Japan Versus The West

Author : Neil Jackson
Publisher : Lund Humphries Publishers Limited
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 1848222963

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Japan and the West by Neil Jackson Pdf

This book discusses the architectural influence that Japan and the West have had on each other during the last 150 years. While the recent histories of Western and Japanese architecture have been well recorded, they have rarely been interwoven. Based on extensive research, Japan and the West provides a synthetic overview that brings together the main themes of Japanese and Western architecture since 1850 and shows that neither could exist in its present state without the other. It should be no surprise that Meiji architecture drew heavily upon Western precedents, or that Le Corbusier was strongly influenced by the Japanese minka. In considering these histories, this book demonstrates the mutual inter-dependence of both architectural cultures while, at the same time, acknowledging their differences. In conclusion, the book moves beyond style and structure to the Japanese concept of ma -- the pause or the space between, and demonstrates how this concept has found a place in Western architecture.

Author : Keizo Nagatani
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2019-01-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780429814792

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Japan and the West: The Perception Gap by Keizo Nagatani Pdf

This book first published in 1998 containes the work of Six members of the Centre for Japanese Research (CJR), an area unit of the Institute for Asian Research at the University of British Columbia. They were motivated by the fact that after over a century of cultural, economic and political interaction between the two regions, mutual misunderstandings or perception gaps remain deep and wide and by the belief that highlighting these differences, as they manifest in diverse areas and manners, might potentially contribute to a better understanding, if not an immediate narrowing, of the gaps. The six essays that follow are the products of such group efforts. Three authors are Westerners and the remaining three are Japanese by origin. By speciality, they represent modern Japanese literature, cultural anthropology, art history, political science, economics and geography.

Author : Endymion Porter Wilkinson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Europe
ISBN : UCSC:32106014036237

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Japan Versus the West by Endymion Porter Wilkinson Pdf

Examines the right and the wrongs on both sides to blame for Western decline in the face of the Japanese competition? Are the Europeans and Americans lazy as well as improving European and US ability to cope with the rise of Japan. This book was previously published as "Japan Versus Europe."

Author : Richard Storry
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1979
Category : Balance of power
ISBN : UOM:39015002266958

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Japan and the Decline of the West in Asia, 1894-1943 by Richard Storry Pdf

Author : Steve Odin
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2001-04-01
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0824823745

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Artistic Detachment in Japan and the West by Steve Odin Pdf

Artistic Detachment in Japan and the West takes up the notion of artistic detachment, or psychic distance, as an intercultural motif for East-West comparative aesthetics. The work begins with an overview of aesthetic theory in the West from the eighteenth-century empiricists to contemporary aesthetics and concludes with a survey of various critiques of psychic distance. Throughout, the author takes a highly innovative approach by juxtaposing Western aesthetic theory against Eastern (primarily Japanese) aesthetic theory. Weaving between cultures and time periods, the author focuses on a remarkably wide range of theories: in the West, the Kantian notion of disinterested contemplation, Heidegger's Gelassenheit, semiotics, and pragmatism; in Japan, Zeami's notion of riken no ken, the Kyoto School's intepretation of nothingness, D. T. Suzuki's analysis of the function of no-mind, and the writings of Kuki Shuzo on Buddhist detachment. "Portrait of the artist" fiction by such writers as Henry James, James Joyce, Mori Ogai, and Natsume Soseki demonstrates how the main theme of detachment is expressed in literary traditions. The role of sympathy or pragmatism in relation to disinterest is examined, suggesting conflicts within or challenges to the notion of detachment. Researchers and students in Eastern and Western areas of study, including philosophers and religionists, as well as literary and cultural critics, will deem this work an invaluable contribution to cross-cultural philosophy and literary studies.

Author : Lionel Lambourne
Publisher : Phaidon Press
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2007-05-22
Category : Design
ISBN : 0714847976

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Japonisme by Lionel Lambourne Pdf

A broad survey of the West's extraordinary love affair with Japan. From the moment of the very first contact in the sixteenth century, Japan has always possessed an irresistible fascination for the West. The fascination was if anything increased when Japan closed its borders in 1638, and for over 200 years the only contact was through a small colony of Dutch traders who were permitted to live on the tiny island of Deshima in Nagasaki Bay. After 1858, full trade was resumed, and a wave of 'Japanomania' swept across Europe and America. The 1862 Great Exhibition in London was the first to display a wide range of Japanese goods in the west. Visited by hundreds of thousands of people, the prints, ceramics and lacquer work became the height of fashion. Christopher Dresser travelled to Japan in 1876 as an agent for Tiffany & Co. He visited 64 potteries and dozens of other manufacturers. Not only did he take photographs home to spread the word there, but he also advised the Japanese how best to export their trade. This two way dialogue offers a rich synthesis of fine art and the decorative arts, as well as popular culture. Lionel Lambourne tells this remarkable story in a fluent and engaging narrative that focuses on the human drama - often amusing but sometimes tragic - of the individual personalities involved in the two-way dialogue between cultures.

Author : Paul Hendrix Clark
Publisher : Hackett Publishing
Page : 170 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2020-04-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781624668906

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The Perry Expedition and the "Opening of Japan to the West," 1853–1873 by Paul Hendrix Clark Pdf

By the time U.S. Commodore Matthew Perry's squadron of four ships sailed into Tokyo Bay on July 8, 1853, the Japanese Tokugawa government had already fended off similarly unwelcome intrusions by the French, the Russians, the Dutch, and the British. These Western imperialists had the power and the means to force Japan into the kinds of treaties that would effectively spell the end of Japan’s autonomy, maybe even its existence as an independent country. At the same moment, Japan was also grappling with a serious insurrection, the death of an emperor, and the death of a shogun—as well as with a series of natural disasters and associated famines. The Japanese response to this incredible series of catastrophes would permanently alter the balance of geopolitical power around the world. Drawing on the best recent scholarship, this short introductory volume examines the motivations and maneuvers of the major participants in the conflict and sets the "opening" of Japan in the context of broader global history. Selections from twenty-​nine primary sources provide firsthand accounts of the event from a variety of perspectives. Several illustrations are also included, along with a note on historiographic interpretation.

