Imitation and creativity in Japanese arts : from Kishida Ryūsei to Miyazaki Hayao /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Lucken, Michael (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Columbia University Press, [2016]
Series:	Asia perspectives.
Subjects:	Creation (Literary, artistic, etc.) Imitation in art. 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- Criticism, interpretation, etc.

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.