Introduction

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Introduction 1
4. PART I. A Historical Construction
5. 1. Copycat Japan 9
6. 2. The West and the Invention of Creation 20
7. 3. The Denial, Rejection, and Sublimation of Imitation 29
8. 4. No Poaching 37
9. 5. Seen from Japan 43
10. 6. The Logic of Reflection in Nakai Masakazu 61
11. PART II. A New Place for Imitation
12. 7. Kishida Ryūsei’s Portraits of Reiko, or, How Can Ghosts 75 Be at Work? 75
13. 8. Kurosawa Akira’s Ikiru , or, the Impossibility of Metaphor 107
14. 9. Araki Nobuyoshi’s Sentimental Journey—Winter , or, 137 Eternal Bones 137
15. 10. Miyazaki Hayao’s Spirited Away , or, the Adventure of 175 the Obliques 175
16. Conclusion 201
17. Notes 207
18. Select Bibliography 231
19. Index 237