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Category Archives: culture
Book Announcement: Exporting Japanese Aesthetics: Evolution from Tradition to Cool Japan
Exporting Japanese Aesthetics:Evolution from Tradition to Cool Japan EDITED BY TETS KIMURA & JENNIFER ANNE HARRIS Exporting Japanese Aesthetics brings together historical and contemporary case studies addressing the evolution of international impacts and influences of Japanese culture and aesthetics. The volume … Continue reading
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Tagged aesthetics, book announcement, books, culture, Japan, Japanese aesthetics, Japanese culture, Japanese history
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Fun Link Friday: Food-inspired inks 🍜
Just a quickie Fun Link Friday today, folks. In keeping with the love of food-inspired crafts from Japan, I was fascinated to come across SoraNews24’s recent exploration of stationery based on local foods of Nagasaki. The one that particularly caught … Continue reading
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Tagged art, art supplies, food, fun link friday, ink, Japan, Japanese stationery, stationery
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Book Announcement: Licentious Fictions: Ninjō and the Nineteenth-Century Japanese Novel
Licentious Fictions:Ninjō and the Nineteenth-Century Japanese NovelDaniel Poch Nineteenth-century Japanese literary discourse and narrative developed a striking preoccupation with ninjō—literally “human emotion,” but often used in reference to amorous feeling and erotic desire. For many writers and critics, fiction’s capacity to … Continue reading
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Tagged Ansei Edo earthquake, Edo, Edo Japan, fiction, Japan, Japanese literature, meiji, Meiji Japan, novel, novels
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Fun Link Friday: Original Kanji Contest
Everyone knows that there’s nothing fun about the pandemic and it’s certainly been on all of our minds for months and months now. This past year Grape brought to our attention that there has been a contest for ten years+ … Continue reading
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Tagged contest, Japanese, Japanese language, kanji, kanji contest
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Resource: Tsukioka Kōgyo, 月岡耕漁 The Art of Noh, 1869-1927
When we think of woodblock prints, typically what comes to mind is early modern Japan, with its wealth of colorful kabuki prints and personalities. However, woodblock printing continued to be a rich and fascinating artistic practice long after, and kabuki … Continue reading
Book Announcement: A Transnational Critique of Japaneseness: Cultural Nationalism, Racism, and Multiculturalism in Japan
A Transnational Critique of JapanesenessCultural Nationalism, Racism, and Multiculturalism in JapanYUKO KAWAI In this book, Yuko Kawai departs from the common conception of Japan as an ethnically homogenous nation. A Transnational Critique of Japaneseness: Cultural Nationalism, Racism, and Multiculturalism in … Continue reading
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Tagged book announcement, books, cultural nationalism, global, Japan, Japaneseness, modern Japan, multiculturalism, nationalism, transnational
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Fun Link Friday: Supernatural Cats
Are obsessions with cute cats and cat pics global across time and space? An article from September 2020 by Zack Davisson that appeared in Smithsonian Magazine takes a look at this phenomenon in Japan, at least, and explores the appearance … Continue reading
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Tagged cats, folklore, fun link friday, Japan, Japanese culture, prints
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Book Announcement: Competing Visions of Japan’s Relations with Southeast Asia, 1938-1960: Identity, Asianism, and the Search for a Regional Role
Competing Visions of Japan’s Relations with Southeast Asia, 1938–1960:Identity, Asianism and the Search for a Regional RoleVon Dr. Heiko Lang In a detailed discourse analysis, it compares competing arguments offered by business circles, the military, the political and diplomatic elites, … Continue reading
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Tagged asia, diplomacy, international relations, Japan, modern, modern history, modern Japan, Southeast Asia
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Fun Link Friday: Muscleman Tea Party
Instagram and other social media outlets are rife with beautiful displays of innovative Japanese tea ceremony sweets, with confectionery specialists playing off of traditional aesthetics and contemporary holidays. But did you ever think you’d be enjoying incredibly buff, jiggling sweets … Continue reading
Book Announcement: The Archaeology of Medieval Towns: Case Studies from Japan and Europe
The Archaeology of Medieval Towns: Case Studies from Japan and Europe Simon Kaner (Editor); Brian Ayers (Editor); Richard Pearson (Editor); Oscar Wrenn (Editor) In recent years, major new archaeological discoveries have redefined the development of towns and cities in the … Continue reading
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Tagged archaeology, book announcement, books, Japan, Japanese archaeology, medieval, medieval archaeology, medieval Europe, medieval Japan, towns
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What can I do with a B.A. in Japanese Studies? 