The first translation into English of essays on modern Japanese literature, culture, and urban ethnography written by the late Ai Maeda, arguably the most prominent 20th century Japanese literary and cultural critic.
The first translation into English of essays on modern Japanese literature, culture, and urban ethnography written by the late Ai Maeda, arguably the most prominent 20th century Japanese literary and cultural critic.
Maeda Ai (1931–1987) was a renowned Japanese literary and cultural critic. He taught at Rikkyo University. His many books include the three-volume The Space of Tokyo 1868-1930 (1986), The World of Higuchi Ichiyo (1978), Meiji as Phantasm (1978), and The Creation of the Modern Reader (1973). James A. Fujii is Associate Professor in the Department of East Asian Languages and Literature at the University of California, Irvine. He is the author of Complicit Fictions: The Subject in the Modern Japanese Prose Narrative. James A. Fujii is Associate Professor in the Department of East Asian Languages and Literature at the University of California, Irvine. He is the author of Complicit Fictions: The Subject in the Modern Japanese Prose Narrative.
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Acknowledgments vii Foreword: A Walker in the City: Maeda Ai and the Mapping of Urban Space / Harry Harootunian xi Introduction: Refiguring the Modern: Maeda Ai and the City / James A Fujii 1 LIGHT CITY, DARK CITY: VISUALIZING THE MODERN > 1. Utopia of the Prisonhouse: A Reading of In Darkest Tokyo / Seiji M. Lippit and James A. Fujii 21 2. The Panorama of Enlightenment / Henry D. Smith II 65 3. The Spirits of Abandoned Gardens: On Nagai Kafu’s “The Fox” / William F. Sibley 91 PLAY, SPACE, AND MASS CULTURE 4. Their Time as Children: A Study of Higuchi Ichiyo’s Growing Up ( Takekurabe) / Edward Fowler 109 5. Asakusa as Theater Kawabata Yasunari’s The Crimson Gang of Asakusa / Edward Fowler 145 6. The Development of Popular Fiction in the Late Taisho Era: Increasing Readership of Women’s Magazines / Rebecca Copeland 163 TEXT, SPACE, VISUALITY 7. From Communal Performance to Solitary Reading: The Rise of the Modern Japanese Reader / James A. Fujii 223 8. Modern Literature and the World of Printing / Richard Okada 255 CROSSING BOUNDARIES IN URBAN SPACE 9. Ryuhoku in Paris / Matthew Fraleigh 275 10. Berlin 1888: Mori Ogai’s “Dancing Girl” / Leslie Pincus 295 11. In the Recesses of the High City: On Soseki’s Gate / William F. Sibley 329 Afterword / Wiliam F. Sibley 351 Contributors 375 Index 377
Acknowledgments vii Foreword: A Walker in the City: Maeda Ai and the Mapping of Urban Space / Harry Harootunian xi Introduction: Refiguring the Modern: Maeda Ai and the City / James A Fujii 1 LIGHT CITY, DARK CITY: VISUALIZING THE MODERN > 1. Utopia of the Prisonhouse: A Reading of In Darkest Tokyo / Seiji M. Lippit and James A. Fujii 21 2. The Panorama of Enlightenment / Henry D. Smith II 65 3. The Spirits of Abandoned Gardens: On Nagai Kafu’s “The Fox” / William F. Sibley 91 PLAY, SPACE, AND MASS CULTURE 4. Their Time as Children: A Study of Higuchi Ichiyo’s Growing Up ( Takekurabe) / Edward Fowler 109 5. Asakusa as Theater Kawabata Yasunari’s The Crimson Gang of Asakusa / Edward Fowler 145 6. The Development of Popular Fiction in the Late Taisho Era: Increasing Readership of Women’s Magazines / Rebecca Copeland 163 TEXT, SPACE, VISUALITY 7. From Communal Performance to Solitary Reading: The Rise of the Modern Japanese Reader / James A. Fujii 223 8. Modern Literature and the World of Printing / Richard Okada 255 CROSSING BOUNDARIES IN URBAN SPACE 9. Ryuhoku in Paris / Matthew Fraleigh 275 10. Berlin 1888: Mori Ogai’s “Dancing Girl” / Leslie Pincus 295 11. In the Recesses of the High City: On Soseki’s Gate / William F. Sibley 329 Afterword / Wiliam F. Sibley 351 Contributors 375 Index 377
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