Doshiyo – Japanese Popular Culture and more since 1999

Resources for the study of Popular Culture

Alt, Matt. Pure Invention: How Japan Made the Modern World. Crown, 2020. Azuma, Hiroki. Otaku: Japan’s Database Animals.

01 Nov

While this topic is not related to Japan, it is part of my love of poetry and literature. I went to a concert the other

01 Feb

Publications: Ars Orientalis: http://FreerSackler.si.edu/ArsOrientalis Freer Occasional Papers:

17 Feb

We’ve just begun the semester, and we are planning a number of events in conjunction with the Japan Culture Club. Stay

25 Aug

Anime

We’re planning a great event at Bowdoin College! Join us on April 13, 2018 at 2:00 PM in the Smith Auditorium in Sills

31 Mar

Anime

This video is a great window into how Japanese viewers responded to the live-action adaptation of the Ghost in the Shell franchise.

19 Apr

One of the texts I am working through for my dissertation is Uchimura Kanzō’s Consolations of a Christian. It has never

19 Sep

Fujiwara no Shunzei wrote “Korai Futeisho”in 1197. This early Kamakura treatise on poetics set the stage for many

19 Nov

If you are interested in seeing “Jiro Dreams of Sushi”, you might like to know more about this film’s

11 Mar

05 Oct