0195110617.pdf by Andrew Gordon

Author:Andrew Gordon
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
ISBN: 0195110617
Published: 2004-10-27T19:05:35+00:00

The Depression Crisis and Responses

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people thronged to see the great Babe Ruth play with an American team in eighteen

exhibition games in twelve major cities during a monthlong tour. A capacity crowd

of sixty-five thousand jammed Jingu Stadium in Tokyo for the first game. Such behavior makes it clear that many people responded to moralistic condemnations of Western culture with lukewarm enthusiasm or frosty disregard.

In sum, the 1930s in Japan witnessed a rise of “traditionalism.” One can define

this as the loudly propagated belief that time-honored, quintessentially Japanese practices and ideals should be touchstones for morality and action. Yet these years did not see an actual return to an earlier, traditional society. Popular culture remained cos-The February 1936 cover of Japan’s best-known magazine of satirical art and commentary, Tokyo Puck . Published just before the February 26 attempted coup d’e´tat, the cover makes fun of military influence in everyday life. The object of the cartoonist’s pen appears to be two European, probably British, women who treat militarism as just another fashion trend.

But the tone of the articles inside reveals a critical view that also extends to the militarization of Japanese society.

Courtesy of Mr. Ono Kosei and Kawasaki Municipal Museum.

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