@article{ART002437307},
author={JohngWan Suh},
title={The Cultural Power of the Empire of Japan : The Intricacies of the State Power and the Culture —From “the Nationality of Japanese Spirit” To the “Kanon”—},
journal={日本硏究},
issn={1229-6309},
year={2019},
number={50},
pages={217-253},
doi={10.20404/jscau.2019.02.50.217}
TY - JOUR
AU - JohngWan Suh
TI - The Cultural Power of the Empire of Japan : The Intricacies of the State Power and the Culture —From “the Nationality of Japanese Spirit” To the “Kanon”—
JO - 日本硏究
PY - 2019
VL - null
IS - 50
PB - The Center for Japanese Studies
SP - 217
EP - 253
SN - 1229-6309
AB - This paper is a part of the research that explores how a representative of today’s Japanese ‘traditional culture’ or ‘traditional performing art’, Noh(能) had developed in the colonial Chosun and what kind of cultural apparatus it was working as.
The Noh, which started its revival as a state entertainment when a new power created by the Meiji Restoration had recognised it, has a history of 1)the preservation of its vitality under the protection of sovereign rulers of each period after the Zeami epoch, 2)the establishment of its firm position as an official ceremonial music - the ‘Shikikaku(式楽)’ - in the Tokugawa Bakufu era. Such Noh however, had duplicity under the empire of Japan which was modern and nation state that had a profound impact in Asia as a result of its expansionism and militarism.
On one hand, it was a performing art that symbolised the grandeur of empire, extolled as the ‘nationality of Japanese spirit(日本精神の国粋)’ and used as a cultural apparatus to uphold the national polity and boost the nationalism, with the glamorous appearance on the oustside.
On the other hand, it was deemed a ‘sacrilege’ towards the Japanese emperor, criticised as a popularisation movement and forced to assist the Entertainment Patriotism(芸能報国) as one of the ‘common’ performing arts due to the ‘Gigeisha-Sho’ system, which indicates the dark side of it.
This paper considers the polarity behind a discourse - that could be regarded as a sort of ideology - “the traditional Japanese culture that has been inherited over six-hundred years” as the cultural power’s dynamics and think about the problem ‘tradition’ and an era ‘modern’, focusing on the relationship between the power and performing art through the cultural apparatus called Noh.
KW - Imperial Japan;Cultual Power;Noh;Kanon;Cultural Apparatus
DO - 10.20404/jscau.2019.02.50.217
ER -
JohngWan Suh. (2019). The Cultural Power of the Empire of Japan : The Intricacies of the State Power and the Culture —From “the Nationality of Japanese Spirit” To the “Kanon”—. 日本硏究, 50, 217-253.
JohngWan Suh. 2019, "The Cultural Power of the Empire of Japan : The Intricacies of the State Power and the Culture —From “the Nationality of Japanese Spirit” To the “Kanon”—", 日本硏究, no.50, pp.217-253. Available from: doi:10.20404/jscau.2019.02.50.217
JohngWan Suh "The Cultural Power of the Empire of Japan : The Intricacies of the State Power and the Culture —From “the Nationality of Japanese Spirit” To the “Kanon”—" 日本硏究 50 pp.217-253 (2019) : 217.
JohngWan Suh. The Cultural Power of the Empire of Japan : The Intricacies of the State Power and the Culture —From “the Nationality of Japanese Spirit” To the “Kanon”—. 2019; 50 : 217-253. Available from: doi:10.20404/jscau.2019.02.50.217
JohngWan Suh. "The Cultural Power of the Empire of Japan : The Intricacies of the State Power and the Culture —From “the Nationality of Japanese Spirit” To the “Kanon”—" 日本硏究 no.50(2019) : 217-253.doi: 10.20404/jscau.2019.02.50.217
JohngWan Suh. The Cultural Power of the Empire of Japan : The Intricacies of the State Power and the Culture —From “the Nationality of Japanese Spirit” To the “Kanon”—. 日本硏究, 50, 217-253. doi: 10.20404/jscau.2019.02.50.217
JohngWan Suh. The Cultural Power of the Empire of Japan : The Intricacies of the State Power and the Culture —From “the Nationality of Japanese Spirit” To the “Kanon”—. 日本硏究. 2019; 50 217-253. doi: 10.20404/jscau.2019.02.50.217
JohngWan Suh. The Cultural Power of the Empire of Japan : The Intricacies of the State Power and the Culture —From “the Nationality of Japanese Spirit” To the “Kanon”—. 2019; 50 : 217-253. Available from: doi:10.20404/jscau.2019.02.50.217
JohngWan Suh. "The Cultural Power of the Empire of Japan : The Intricacies of the State Power and the Culture —From “the Nationality of Japanese Spirit” To the “Kanon”—" 日本硏究 no.50(2019) : 217-253.doi: 10.20404/jscau.2019.02.50.217
