Beatrice Bodart-Bailey

Beatrice Bodart-Bailey (born 1942 ) is an Australian academic, writer, and Japanologist. She was named professor of economics at Kobe University, becoming "the first female and first non-Japanese person actually appointed by the Ministry of Education".

Biography Bodart-Bailey's early education was in German and British schools. She earned a BA at the Australian National University (ANU). Her master's and doctorate degrees were awarded at the Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies (RSPAS) at ANU in Canberra.

Bodart-Bailey's marriage to an Australian diplomat caused Bodart-Bailey to follow him as his career developed, including postings in Bangkok, Thailand, and Ottawa, Canada.

Tea and Counsel, the Political Role of Sen Rikyū (1977) Yanagisawa Yoshiyasu: a Reappraisal (1980) Kaempfer Restored (1988) Tokugawa Tsunayoshi (1646-1709): a Weberian analysis (1989) A case of political and economic expropriation : the monetary reform of the fifth Tokugawa shogun (1989) Engelbart Kämpfer (1990) (1999) The Most Magnificent Monastery and Other Famous Sights: the Japanese Paintings of Engelbert Kaempfer (1992) The Persecution of Confucianism in Early Tokugawa Japan (1993) (1994) The Furthest Goal: Engelbert Kaempfer's Encounter with Tokugawa Japan (1995) Kaempfer's Japan: Tokugawa Culture Observed (1999) The Dog Shogun: the Personality and Policies of Tokugawa Tsunayoshi (2006) (2009)