LEADER 00000cam a2200517 a 4500 001 798613313 003 OCoLC 005 20130731055151.0 008 120821s2013 ncua b 001 0 eng c 010 2012033713 020 9780822354079 (cloth : alk. paper) 020 0822354071 (cloth : alk. paper) 020 9780822354222 (pbk. : alk. paper) 020 0822354225 (pbk. : alk. paper) 040 NcD/DLC|beng|cNDD|dDLC|dBTCTA|dBDX|dOCLCO|dERASA|dYDXCP |dORU|dBWX|dA7U|dCUY 042 pcc 043 a-ja--- 050 00 PN1993.5.J3|bM56 2013 082 00 777.092|223 090 PN1993.5.J3|bM56 2013 100 1 Miyao, Daisuke. 245 14 The aesthetics of shadow :|blighting and Japanese cinema / |cDaisuke Miyao. 260 Durham :|bDuke University Press,|c2013. 300 xi, 381 p. :|bill. ;|c24 cm. 504 Includes bibliographical references (p. [329]-364) and index. 505 0 What is the aesthetics of shadow? -- Lighting and capitalist-industrial modernity : Shochiku and Hollywood - - Flashes of the sword and the star : Shochiku and Jidaigeki -- Street films : Shochiku and Germany -- The aesthetics of shadow : Shochiku, Toho, and Japan -- The cinematography of Miyagawa Kazuo. 506 Pacific Film Archive collection; non-circulating.|5CBPF. 520 In this revealing study, Daisuke Miyao explores "the aesthetics of shadow" in Japanese cinema in the first half of the twentieth century. This term, coined by the production designer Yoshino Nobutaka, refers to the perception that shadows add depth and mystery. Miyao analyzes how this notion became naturalized as the representation of beauty in Japanese films, situating Japanese cinema within transnational film history. He examines the significant roles lighting played in distinguishing the styles of Japanese film from American and European film and the ways that lighting facilitated the formulation of a coherent new Japanese cultural tradition. Miyao discusses the influences of Hollywood and German cinema alongside Japanese Kabuki theater lighting traditions and the emergence of neon commercial lighting during this period. He argues that lighting technology in cinema had been structured by the conflicts of modernity in Japan, including capitalist transitions in the film industry, the articulation of Japanese cultural and national identity, and increased subjectivity for individuals. By focusing on the understudied element of film lighting and treating cinematographers and lighting designers as essential collaborators in moviemaking, Miyao offers a rereading of Japanese film history. 610 20 Shōchiku Kabushiki Kaisha. 650 0 Motion picture industry|zJapan|xHistory. 650 0 Cinematography|xLighting. 650 0 Cinematographers|zJapan. 650 0 Culture in motion pictures. 956 20140827|btstm|cMR 956 20130731|bpfmcq 957 OCLC xref loaded 20140907 994 C0|bCUY