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The Aesthetics of Shadow - Lighting and Japanese Cinema (Paperback, New)
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The Aesthetics of Shadow - Lighting and Japanese Cinema (Paperback, New)
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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.
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