benjamin. The History of Japanese Education: Constructing the National School System, 1872–1890. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 2009.
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EyeSpyeAlex [Alexandra Nutting]. Review of Sweet Blue Flowers, vol. 1, by Takako Shimura. The Geekly Grind. October 7, 2017. http://www.thegeeklygrind.com/sweet-blue-flowers-part-one.
———. Review of Sweet Blue Flowers, vol. 2, by Takako Shimura. The Geekly Grind. January 5, 2018. http://www.thegeeklygrind.com/sweet-blue-flowers-part-two.
———. Review of Sweet Blue Flowers, vol. 3, by Takako Shimura. The Geekly Grind. March 25, 2018. http://www.thegeeklygrind.com/sweet-blue-flowers-volume-4-review [sic].
———. Review of Sweet Blue Flowers, vol. 4, by Takako Shimura. The Geekly Grind. July 2, 2018. http://www.thegeeklygrind.com/sweet-blue-flowers-volume-4-review-2.
Frederick, Sarah. “Not That Innocent: Nobuko Yoshiya’s Good Girls.” In Bad Girls of Japan, edited by Laura Miller and Jan Bardsley, 65–79. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2005.
———. Review of Passionate Friendship: The Aesthetics of Girls’ Culture in Japan, by Deborah Shamoon. Mechademia, October 7, 2013. https://www.mechademia.net/2013/10/07/book-review-passionate-friendship.
———. Translator’s introduction to Yellow Rose, by Nokuko Yoshiya.
———. Turning Pages: Reading and Writing Women’s Magazines in Interwar Japan. Honolulu: University of Hawai‘i Press, 2006.
Freedman, Alisa. “Commuting Gazes: Schoolgirls, Salarymen, and Electric Trains in Tokyo.” Journal of Transport History 23, no. 1 (March 2002), 23–36. https://doi.org/10.7227/TJTH.23.1.4.
Friedman, Erica. By Your Side: The First 100 Years of Yuri Manga and Anime. Vista, CA: Journey Press, 2022.
———. “Is Yuri Queer?” Anime Feminist. June 7, 2019. https://www.animefeminist.com/feature-is-yuri-queer.
———. “Maria-sama ga miteru: 20 Years of Watching Mary Watching Us.” Okazu (blog). January 28, 2018. https://okazu.yuricon.com/2018/01/28/maria-sama-ga-miteru-20-years-of-watching-mary-watching-us.
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———. “On Defining Yuri.” Transformative Works and Cultures 24 (2017). https://journal.transformativeworks.org/index.php/twc/article/view/831/835.
———. “Overthinking Things 03/02/2011.” The Hooded Utilitarian. March 2, 2011. https://www.hoodedutilitarian.com/2011/03/overthinking-things-03022011.
———. “Overthinking Things 04/03/2011: 40 Years of the Same Damn Story, Pt. 1.” The Hooded Utilitarian. April 3, 2011. https://www.hoodedutilitarian.com/2011/04/overthinking-things-04032011.
———. “Overthinking Things 05/03/2011: 40 Years of the Same Damn Story, Part 2.” The Hooded Utilitarian. May 2, 2011. https://www.hoodedutilitarian.com/2011/05/21840.
———. “‘Own Voices’: Are There Queer Creators Creating Yuri?” YouTube video, 15:23. December 13, 2020. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eqZeCMWDt08.
———. Review of Passionate Friendship: The Aesthetics of Girls’ Culture in Japan, by Deborah Shamoon. Okazu (blog). February 6, 2014. https://okazu.yuricon.com/2014/02/06/passionate-friendship-the-aesthetics-of-girls-culture-in-japan.
———. Review of Shiroi heya no futari, by Ryoko Yamagishi. Okazu (blog). June 3, 2004. https://okazu.yuricon.com/2004/06/03/yuri-manga-shiroi-heya-no-futari.
———. Review of Sweet Blue Flowers, disc 1. Okazu (blog). May 6, 2013. https://okazu.yuricon.com/2013/05/06/yuri-anime-sweet-blue-flowers-aoi-hana-disk-1-english.
———. Review of Sweet Blue Flowers, vol. 1, by Takako Shimura. Okazu (blog). October 4, 2017. https://okazu.yuricon.com/2017/10/04/yuri-manga-sweet-blue-flowers-volume-1-english.
———. Review of Sweet Blue Flowers, vol. 2, by Takako Shimura. Okazu (blog). January 8, 2018. https://okazu.yuricon.com/2018/01/08/yuri-manga-sweet-blue-flowers-volume-2-english.
———. Review of Sweet Blue Flowers, vol. 3, by Takako Shimura. Okazu (blog). April 11, 2018. https://okazu.yuricon.com/2018/04/11/yuri-manga-sweet-blue-flowers-volume-3-english.
———. Review of Sweet Blue Flowers, vol. 4, by Takako Shimura. Okazu (blog). July 9, 2018. https://okazu.yuricon.com/2018/07/09/yuri-manga-sweet-blue-flower-volume-4-english.
———. Review of Yagate kimi ni naru, vol. 3, by Nio Nakatani. Okazu (blog). January 26, 2017. https://okazu.yuricon.com/2017/01/26/yuri-manga-yagate-kimi-ni-naru-volume-3-%e3%82%84%e3%81%8c%e3%81%a6%e5%90%9b%e3%81%ab%e3%81%aa%e3%82%8b.
———. Review of Yaneura no nishojo, by Nobuko Yoshiya. Okazu (blog). May 10, 2010. https://okazu.yuricon.com/2010/05/09/yuri-novel-yaneura-no-nishojo.
———. “Why We Call It ‘Yuri.’” Anime Feminist. August 9, 2017. https://www.animefeminist.com/history-why-call-yuri.
