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{"title":"Japanese Gardens and Landscapes, 1650–1950","authors":"Raffaele Pernice","doi":"10.1080/10371397.2019.1612237","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10371397.2019.1612237","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":44839,"journal":{"name":"Japanese Studies","volume":"39 1","pages":"281 - 283"},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2019-05-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/10371397.2019.1612237","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43654191","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Accounting for the Rigidity of Japan’s Nuclear Energy Policy","authors":"Y. Takao","doi":"10.1080/10371397.2019.1627850","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10371397.2019.1627850","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT This article examines the seven decades since the end of World War II and the evolution of Japan’s nuclear energy policy from the perspective of both domestic/international structures and coalition building processes. The objective is to identify the causal mechanism that has produced the rigidity of today’s Japanese nuclear energy policy. This study takes an analytically eclectic approach. Viewing the single puzzle of policy rigidity through two different lenses, political opportunity structures and advocacy coalition framework accounts for different facets of Japan’s nuclear energy policy. This approach can also connect otherwise contending frameworks together to reveal factors in the policy rigidity of nuclear energy.","PeriodicalId":44839,"journal":{"name":"Japanese Studies","volume":"39 1","pages":"239 - 261"},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2019-05-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/10371397.2019.1627850","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43452057","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Sashiko Needlework Reborn: From Functional Technology to Decorative Art","authors":"Carol Hayes","doi":"10.1080/10371397.2019.1634978","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10371397.2019.1634978","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT The term ‘sashiko’ refers to a quilting stitch used to sew together layers of material. The stitch itself is a simple running stitch, with the beauty created by complex interlocking stitching patterns. In Japan there is a long-standing tradition of layering and re-stitching material to create a thicker, warmer more durable garment. This was particularly true in the poorer regions of Tohoku during the Edo and early Meiji period where the lower classes used this stitching to create and decorate garments made out of homespun hemp and other plant fibres. After first contextualising the sashiko tradition, both in terms of its Edo origins and decreasing popularity in late Meiji, this paper focuses on the contemporary rebirth of sashiko as a form of decorative embroidery, and increasingly as a pure art form. In discussing the rekindled interest in this form of stitching, in both the contemporary quilting world and in the context of the global revival of traditional handicrafts, the paper concludes with reference to the work of contemporary sashiko artists and also to the use of sashiko garments in the final film made by the great director, Akira Kurosawa, Yume.","PeriodicalId":44839,"journal":{"name":"Japanese Studies","volume":"39 1","pages":"263 - 280"},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2019-05-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/10371397.2019.1634978","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44053121","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Boys at the Barre: Boys, Men and the Ballet in Japan","authors":"M. Monden","doi":"10.1080/10371397.2019.1611345","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10371397.2019.1611345","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Since the introduction of ballet to Japan in the early 1900s, male dancers have figured prominently, with a profile equal to that of female dancers. Despite this, the association between ballet and girls’ cultures has been dominant in Japan, as in other cultures. As a consequence, ballet is often considered to be a highly ‘feminine’ activity, with associations as a ‘queer’ activity for males in contemporary culture. What does the increase in visibility of ballet in Japanese boys’ culture tell us? This paper examines Japanese popular media that target boys and men as its core audience, especially the magazine Dancin’, possibly the first ballet magazine in the world exclusively for boys and young men. I examine how the magazine operates in contrast to the female version to attempt to create a virtual, imagined community that might offer a sense of belonging and encouragement to otherwise isolated ballet boys.","PeriodicalId":44839,"journal":{"name":"Japanese Studies","volume":"39 1","pages":"145 - 167"},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2019-05-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/10371397.2019.1611345","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45886058","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Monstrous