Exporting Japanese aesthetics : evolution from tradition to cool Japan

• Material Type: 図書
• ISBN: 1789760011 hardcover; 9781789760019 hardcover
• ISBN (error code): 9781782846581 electronic book
• Title: Exporting Japanese aesthetics : evolution from tradition to cool Japan
• Author/Editor: edited by Tets Kimura & Jennifer Anne Harris.
• Series Title: The Sussex library of Asian & Asian American studies
• Title Heading: Sussex library of Asian and Asian American studies.
• Author Heading: Kimura, Tets.; Harris, Jennifer Anne.
• Publication, Distribution, etc.: Eastbourne : Chicago, IL (出版); Eastbourne : Sussex Academic Press (出版)
• Publication Date: 2020.
• Publication Date (W3CDTF): 2020
• Extent: x, 272 pages
• Other physical details: illustrations
• Size: 24 cm.
• Place of Publication (Country Code): GB
• Text Language Code: eng
• Content Type: txt : text; sti : still image
• Media Type: n : unmediated
• Carrier Type: nc : volume
• Subject Heading: Civilization, Modern--Japanese influences.; Japan--Civilization.; Aesthetics, Japanese.; Civilization.; Japan.
• LCC: CB358
• DDC: 909.08; 306.0952
• NDLC: EC211
• Target Audience: 一般
• Note (Content): 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 draws on a wide range of examples from a multidisciplinary team of scholars exploring transnational, regional and global contexts. Studies include the impact of traditional Japanese theatre and art through to the global popularity of contemporary anime and manga. Under the banner of soft power or Cool Japan, cultural commodities that originate in Japan have manifested new meanings outside Japan. By (re)mapping meanings of selected Japanese cultural forms, this volume offers an in-depth examination of how various aspects of Japanese aesthetics have evolved as exportable commodities, the motivations behind this diffusion, and the extent to which the process of diffusion has been the result of strategic planning. Each chapter presents a case study that explores perspectives that situate Japanese aesthetics within a wide-ranging field of inquiry including performance, tourism, and visual arts, as well as providing historical contexts. The importance of interrogating the export of Japanese aesthetics is validated at the highest levels of government, which formed the Office of Cool Japan in 2010, and which perhaps originated in the 19th Century at governmentally endorsed cultural courts at worlds fairs. Increased international consumption of contemporary Japanese culture provides a much needed boost to Japans weakening economy. The case studies are timely and topical. As host of the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games and the 2025 Osaka Expo, Cool Japan will be under special scrutiny.
• Note (Bibliography): Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Collection (particular): 日本関係外国語図書
• Holding library: 国立国会図書館
• Call No.: EC211-D7
• Data Provider (Database): 国立国会図書館 : 国立国会図書館蔵書; https://ndlsearch.ndl.go.jp
• Bibliographic ID (NDL): 030009047; http://id.ndl.go.jp/bib/030009047
• OCLC No.: 1099268101; https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1099268101
• Cataloging Rule: RDA
• Bibliographic Record Category (NDL): 211