The art of censorship in postwar Japan
By: Kirsten Cather
Series: Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute; Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University
Publisher: University of Hawaiʻi Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Honolulu
Language: eng
Number of pages: 334
ISBN-13: 9780824835873
Subjects: Motion pictures; Trials (Obscenity); Japanese literature; Censorship; History; Fiction
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Lady Chatterley's censor (1951-1957); title: The legacy of Chatterley : Sade (1961-1969) and beyond; title: Dirt for politics' sake : the Black Snow trial (1965-1969); title: Dirt for money's sake : the Nikkatsu Roman porn trial (1972-1980); title: Pornographic adaptations of the classics : The safflower (1948-1950) and The record of the night battles at Dannoura (1970-1976); title: Kafū : censored, dead or alive (1948-1950, 1973-1980); title: A picture's worth a thousand words : in the realm of the senses (1976-1982); title: Japan's first manga trial : Honey room (2002-2007).