———. “Yuri, 1919–2019, from Then to Now.” Anime Herald. February 6, 2019. https://www.animeherald.com/2019/02/06/yuri-1919-2019-from-then-to-now.
Fruchterman, Thomas M. J., and Edward M. Reingold. “Graph Drawing by Force-Directed Placement.” Software: Practice and Experience 21, no. 11 (November 1991), 1129–64. https://doi.org/10.1002/spe.4380211102.
Fujimoto, Yukari. “Where Is My Place in the World? Early Shōjo Manga Portrayals of Lesbianism.” Translated by Lucy Frazier. Mechademia 9 (2014), 25–42. https://doi.org/10.5749/mech.9.2014.0025.
Gaffney, Sean. Review of Sweet Blue Flowers, vol. 1, by Takako Shimura. A Case Suitable for Treatment (blog). September 30, 2017. http://suitablefortreatment.mangabookshelf.com/2017/09/30/sweet-blue-flowers-omnibus-1.
———. Review of Sweet Blue Flowers, vol. 2, by Takako Shimura. A Case Suitable for Treatment (blog). December 22, 2017. http://suitablefortreatment.mangabookshelf.com/2017/12/22/sweet-blue-flowers-omnibus-2.
———. Review of Sweet Blue Flowers, vol. 3, by Takako Shimura. A Case Suitable for Treatment (blog). March 20, 2018. http://suitablefortreatment.mangabookshelf.com/2018/03/20/sweet-blue-flowers-omnibus-3.
———. Review of Sweet Blue Flowers, vol. 4, by Takako Shimura. A Case Suitable for Treatment (blog). July 3, 2018. http://suitablefortreatment.mangabookshelf.com/2018/07/03/sweet-blue-flowers-omnibus-4.
Ghaznavi, Cyrus, Haruka Sakamoto, Shuhei Nomura, Anna Kubota, Daisuke Yoneoka, Kenji Shibuya, and Peter Ueda. “The Herbivore’s Dilemma: Trends in and Factors Associated with Heterosexual Relationship Status and Interest in Romantic Relationships among Young Adults in Japan—Analysis of National Surveys, 1987–2015.” PLoS ONE 15(11): e0241571. https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0241571.
Goldstein-Gidoni, Ofra. Packaged Japaneseness: Weddings, Business, and Brides. Honolulu: University of Hawai‘i Press, 1997.
Gosho, Heinosuke, dir. The Dancing Girl of Izu. Shochiku, 1933. 1 hr., 32 min. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yd36RJ0nzdM.
Hagio, Moto. The Heart of Thomas. Translated by Rachel Thorn. Seattle: Fantagraphics Books, 2012.
Harano, Mami. “Anatomy of Mishima’s Most Successful Play Rokumeikan.” Master’s thesis, Portland State University, 2010. https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1386&context=open_access_etds.
Hazuki, Ruri. Saturday: Introduction. Gardena, CA: Lilyka, 2019.
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Helen. Review of Sweet Blue Flowers, vol. 1, by Takako Shimura. TheOASG. December 7, 2017. https://www.theoasg.com/reviews/manga/sweet-blue-flowers-volume-1-review.
Hiener, Teresa A. “Shinto Wedding, Samurai Bride: Inventing Tradition and Fashioning Identity in the Rituals of Bridal Dress in Japan.” PhD diss., University of Pittsburgh, 1997.
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Hodgin, Chuck. Review of Sweet Blue Flowers, vol. 1, by Takako Shimura. In “25 LGBTQAI+ Titles for Pride Month—and Onward,” by Kent Turner. School Library Journal. June 12, 2018. https://www.slj.com/?detailStory=25-lgbtqai-titles-celebrate-pride.
Hong, Terry. Review of Sweet Blue Flowers, vol. 1, by Takako Shimura. BookDragon (blog). December 22, 2017. https://smithsonianapa.org/bookdragon/sweet-blue-flowers-vol-1-takako-shimura-translated-adapted-john-werry.
Horii, Mitsutoshi, and Adam Burgess. “Constructing Sexual Risk: ‘Chikan,’ Collapsing Male Authority and the Emergence of Women-Only Train Carriages in Japan.” Health, Risk & Society 14, no. 1 (2012), 41–55. https://doi.org/10.1080/13698575.2011.641523.
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Jaime. Review of Even Though We’re Adults, vol. 4, by Takako Shimura. Yuri Stargirl (blog). April 23, 2022. https://www.yuristargirl.com/2022/04/even-though-were-adults-volume-4-manga.html.
———. Review of Sweet Blue Flowers, vol. 4, by Takako Shimura. Yuri Stargirl (blog). June 22, 2018. https://www.yuristargirl.com/2018/06/sweet-blue-flowers-aoi-hana-vol-4.html.
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Kamatani, Yuhki. Our Dreams at Dusk: Shimanami Tasogare. Translated by Jocelyne Allen. 4 vols. Los Angeles: Seven Seas Entertainment, 2019.
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Kawahara, Kazune. My Love Story!!. Vol. 1. Translated by Ysabet Reinhardt MacFarlane and JN Productions. San Francisco: Viz Media, 2014.
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Kimino, Sakurako. Strawberry Panic. Translated by Michelle Kobayashi and Anastasia Moreno. 3 vols. Los Angeles: Seven Seas Entertainment, 2008.
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———. Queer Japan from the Pacific War to the Internet Age. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2005. Kindle.
———. “The role of the ‘tōjisha’ in current debates about sexual minority rights in Japan,” 2009, 4–7, https://ro.uow.edu.au/artspapers/206.
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———. Hana & Hina After School. Vol. 3. Translated by Jennifer McKeon. Los Angeles: Seven Seas Entertainment, 2017.
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