Tag Archives: Japanese culture

Book Announcement: A History of Popular Culture in Japan

Posted on January 8, 2023 by Paula

A History of Popular Culture in Japan From the Seventeenth Century to the Present E. Taylor Atkins The phenomenon of ‘Cool Japan’ is one of the distinctive features of global popular culture of the millennial age. A History of Popular Culture … Continue reading →

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Book Announcement: Tracing Japanese Leftist Political Activism (1957 – 2017): The Boomerang Flying Transnational

Posted on December 26, 2022 by Paula

Tracing Japanese Leftist Political Activism (1957 – 2017): The Boomerang Flying Transnational By Kevin Coogan, Claudia Derichs Tracing Japanese Leftist Political Activism (1957–2017) tells the story of the Japanese Red Army (JRA), a militant left-wing group founded in 1971 which was … Continue reading →

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Book Announcement: Rituals of Initiation and Consecration in Premodern Japan: Power and Legitimacy in Kingship, Religion, and the Arts

Posted on December 18, 2022 by Paula

Rituals of Initiation and Consecration in Premodern Japan: Power and Legitimacy in Kingship, Religion, and the Arts Edited by Fabio Rambelli & Or Porath In premodern Japan, legitimization of power and knowledge in various contexts was sanctioned by consecration rituals … Continue reading →

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Book Announcement: The Immersive Enclosure: Virtual Reality in Japan

Posted on October 16, 2022 by Paula

The Immersive Enclosure: Virtual Reality in Japan Paul Roquet Although virtual reality promises to immerse a person in another world, its true power lies in its ability to sever a person’s spatial situatedness in this one. This is especially clear … Continue reading →

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Book Announcement: Overseas Shinto Shrines: Religion, Secularity and the Japanese Empire

Posted on October 9, 2022 by Paula

Overseas Shinto Shrines: Religion, Secularity and the Japanese Empire Karli Shimizu (Author) Through extensive use of primary resources and fieldwork, this detailed study examines overseas Shinto shrines and their complex role in the colonization and modernization of newly Japanese lands … Continue reading →

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Book Announcement: Gas Mask Nation: Visualizing Civil Air Defense in Wartime Japan

Posted on September 18, 2022 by Paula

Gas Mask Nation Visualizing Civil Air Defense in Wartime Japan Gennifer Weisenfeld A fascinating look at the anxious pleasures of Japanese visual culture during World War II. Airplanes, gas masks, and bombs were common images in wartime Japan. Yet amid … Continue reading →

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Resource: The World of the Japanese Illustrated Book

Posted on August 24, 2022 by Paula

These days there are seemingly endless digitized materials to look at online, whether searching for the contents of major public libraries, museums, or university collections. But we can’t always get a well-rounded understanding of an object just from the metadata … Continue reading →

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Book Announcement: Cultural Imprints: War and Memory in the Samurai Age

Posted on July 17, 2022 by Paula

Cultural Imprints: War and Memory in the Samurai Age Edited by Elizabeth Oyler and Katherine Saltzman-Li Cultural Imprints draws on literary works, artifacts, performing arts, and documents that were created by or about the samurai to examine individual “imprints,” traces holding … Continue reading →

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Book Announcement: Gender, Culture, and Disaster in Post-3.11 Japan

Posted on June 19, 2022 by Paula

Gender, Culture, and Disaster in Post-3.11 Japan Mire Koikari (Author) The Great East Japan Disaster – a compound catastrophe of earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear meltdown that began on March 11, 2011 – has ushered in a new era of cultural … Continue reading →

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Call for Applicants: Online Summer Program in Japanese Cultural Studies

Posted on June 13, 2022 by Paula

The Centre for Japanese Studies at the University of East Anglia and the Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Cultures are pleased to invite applications for the 2022 Online Summer Programme in Japanese Cultural Studies, running from Monday 1st to Friday 12th August … Continue reading →

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