Cultural modernism: literature, film, and visual arts in Taisho–early Showa Japan (1900-1940)

1. Shirakaba magazine launches modernist platform

   Apr 1, 1910Labels: Shirakaba magazine, Tokyo

   • Shirakaba
   • Britannica Taish

2. Taishō era begins under Emperor Yoshihito

   Jul 30, 1912Labels: Taish era, Emperor Yoshihito

   • Britannica Taish

3. Nikkatsu formed as major film studio

   Sep 10, 1912Labels: Nikkatsu, film studio

   • Nikkatsu

4. Pure Film Movement pushes cinematic reform

   Jan 1, 1918Labels: Pure Film, film critics

   • Pure Film

5. Mavo forms radical, cross-media avant-garde group

   Jul 1, 1923Labels: Mavo, Tokyo

   • REM Mavo
   • Princeton Mavo

6. Great Kantō Earthquake reshapes Tokyo culture

   Sep 1, 1923Labels: Great Kant, Tokyo

   • Kant quake
   • HISTORY

7. New Perceptions writers launch Bungei Jidai

   Jan 1, 1924Labels: Shinkankakuha, Bungei Jidai

   • Shinkankakuha

8. Chōsen Folk Art Museum opens in Seoul

   Apr 9, 1924Labels: Ch sen, Yanagi S

   • Ch sen Museum
   • Mingei

9. Term “mingei” is coined for folk-craft modernism

   Jan 1, 1925Labels: mingei, Yanagi S

   • Mingei
   • Le Monde

10. Peace Preservation Law strengthens thought control

    Apr 22, 1925Labels: Peace Preservation, state police

    • Peace Law
    • Japan Past

11. Universal manhood suffrage is promulgated

    May 5, 1925Labels: universal manhood, Japanese government

    • Suffrage law
    • Britannica Taish

12. A Page of Madness premieres as avant-garde film

    Jul 10, 1926Labels: A Page, Teinosuke Kinugasa

    • Page of Madness
    • Eye Filmmuseum

13. March 15 Incident triggers mass arrests of leftists

    Mar 15, 1928Labels: March 15, police crackdown

    • March 15
    • Britannica Takiji

14. Senki magazine begins as proletarian arts organ

    May 1, 1928Labels: Senki magazine, proletarian arts

    • Senki
    • Japan Focus

15. The Crab Cannery Ship serialized in Senki

    May 1, 1929Labels: The Crab, Takiji Kobayashi

    • Kani K sen
    • Britannica Takiji

16. Kobayashi Takiji dies after police interrogation

    Feb 20, 1933Labels: Kobayashi Takiji, Special Higher

    • Britannica Takiji
    • Takiji bio

17. February 26 Incident accelerates militarized politics

    Feb 26, 1936Labels: February 26, Japanese army

    • 2 26 incident

18. Japanese Folk Crafts Museum opens in Tokyo

    Sep 1, 1936Labels: Japanese Folk, mingei

    • Mingeikan
    • Mingei

19. State General Mobilization Law expands wartime control

    Apr 1, 1938Labels: State General, Japanese government

    • Mobilization law

20. Film Law implemented to regulate cinema industry

    Oct 1, 1939Labels: Film Law, film industry

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