BeyondNyonin Geijutsu,beyond Japan
Writings by women travellers inKagayaku(1933–1941)
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6194706 |
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| Authors | Sarah Frederick (0000-0002-8119-3291, Boston University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Volume | 25 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 395-413 |
| Publication date | 2013-09-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Japan Forum (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0955-5803 • E-ISSN: 1469-932X |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/09555803.2013.804108 |
| OpenAlex | W2058370066 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 8 |
Kagayaku (1933–1941) was an offshoot of Nyonin geijutsu (Women's arts) that continued after Nyonin geijutsu shut down in 1932. This simple four-page leaflet extended the already complex vision of Nyonin geijutsu. This article focuses on Kagayaku's strong tendency to include writings by women intellectuals and artists living outside Japan, with contributions by women in North America, Europe, Brazil, the Philippines, Russia and China. It argues that, even as the publication was drawn into the nationalist discourses of an increasingly militarized Japan, these writings often reflected an increasingly cosmopolitan and eclectic perspective on culture, race, and ethnicity. At times, this tendency was tied to a ‘co-prosperity sphere’ image of Asia, but such an ideological category does not capture the writings meaningfully. Through close analysis of a few key texts from Kagayaku, this article draws attention to the ways the tensions between art and politics and gender and class that characterized Nyonin geijutsu played out in the wartime context
China · Ethnic group · Ideology · Nationalism · Political science · Politics · Prosperity · Sociology · The arts · Anarchism and Radical Politics · Anthropology · Gender Studies · History · Japanese History and Culture · Law
| Highly cited | No |
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