Japan and Ancient Greece : Culture and Possession
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Hardback or Cased Book
Book Series
Classical Scholarship in Translation
ISBN-10
1009528696
ISBN-13
9781009528696
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Imprint
Cambridge University Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Jul 23rd, 2026
Print length
230 Pages
Weight
520 grams
Dimensions
23.00 x 15.90 x 1.50 cms
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Oriental artHistory of art: ancient & classical art,BCE to c 500 CEHistory of art & design styles: c 1800 to c 1900History of art & design styles: from c 1900 -History of artHistory of artHistory of architectureAncient, classical and medieval textsClassical textsLiterary studies: c 1900 to c 2000Literary studies: from c 1900 -Asian historyAncient history: to c 500 CEWestern philosophy: Ancient, to c 500Ancient historyAsian historyAncient Greek and Roman philosophy
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Ancient Greek culture has permeated all aspects of Japanese public and cultural life since the Meiji restoration. This groundbreaking book explores the relationship between two seemingly distant cultures, thereby providing a formidable model for thinking about the wider problem of Classical reception and cultural appropriation.
Japan and ancient Greece. Placed side by side, these two concepts give the impression of something very strange, a sort of chimera - half Apollo, half samurai; half Venus, half geisha - set on a ground that is at once white and blue like the Cyclades, dark green and vermillion like Shinto shrines. How could two countries so distant from each other be joined together to form a coherent image, to give birth to a meaningful concept? In this groundbreaking study - translated into English for the first time - Michael Lucken analyses the manifold ways in which Japan has adopted and engaged with ancient Greece in the period from the Meiji restoration to the present. This invaluable and timely volume not only demonstrates that the influence of ancient Greece has permeated all aspects of Japanese public and cultural life, but ultimately illustrates that the reception of Classics is a global phenomenon.
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