Public Properties - Museums in Imperial Japan

Public Properties is a historical account of how museums in Japan and its empire contributed to the reimagining of state and society during Japan's imperial era, from 1868 until 1945.

List of contents

List of Illustrations ix

Acknowledgments xi

Introduction 1

1. Stating the Public 13

2. Imperial Properties 63

3. Colonial Properties 95

4. The Private Publics of Ohara, Shibusawa, and Yanagi 127

5. Consuming Publics 169

Epilogue 203

Notes 223

Bibliography 279

Index 297

About the author

Noriko Aso

Summary

Public Properties is a historical account of how museums in Japan and its empire contributed to the reimagining of state and society during Japan's imperial era, from 1868 until 1945.

Product details

• Authors: Noriko Aso
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 27.11.2013
• EAN: 9780822354130
• ISBN: 978-0-8223-5413-0
• No. of pages: 320
• Series: Asia-Pacific: Culture, Politics, and Society; Asia-Pacific, Culture, Politic; Asia-Pacific: Culture, Politics, and Society; Asia-Pacific: Culture, Politic
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Art > Art history