Narratives: Storytelling in Mori Ōgai’s ‘As If’","authors":"Christophe Thouny","doi":"10.1080/10371397.2019.1599684","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10371397.2019.1599684","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT In this reading of Mori Ōgai’s 1912 short story ‘As If’ (‘Kanoyō ni’), I examine how the monstrous is both central to the understanding of modern Japanese experiences and potentially allows for subverting established narratives of Japanese nationhood and modernity. While a number of readings emphasize Ōgai’s conflicting relation with the Japanese imperial state, I argue that the use in this story of monstrous figures such as goblins and ghosts is part of an ongoing experiment in writing to answer to a global urban situation. I call this particular mode of writing a monocularism and argue that it allows us to decenter and displace debates on Ōgai’s work that focus too often on questions of national subjectivity, Japanese modernization and individual alienation. In addition to this contribution to modern Japanese literary studies and Mori Ōgai studies, attention to the monstrous in fiction writing also shows the relevance of recent debates in urban studies, environmentalism and object-oriented ontology for the study of canonical texts of Japanese modern literature. In conclusion, I argue that ‘As If’ allows us to articulate a new relation between the local and the global, already prefiguring the present interest for planetary thinking.","PeriodicalId":44839,"journal":{"name":"Japanese Studies","volume":"39 1","pages":"25 - 7"},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2019-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/10371397.2019.1599684","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42453009","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Yumeno Kyūsaku and the Spirit of the Local","authors":"N. Clerici","doi":"10.1080/10371397.2019.1576295","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10371397.2019.1576295","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Yumeno Kyūsaku (1889–1936), a leading figure in the genre of henkaku tantei shōsetsu (strange or unorthodox detective fiction), often used strange happenings and a gothic atmosphere to thrill readers. The supernatural spills over into his fictional worlds in the form of bizarre events that force his protagonists to confront the border between sanity and madness. They are tormented by voices, visions, and the inability to discern reality. Unlike many writers, Kyūsaku remained in his hometown, Fukuoka, and he regularly incorporated local events and themes into his work. This article examines how the supernatural and the local are intertwined in two of his texts to critique Japan’s course of modernization and how the tamashii – spirit or soul – of the past changes with the times.","PeriodicalId":44839,"journal":{"name":"Japanese Studies","volume":"39 1","pages":"75 - 94"},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2019-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/10371397.2019.1576295","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45168719","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The Book of the Dead","authors":"T. McAuley","doi":"10.1080/10371397.2019.1583537","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10371397.2019.1583537","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":44839,"journal":{"name":"Japanese Studies","volume":"39 1","pages":"137 - 139"},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2019-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/10371397.2019.1583537","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44731614","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Guest Editors’ Introduction: Spirits and Modern Japanese Literature","authors":"Kathryn M. Tanaka, J. Solomon","doi":"10.1080/10371397.2018.1544459","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10371397.2018.1544459","url":null,"abstract":"Part of the appeal of storytelling – be it literary, oral, or in any of the multiple forms in between – comes from its ability to take uncomfortable and complex social issues and render them more palatable to the reading public. Tales of the supernatural use otherworldly elements to confront social anxieties and explore possible futures, not only through content but also through compositional form. The articles in this issue focus on imaginative internal and transcendent horizons of fear, change, knowledge, and despair in modern Japanese literature: the spiritual, the spooky, and the spuriously scientific. These articles broadly address the ways in which spirits intersect with modern ideas that structure society. The central problem for the authors is how different notions of the supernatural or the spiritual are mobilized in modern Japanese literature to question assumptions about the nature of literature, gender, Japanese society, or modernity itself. Collectively, these articles address a number of Japanese authors, including giants of Japanese literature such