Japan

Projects

Lighthouse raising at Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, after the 2011 earthquake and tsunami

Socially Engaged Art in Japan

Art, Art History, Japan, Social Justice
Poster for "Spaces of Possibility: Korea and Japan, In, Between, and Beyond the Nation," hosted on 21-23 September 2012

Spaces of Possibility: Korea and Japan, In, Between, and Beyond the Nation

Cultural Studies, East Asia, Japan, Political Science
still from Manzanar Diverted: shows a japanese white stone monument in a plain in front of mountains

Horizons of Harm and Repair: The Stories of Manzanar, Diverted

Cinema, Japan, Peace, Violence, and Security

Articles

Poster for Socially Engaged Art in Japan

The Show Goes On

Japan, Visual Culture, Asian Languages & Literature
Justin Jesty and an image of his book, Art and Engagement in Early Postwar Japan.

Justin Jesty's Art and Engagement in Early Postwar Japan Awarded the ASAP 2019 Book Prize

Awards, Japan
Fram Kitagawa, Socially Engaged Art in Japan: Questions for Contemporary Policy and Practice

Prominent Japanese Artist Denied Entry to US for UW Art Conference

Social Justice, Art History, Japan
Lighthouse raising at Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, after the 2011 earthquake and tsunami. Photo by Kei Miyajima.

FIELD Journal Highlights Socially Engaged Art in Japan

UW Faculty, Japan
Paul Atkins

Atkins Authors First English Book on Medieval Japanese Poet Teika

UW Faculty, Japan

People

Davinder Bhowmik stands outside wearing a green scarf and patterned shirt.

Davinder Bhowmik (she/her/hers)

20th Century, 21st Century, Japan, Literary Studies
Yuta Kaminishi stands in front of a body of water wearing glasses and a grey shirt.

Yuta Kaminishi (he/him/his)

Comparative Literature, Cinema & Media, Japan
Nathaniel Bond wears a blue collared shirt while sitting in a chair and looking into the camera.

Nathaniel Bond (he/him/his)

Nathaniel Bond's work lies in postwar Japanese literary dark humor. He is interested in those things that we laugh at despite ourselves, whether because of the setting or the material itself.

20th Century, 21st Century, Affect Studies, Asian Languages & Literature, Japan