宮尾大輔著／影の美学：照明と日本映画 The Aesthetics of Shadow : Lighting and Japanese Cinema

Miyao, Daisuke

Duke University Press（2013/03発売）

• 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 400 p.／サイズ 64 illus.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9780822354079
• DDC分類 777.092

基本説明

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 influence 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.

Full Description

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.

Contents

Acknowledgments ix
Introduction. What is the Aesthetics of Shadow? 1
1. Lighting and Capitalist-Industrial Modernity: Shochiku and Hollywood 15
2. Flashes of the Sword and the Star: Shochiku and Jidaigeki 67
3. Street Films: Shochiku and Germany 119
4. The Aesthetics of Shadow: Shochiku, Tohu, and Japan 173
Conclusion. The Cinematography of Miyagawa Kazuo 255
Notes 283
Bibliography 329
Index 365