as Kōda Rohan (Kōda Shigeyuki, 1867–1947), Mori Ōgai (Mori Rintarō, 1862–1922), and Kawabata Yasunari (1899–1972), but shine a new light on their work, demonstrating how they ventured into unempirical territory with experiments in ghost stories, religious poetry, and temporal lapses. These authors, as well as the lesser-known ones, overturn the perception of modern writers as either generally embracing formal and stylistic innovations or romanticizing an invented past. Further, they engaged with the political, technological, and artistic issues of their time, questioning received social and aesthetic values or certainties, exploring and learning to accept innovative uncertainties. Ghosts, spirits, and other metaphors for manifestations of the uncanny as they appear in ‘weird’ fiction have all enjoyed an evergreen status in both popular culture and ‘pure literature’ from early-modern to contemporary Japan. The Tokugawa period saw a boom in the popularity of spirits in various forms, such as ghost-storytelling parties (hyaku monogatari) and elaborately painted picture scrolls depicting parades of monsters (hyakki yagyō). During the rapid modernization and democratization of the Meiji and Taishō eras, writers like Izumi Kyōka (Izumi Kyōtarō, 1873–1939) and Uchida Hyakken (1889–1971), and later authors of popular detective fiction authors like Edogawa Ranpō (Hirai Tarō, 1894–1965), used uncanny stories to grapple with the","PeriodicalId":44839,"journal":{"name":"Japanese Studies","volume":"39 1","pages":"1 - 6"},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2019-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/10371397.2018.1544459","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48941671","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Supernatural Longing in Yamakawa Tomiko’s Tanka","authors":"N. Albertson","doi":"10.1080/10371397.2019.1588690","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10371397.2019.1588690","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Yamakawa Tomiko (1879–1909) was one of the ‘leading ladies’ of the Myōjō (Venus) circle of poets. In her decade of poetic productivity before her premature death from tuberculosis at age 29, Tomiko was known as the melancholy friend and rival of the more famous Yosano Akiko (1878–1942). Not only did the two vie for the romantic affections of the Myōjō leader, Yosano Tekkan (1873–1935), but they also collaborated on one of the great tanka collections of the era, Koigoromo (Robe of Love, 1905), and frequently employed supernatural symbolism in ways that were both traditional and strikingly modern. In this study, I draw Tomiko’s poetry out from under Akiko’s shadow. By examining the era’s gender politics and poetic practices alongside Tomiko’s Christian education and personal anguish, I show how she exquisitely compressed complex worlds of longing, guilt, and defiance into the 31-syllable tanka form.","PeriodicalId":44839,"journal":{"name":"Japanese Studies","volume":"39 1","pages":"43 - 56"},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2019-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/10371397.2019.1588690","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41443956","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The Abject Woman and the Meaning of Illness in Kōda Rohan’s ‘Tai Dokuro’ (Encounter with a Skull)","authors":"Kathryn M. Tanaka","doi":"10.1080/10371397.2019.1588691","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10371397.2019.1588691","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Kōda Rohan’s (1867–1947) ‘Tai dokuro’ (Encounter with a Skull) is often treated as a tale of karmic retribution and transcendence. In addition to drawing on Buddhist philosophy, the text is rich in allusions to classical literature and philosophy. Yet, as this paper argues, Rohan’s tale is decidedly modern. His depiction of illness places his story in dialogue with modern regimes of health, gender, and class, while also drawing on traditional notions of illness and Buddhist aesthetics of decay as associated with the Kusōzu (Nine Stages of Death Scrolls). For centuries, Hansen’s disease was feared as an illness that reduced sufferers to a living corpse, and the 1873 discovery of bacilli that caused the illness did little to assuage public fear – rather, the new attention to the disease increased social stigma. Rohan’s 1890 piece, written before Japan’s 1907 legislation calling for quarantine of sufferers in some cases, draws on modern understandings of Hansen’s disease while at the same time complicating the stigma surrounding the disease. Through a close examination of ‘Encounter with a Skull’, I draw attention to the meaning of illness and the abject woman, as well as the play between archetype and innovation in this distinctly ‘modern’ text.","PeriodicalId":44839,"journal":{"name":"Japanese Studies","volume":"39 1","pages":"57 - 74"},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2019-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/10371397.2019.1588691","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45275183","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}