Challenging clichés of Japanism as a feminine taste, Bachelor Japanists argues that Japanese aesthetics were central to contests over the meanings of masculinity in the West. Christopher Reed draws attention to the queerness of Japanist communities of writers, collectors, curato…
Challenging clichés of Japanism as a feminine taste, 'Bachelor Japanists' argues that Japanese aesthetics were central to contests over the meanings of masculinity in the West. Christopher Reed draws attention to the queerness of Japanist communities of writers, collectors, cura…
An essay on Japanese aesthetics that ranges from the patina of lacquerware and the custom of moon-viewing to monastery toilets and the lighting in a brothel, while contrasting the Japanese sense of subtlety and nuance with Western imports such as electric lighting.
The present volume focuses on explaining the strong impact that Japanese culture bore on Western intellectuals, Modernist literary writers and artists from the second half of the nineteenth century onwards, and, conversely, the impact of Western modernity on Japanese cultural mo…
Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction (Beatriz Penas-Ibáñez / Akiko Manabe) -- Part I. New cultural standards in Japan and The West -- A Dialogue between Eastern and Western Phenomenology: Merleau-Ponty and Nishida. Creative Expression and Vacuity (Mª Carmen Lópe…
The present volume focuses on explaining the strong impact that Japanese culture bore on Western intellectuals, Modernist literary writers and artists from the second half of the nineteenth century onwards, and, conversely, the impact of Western modernity on Japanese cultural mo…
"The Structure of Detachment offers a finely crafted, reliable, and thoroughly annotated translation of this seminal work of one of modern Japan's most prominent philosophers. Because of its impact on the modern Japanese understanding of traditional culture and character, The St…
Through the comparison of Anime with Noh, Bunraku, and Kabuki, The Anime Paradox provides a study on Anime's formal elements that produce specific narrative, structural, and aesthetic patterns.
