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The japan america society of southern california was founded on february 21, 1909 to build economic, cultural, governmental and personal relationships between the people of japan and america. The object of the book was to reexamine contemporary japanese society taking into consideration the importance of a wide range of aspects of this society, such as generation, occupation, education, gender, minority, and popular culture. Buy an introduction to japanese society 3 by yoshio sugimoto isbn. Sugimoto s book an introduction to japanese society, first published by cambridge university press in 1997 and now in its fourth edition, conclusively challenged the traditional notion that japan comprised a uniform culture and showed how japan, like most countries, had. Covering all aspects of japanese society, it includes chapters on class, sugimotl and generational variation, work, education, gender, minorities, popular culture and the establishment. From there he worked as a staff writer at the mainichi shinbun, which is a national level japanese newspaper. Hiroshi sugimoto, japanese photographer whose realistic images of intangible or impossible phenomena challenged the understanding of photography as an objective art form. Internationally renowned scholar yoshio sugimoto uses both. This book explores the breadth and diversity of japanese society, with chapters. Pdf yoshio sugimoto an introduction to japanese society. Struck by the parallel paths that he and the boys had taken, despite being divided by some 450 years, sugimoto began the work that is on view at japan society through january 7, 2018. This book did a great job as an introduction, and i recommend it to anyone interested in japan or living in japan. Sugimoto, y 2010 an introduction to japanese society, 3rd edn.
Dec 28, 2017 contemporary tokyoborn, new yorkbased artist hiroshi sugimoto came across the story of the tensho embassy while he himself was photographing in italy. An introduction to japanese society is a provocative, insightful and highly accessible book comprehensively examining contemporary japanese society. A copy that has been read, but remains in clean condition. This page intentionally left blank an introduction to japanese society second edition in the second edition of this book, which has become essential reading for students of japanese society, yoshio sugimoto uses both english and japanese sources to update and expand upon his original narrative. In addition to sugimotos work, the exhibition also includes japanese folding screens of the period, a common trope of which was the depiction of the arrival of european ships. General interest an introduction to japanese society by yoshio sugimoto. To craft his exquisite blackandwhite images, hiroshi sugimoto uses a 19thcenturystyle, largeformat camera, exploring his idea of photography as a method for preserving and modeling time. Primarily a photographer since the 1970s, sugimoto more recently added performing arts production and architecture to his multidisciplinary practice, which deals with history and temporal existence by investigating themes of time, empiricism, and metaphysics. I dont actually have a reason why im reading this book.