The gaze on ‘primitive’ others in Japanese modern art
Ethnography, art, and curatorial perspectives
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13036272 |
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| Authors | Hanako Shinohara (Kobe University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 14 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 151-179 |
| Publication date | 2024-05-03 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | World Art (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2150-0894 • E-ISSN: 2150-0908 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/21500894.2024.2345347 |
| OpenAlex | W4399579036 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 4 |
This essay explores the gaze directed at 'primitive' others by Japanese modern artists Hijikata Hisakatsu (1900–1977) and Miyatake Tatsuo (1892–1960), focusing on both art and ethnography in the southern territories of Imperial Japan. By analyzing their artworks, writings, and curatorial perspectives, I detail how Hijikata and Miyatake represented 'primitive' others in their art and curatorial projects when they returned to Japan from their field trips and how they developed their primitivizing gaze during the era of imperialism and colonialism. This essay aims to reevaluate their works relating to primitivism, clarifying the cultural and social contexts that had enabled them to explore the gaze directed at 'primitive' others and thus reinforcing stereotypical images
Aesthetics · Art · Ethnography · Gaze · Psychoanalysis · Sociology · Visual arts · Anthropology · Chinese history and philosophy · Japanese History and Culture · Psychology
| Highly cited | No |
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