Japan's Book Donation to the University of Louvain: Japanese Cultural Identity and Modernity in the 1920s - Couverture souple

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 9462702284 ISBN 13 : 9789462702288

Editeur : Leuven University Press, 2022

Synopsis

With more than 3,000 titles in almost 14,000 volumes, the 1920s Japanese book donation to the University of Leuven/Louvain is an invaluable time capsule of near-forgotten pre-modern culture and knowledge in Japan. This book combines an attractively illustrated overview of the history of the donation, thus giving the reader fascinating insights into the vibrant 1920s in Japan, its politics, society, and popular culture, with detailed descriptions of a careful selection of 100 pre-modern Japanese books.

This book offers a collection of cutting-edge academic essays and a wealth of high-quality reproductions of astonishing exhibits such as visually captivating commercial and political 1920s posters that represent progress and conflict, highlighting both Imperial ambitions and a willingness to contribute to international cooperation.

All contributors are affiliated with KU Leuven: Willy Vande Walle, Jan Schmidt, Freya Terryn, Aurel Baele, Lieven Sommen, Eline Mennens

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Jan Schmidt is historian of modern and contemporary Japan at KU Leuven, focusing on political and media history, and Head of the Research Unit for Japanese Studies. Willy Vande Walle is emeritus of Japanese Studies at KU Leuven. Eline Mennens, holder of an MA in Japanese Studies (modern history of Japan), was research assistant in the Research Unit of Japanese Studies at KU Leuven, specially assigned to the preparation of the exhibition.

À propos de la quatrième de couverture

With more than 3,000 titles in almost 14,000 volumes, the 1920s Japanese book donation to the University of Leuven/Louvain constitutes an invaluable time capsule of Japan’s pre-modern culture in all its diversity and richness. A century on, the time is right to take a new look at its contents, as well as its history and the political, social and cultural context surrounding the donation. To commemorate its centenary, the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (KU Leuven) and the Université catholique de Louvain (UCLouvain) have joined forces to set up a special exhibition under the title “Japan’s Book Donation to the University of Louvain. Japanese Cultural Identity and Modernity in the 1920s” (October 2022–January 2023), at the University Library of KU Leuven.

The present book has been compiled for the occasion of the exhibition, to serve as a durable guide to the magnificent book donation and its historical background, and as a reference for further research in the future. In five essays by historians of politics, media, culture, and arts of Japan, it offers a richly illustrated overview of the history of the donation and its wider historical context, providing illuminating insights into the vibrant 1920s in Japan, its politics, society, and popular culture. The reader is further invited to explore a sample of 65 remarkable and rare items from the donation, which were carefully selected for inclusion in the exhibition and are provided here with a detailed description. Moreover, the reader is introduced to 41 representative items, including visually captivating commercial and political posters related to Japan’s modernity in the 1920s, which represent mass culture, progress, and tensions, and highlight both imperial ambitions and a willingness to contribute to international cooperation.

Jan Schmidt is historian of modern and contemporary Japan at KU Leuven, focusing on political and media history, and Head of the Japanese Studies Research Group.Willy Vande Walle is professor emeritus of Japanese Studies at KU Leuven.Eline Mennens, holder of an MA in Japanese Studies (modern history of Japan), was research assistant in the Japanese Studies Research Group at KU Leuven, specially assigned to the preparation of the exhibition.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Leuven University Press
• Date d'édition: 2022
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 9462702284
• ISBN 13: 9789462702288
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 296
• Éditeur: Schmidt Jan, Vande Walle Willy
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible