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Author Croft, Adam Thorin, author

Title Urban culture in pre-war Japan / Adam Thorin Croft
Published London ; New York : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2019

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Description 1 online resource
Series Media, culture and social change in Asia
Contents Introduction: Contextualising the Tatsukawa Bunko -- Transitional Literature -- Advances in Popular Publishing -- Human Networks -- Cholera, Mass Migration, & Publishing Rivalries -- Resonant Voices -- Performative Traditions in a Time of Mass Media -- Hyper-masculinity in Sarutobi-Sasuke -- Decoding Transcultural Influences in the Text -- Reflections of Industrial Urbanism -- Hyper-masculinity & Social Violence During the Taisho Era -- Congruent Bodies -- Popular Culture & Imperial Ethics
Summary Politically the 1910s and 1920s were dark days for Japan: economic instability, frequent political assassinations, and increasing violent military interventions at home and overseas affected many. This book explores the literature of the period, showing how it contributed to this overall mood. It focuses on the Tatsukawa Library, an unusual collection of military chronicles based on traditions of popular storytelling found in the yose -- a network of small theatrical venues that provided the masses living and working in Japan's major cities with affordable entertainment. Capitalising on local advances in Western-style printing, the series facilitated a 'new wave' of literature that appealed especially to young, marginalised, economically-insecure urban youths. This book discusses how the narrative content of the Tatsukawa Library, which focuses on historical samurai struggling valiantly against adverse circumstances, helped inspire a generation with admiration for violence. This work also examines how this outlook fitted with the Japanese state's reintroduction of imperial propaganda
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher
Subject Japanese literature -- Taishō period, 1912-1926 -- History and criticism
Literature and society -- Japan -- History -- 20th century
Japanese literature -- Publishing -- History -- 20th century
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Ethnic Studies -- Asian American Studies.
Japanese literature -- Taishō period
Literature and society
Japan
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2019020640
ISBN 9780429748905
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