Imitation and Creativity in Japanese Arts : from Kishida Ryūsei to Miyazaki Hayao /

The idea that Japanese art is produced through rote copy and imitation is an eighteenth-century colonial construction, with roots in Romantic ideals of originality. Offering a much-needed corrective to this critique, Michael Lucken demonstrates the distinct character of Japanese mimesis and its dyna...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Lucken, Michael (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Columbia University Press, 2016.
Series:Asia perspectives.
Subjects:
Kishida, Ryūsei, > 1891-1929 > Criticism and interpretation.
Kurosawa, Akira, > 1910-1998 > Criticism and interpretation.
Araki, Nobuyoshi, > 1940- > Criticism and interpretation.
Miyazaki, Hayao, > 1941- > Criticism and interpretation.
Araki, Nobuyoshi, > 1940-
Kishida, Ryūsei, > 1891-1929.
Kurosawa, Akira, > 1910-1998.
Miyazaki, Hayao, > 1941-
Creation (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Imitation in art.
Imitation (Art)
ART > Asian > General.
Nachahmung
Kunst
Kreativität
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • A historical construction. Copycat Japan
  • The West and the invention of creation
  • The denial, rejection, and sublimation of imitation
  • No poaching
  • Seen from Japan
  • The logic of reflection in Nakai Masakazu
  • A new place for imitation. Kishida Ryusei's portraits of Reiko, or, how can ghosts be at work?
  • Kurosawa Akira's Ikiru, or, the impossibility of metaphor
  • Araki Nobuyoshi's Sentimental journey-winter, or, eternal bones
  • Miyazaki Hayao's Spirited away, or, the adventure of the obliques
  • Conclusion.

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