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""Since the late nineteenth-century emergence of japonisme in the Western art world, the work of ukiyo-e artists such as Hokusai, Hiroshige, and Utamaro has come to be widely appreciated in the West. Recognition of other genres of Edo-period painting has, however, lagged behind. In this volume, noted scholar Imahashi Riko brings new light to a pioneering group of young artists who flourished for less than a decade in the 1770's before disappearing into obscurity. While the artists of the the Akita Ranga school belonged to the Akita domain in the north of Japan, it was in Edo (present-day Tokyo), the political and cultural center of the country, that-during Japan's long period of national seclusion-they encountered books imported from the West and sought to develop a new style combining Western perspective methods and chiaroscuro with traditional motifs and compositions of Asian-bird-and-flower and landscape painting. The masterpiece of the Akita Ranga school, and the focus of this book, is Shinobazu Pond by Odano Natake. In this one work of art, which seems on the surface to be a tranquil landscape painting, are hidden allusions to portraits of beauties in Chinese art and literature, to legends about Shinobazu Pond in Japan and West Lake in China, and to contemporary Edo popular culture. Drawing on a quarter of a century of close study of Edo-period art and culture, Imahashi provides, in this major work of scholarhip, valuable context to the oeuvre of a group struggling to reconcile the art and thought of East and West a century before the 'opening' of Japan in the Meiji period, as well as insight into the thinking of Naotake, whose tragically short career was ended by his death in 1780, at the age of thirty." from back cover."

"The current obesity epidemic has been at the top of the national and, increasingly, global public agenda for the last decade-the subject of extensive and intensive concern, scrutiny, and corrective efforts from various quarters. In the United States, much of this attention is predicated on the official account of obesity-that it is a matter of personal responsibility, specifically to the end of monitoring and ensuring appropriate caloric balance. However, even though it continues to have cultural presumption, that account does not resonate with the populace, which may explain why efforts of redress have been notoriously ineffective. In this book, the author places obesity in cultural, political, and economic context. She argues that the failure of the official story of obesity mirrors broader cultural tensions and anxieties that similarly have failed to account for lived experience. Alternative narratives of obesity have thus surfaced in an attempt to address that breach by invoking the concept of authenticity in various ways. The author chronicles the most prominent of those competing stories, examining and evaluating each in relation to the cultural backdrop against which they are drawn."

"Originally published in Japanese, If There Were No Japan: A Cultural Memoir was acclaimed for its insights into Japanese life, bringing together aspects of history, culture and everyday life to paint an original and revealing portrait of the Japanese people and the pressing issues facing them today...During his decades of passionate engagement with Japan, Pulvers became close friends with many of the most gifted writers, filmmakers, actors and journalists in the country. Whether delving into ancient traditions or providing vivid accounts of contemporary customs, analyzing characters in Japanese fiction or recounting personal encounters with individuals, the author illuminates those inventive elements that have made Japanese culture and design the envy of the world--and that signal a way forward into the twenty-first century"

"Tradisi ohaguro adalah tradisi seseorang menghitamkan gigi. Tradisi ini juga ditemukan di banyak negara Asia Tenggara, dan Jepang termasuk salah satu negara yang menjalankan tradisi ini sejak zaman Kofun(250-538). Pada akhir zaman Heian(794-1185), tradisi ohaguro mengalami perubahan fungsi yaitu dari fungsi praktis sebagai pengganti pasta gigi menjadi fungsi simbolik sebagai penanda bahwa seseorang telah menjadi dewasa dan memiliki tanggung jawab selayaknya orang dewasa. Memasuki zaman Edo (1603-1868), seiring dengan berkembangannya patriarki dalam ideologi Konfusianisme, tradisi ohaguro hanya dilakukan di kalangan perempuan bangsawan dengan tujuan semata-mata untuk memenuhi kepentingan dan kebutuhan laki-laki. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menganalisa tradisi ohaguro sebagai pratik patriarki pada perempuan bangsawan Zaman Edo, dengan menggunakan teori patriarki Sylvia Walby(1990) dan metode penelitian deskriptif analitis. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa tradisi ohaguro merupakan salah satu praktek patriarki dalam ideologi Konfusianisme, yang mengukuhkan kepentingan laki-laki dan memosisikan laki-laki sebagai pihak yang mendominasi, menindas, dan mengeksploitasi perempuan. Meminjam istilah Walby, hal ini disebut dengan patriarchal culture, yang menunjukkan bagaimana relasi patriarki dalam agama, sebagai salah satu lembaga budaya.

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Ohaguro tradition is a tradition where people blackened their teeth. This tradition is also found in a lot of nations in South East Asia, and Japan is one of the nation which used this tradition since Kofun period(250-538). At the end of Heian period(794-1185), the ohaguro tradition undergo changes from a functional meaning that replaces toothpaste to symbolic meaning where it’s serves as a prove that people reached adulthood and have the same responsibilities as an adult. Entering the Edo period (1603-1868), with the growth of patriachy within Confucianism ideology, ohaguro tradition only used by female aristocrats with the sheer purpose of fulfilling interest and needs of the male. This research aim to analyze the ohaguro tradition as a practice of patriarchy within female aristocrats at Edo period, by using the patriarchy theory by Sylvia Walby(1990) and using descriptive analytics method. The result of the research shows that the ohaguro tradition is a form of patriarchy practice from Confucianism ideology, that strengthen male interest and positioning the male as a party that dominate, oppress, and exploit woman. Borrowing Walby’s term, this tradition can be defined as patriarchal culture, that shows the relation of patriarchy within religion, as a cultural constitution.

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