Author : Peter Ennals
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2014-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781442614161

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Opening a Window to the West by Peter Ennals Pdf

The first book-length study of Kōbe's Foreign Concession, Opening a Window to the West situates Kōbe within the larger pattern of globalization occurring throughout East Asia in the nineteenth century.

Author : Sukehiro Hirakawa
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 569 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2021-11-22
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789004213821

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Japan's Love-Hate Relationship with the West by Sukehiro Hirakawa Pdf

Introductory chapters cover Japan’s historic love-hate relationship with China, then an in-depth analysis of three themes: Japan’s turn to the West; Japan’s return to the East; from war to peace. The book explains why Japanese modern writers oscillate between East and West.

Author : Olga V. Solovieva,Sho Konishi
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 560 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2020-10
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1621965538

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Japan's Russia by Olga V. Solovieva,Sho Konishi Pdf

Japan's Russia is a valuable resource that reinterprets modern Japanese culture and society and introducing readers to the rich intellectual and cultural history between Japan and Russia.

Author : Ming Wan
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2016-07-08
Category : History
ISBN : 9781315499284

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Japan Between Asia and the West: Economic Power and Strategic Balance by Ming Wan Pdf

Japan seeks economic competitiveness vis-a-vis the West and economic dominance in Asia, but it mainly competes through cooperative use of economic resources, which facilitates realization of the goals of partner nations. This book studies Japan's balance between the United States and East Asia by focusing on the use of economic power - defense spending, consumption, and investment - to advance Japan's political and strategic as well as economic interests. It also investigates Japan's direct use of economic resources, namely, aid and sanctions, and by extension, discusses Japan's relations with the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank, and the Asian Development Bank.

Author : Shoji Yamada
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 299 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2020-06-24
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780226784243

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Shots in the Dark by Shoji Yamada Pdf

In the years after World War II, Westerners and Japanese alike elevated Zen to the quintessence of spirituality in Japan. Pursuing the sources of Zen as a Japanese ideal, Shoji Yamada uncovers the surprising role of two cultural touchstones: Eugen Herrigel’s Zen in the Art of Archery and the Ryoanji dry-landscape rock garden. Yamada shows how both became facile conduits for exporting and importing Japanese culture. First published in German in 1948 and translated into Japanese in 1956, Herrigel’s book popularized ideas of Zen both in the West and in Japan. Yamada traces the prewar history of Japanese archery, reveals how Herrigel mistakenly came to understand it as a traditional practice, and explains why the Japanese themselves embraced his interpretation as spiritual discipline. Turning to Ryoanji, Yamada argues that this epitome of Zen in fact bears little relation to Buddhism and is best understood in relation to Chinese myth. For much of its modern history, Ryoanji was a weedy, neglected plot; only after its allegorical role in a 1949 Ozu film was it popularly linked to Zen. Westerners have had a part in redefining Ryoanji, but as in the case of archery, Yamada’s interest is primarily in how the Japanese themselves have invested this cultural site with new value through a spurious association with Zen.

Author : Ayako Ono
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 159 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2023-04-28
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781000877090

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Whistler and Artistic Exchange between Japan and the West by Ayako Ono Pdf

Ono examines cross-cultural artistic exchange between the West and Japan from the late nineteenth century to the early twentieth century. Studies of Japonisme have been dominated by searching out relationships of influence between artworks–trying to identify which specific works influenced a particular artist. Ono argues that a more holistic understanding of 'spillover effects' is necessary in fully comprehending the nuances of these relationships. She bases this argument on documents and works of art in the context of globalisation, looking at the relationships between James McNeill Whistler and others with their contemporaries in the Japanese artistic and literary worlds. This was a more complex two-way exchange than is often appreciated, with Western artists taking inspiration from (to them) new Japanese styles, while Japanese artists and writers were trying to craft a 'modern', more western-influences style to reflect the modern nation of Japan emerging onto the world stage after centuries of relative isolation. A fascinating analysis of the role of globalisation and cultural exchange in the development of new and hybrid artforms, that will be essential reading for scholars of this fascinating period in international art history.

Author : Douglas R. Howland
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
Page : 309 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2001-09-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9780824842727

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Translating the West by Douglas R. Howland Pdf

In this rich and absorbing analysis of the transformation of political thought in nineteenth-century Japan, Douglas Howland examines the transmission to Japan of key concepts--liberty, rights, sovereignty, and society--from Western Europe and the United States. Because Western political concepts did not translate well into their language, Japanese had to invent terminology to engage Western political thought. This work of westernization served to structure historical agency as Japanese leaders undertook the creation of a modern state. Where scholars have previously treated the introduction of Western political thought to Japan as a simple migration of ideas from one culture to another, Howland undertakes an unprecedented integration of the history of political concepts and the semiotics of translation techniques. He demonstrates that Japanese efforts to translate the West must be understood as problems both of language and action--as the creation and circulation of new concepts and the usage of these new concepts in debates about the programs and policies to be implemented in a westernizing Japan. Translating the West will interest scholars of East Asian studies and translation studies and historians of political thought, liberalism, and modernity.

Author : Sir George Bailey Sansom
Publisher : Vintage Books USA
Page : 504 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1973
Category : Europe
ISBN : 0394718674

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The Western World and Japan by Sir George Bailey Sansom Pdf