Literary and Artistic Japan Behind the Iron Curtain

This book examines the public perception, scholarly reception, and critical analysis of Japan through translations of its literature and artistic endeavours within the temporal frame and geopolitical confines of the countries that were either occupied or left under the influence of the Soviet Union after World War II.

About the author

Irina Holca is an associate professor of modern and contemporary Japanese literature at Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, Japan.
George T. Sipos is an associate professor at the West University of Timi¿oara, Romania, where he teaches Japanese literature, language, and culture.

Product details

• Authors: Irina Sipos Holca
• Assisted by: Irina Holca (Editor), George Sipos (Editor), George T. Sipos (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 10.10.2025
• EAN: 9781041019275
• ISBN: 978-1-0-4101927-5
• No. of pages: 240
• Series: Routledge Contemporary Japan Series
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Art > Art history; Japan, The arts: general issues, LITERARY CRITICISM / General, Society & culture: general, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 20th Century, LITERARY CRITICISM / Asian / Japanese, General & world history, Historiography, Translation & interpretation, Regional Studies, Literary studies: general, Regional / International studies, Asian History, General and world history, Society and culture: general, Art forms, The Arts: art forms, Translation and interpretation, The arts: general topics