Negotiating Censorship in Modern Japan
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Introduction: Negotiating Censorship In Modern Japan / Rachael Hutchinson -- Censorship And Patronage In Meiji Kabuki / Rachel Payne -- Seditious Obscenity, Obscene Seditions: The Radical Eroticism Of Umehara Hokumei / Jonathan Abel -- The Censor As Critic: Ogawa Chikagoro And Popular Music Censorship In Imperial Japan / Hiromu Nagahara -- Kawabata's Wartime Message In Beautiful Voyage (utsukushii Tabi) / Hiromi Tsuchiya Dollase -- Banned Books In The Hands Of Japanese Librarians: From Meiji To Postwar / Sharon Domier -- Self-censorship: The Case Of Wartime Japanese Poetry / Leith Morton -- Kurosawa Akira's One Wonderful Sunday: Censorship, Context And Counter-discursive Film / Rachael Hutchinson -- Censoring Tamura Taijiro's Biography Of A Prostitute (shunpuden) / Eleanor Kerkham -- Censoring Imperial Honorifics: A Linguistic Analysis Of Occupation Censorship In Newspapers And Literature / Noriko Akimoto Sugimori -- Art Il-legally Defined? A Legal And Art Historical Analysis Of Akasegawa Genpei's Model Thousand-yen Note Incident / Yayoi Shionoiri -- Parodying The Censor And Censoring Parody In Modern Japan / Kirsten Cather. Edited By Rachael Hutchinson. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.
Menrva's Summary
THE THESIS
This collection investigates the complex mechanisms of state and social censorship in Japan from the Meiji era through the postwar period. Editor Rachael Hutchinson compiles a series of scholarly essays that examine how political, moral, and linguistic constraints have shaped Japanese cultural production. By analyzing diverse media including kabuki, literature, film, and visual art, the contributors demonstrate that censorship in Japan is not merely a top-down prohibition but a negotiated process involving creators, censors, and the public.
THE SCOPE MAP
What You Will Find
- Historical analysis of censorship practices from the Meiji era to the post-World War II occupation.
- Examination of diverse media forms including kabuki, popular music, wartime poetry, and film.
- Case studies on specific incidents such as the censorship of Akasegawa Genpei's art and Tamura Taijiro's literature.
- Analysis of the role of self-censorship and linguistic control in Japanese society.
THE AUTHORITY PERSPECTIVE
Scholars and historians identify this volume as a significant contribution to the study of Japanese cultural history and state control. Readers frequently note the academic density of the prose, which provides a rigorous framework for understanding the intersection of law, art, and politics in modern Japan.
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Publication Date:
2013-01-01
Publisher:
Taylor & Francis Group
ISBN-10:
0415520789
ISBN-13:
9780203590935
History
Japan
Criticism history
Prohibited books
Media Studies
Freedom Of Information
Censorship
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