Preface 1 Occupation: the American Way of Life as an Imposed Model 2 Occupation: on the Sense of Justice 3 Comics in Post-war Japan 4 Vaudeville Acts 5 Legends of Common Culture 6 Trends in Popular Songs since the l960s 7 Ordinary Citizens and Citizens’ Movements 8 Comments on Patterns of Life 9 A Comment on Guidebooks on Japan