LEADER 04581nam 22007333 450 001 9911026133903321 005 20250131081140.0 010 $a1-920850-14-7 035 $a(CKB)36679766900041 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC31888777 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL31888777 035 $a(OCoLC)1492932748 035 $a(EXLCZ)9936679766900041 100 $a20250131d2023 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe Stripper Goddess of Japan $eThe Life and Afterlives of Ame No Uzume 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aTokyo :$cTrans Pacific Press,$d2023. 210 4$dİ2023. 215 $a1 online resource (204 pages) 225 1 $aJapanese Society Series 311 08$a1-920850-15-5 311 08$a1-920850-13-9 327 $aThe power to open a closed cave -- A genealogy of likening -- A light in the dark night -- Laughter and politics --The naked body as metaphor -- The day Japan became naked -- Painting the body in two colours --Ame no Uzume in the home -- Japan and abroad -- Past and present. 330 $aThe Stripper Goddess of Japan: The Life and Afterlives of Ame no Uzume is the first complete English translation of Ame no Uzume den (1991) by one of Japan's most influential post-war intellectuals, Tsurumi Shunsuke (1922-2015). Tsurumi regarded this book as the most important of his vast and varied corpus; in a sense, it is his tour de force, liberally drawing from his profound knowledge and thinking in multiple fields, ranging from classic and contemporary literature to philosophy, sociology, history, anthropology, politics, popular culture and 'marginal' (genkai) art. Tsurumi's subject, Ame no Uzume, is a minor goddess in Japanese mythology who appears in the ancient texts Kojiki and Nihon shoki. She is famous for her comic-shamanistic dance performance enticing the Sun Goddess Amaterasu out of the Heavenly Cave where she has retreated as a result of her brother's violence. Uzume's half-naked performance is so entertaining to the other deities that Amaterasu ventures outside, thus restoring light to the world. In another episode, Uzume faces a formidable stranger giant, Sarutahiko, at the crossroads of Heaven and Earth, and manages to ease tensions and avoid confrontation. In both instances she reveals her abilities as an open-minded and border-crossing goddess with a democratic, pacifist and mirthful approach to dealing with discomfort and adversity. Tsurumi identifies Uzume's eight quintessential characteristics and demonstrates how some of these are found in people across a wide range of genres, fields and cultures through time and space. Many of his examples are women, including the founder of kabuki, Izumo no O-Kuni; the legendary post-war striptease performer, Ichijo Sayuri; the founder of the 'dancing religion', Kitamura Sayo; the provocative writer-nun, Setouchi Harumi/Jakucho; and the famously humorous novelist-essayist, Tanabe Seiko. Tsurumi's method, structure and style perfectly match his subject, opening the way for deep consideration into ways in which the many serious global issues facing humankind such as climate change, human rights, and escalating warfare may be resolved or at least diminished. 410 0$aJapanese Society Series 606 $aEntertainers$zJapan$vAnecdotes 606 $aGoddesses, Japanese 606 $aMythology, Japanese 606 $aMythologie japonaise 606 $aArtistes du spectacle$zJapon$vAnecdotes 606 $aGoddesses, Japanese$2fast 606 $aMythology, Japanese$2fast 606 $aIntellectual life$2fast 606 $aEntertainers$2fast 607 $aJapan$xIntellectual life$y1945- 607 $aJapan$xCivilization$y1945- 607 $aJapon$xVie intellectuelle$y1945- 607 $aJapon$xCivilisation$y1945- 607 $aJapan$2fast 608 $aAnecdotes.$2fast 615 0$aEntertainers 615 0$aGoddesses, Japanese. 615 0$aMythology, Japanese. 615 6$aMythologie japonaise. 615 6$aArtistes du spectacle 615 7$aGoddesses, Japanese. 615 7$aMythology, Japanese. 615 7$aIntellectual life. 615 7$aEntertainers. 700 $aTsurumi$b Shunsuke$0635469 701 $aAoyama$b Tomoko$01848185 701 $aBailey$b Penny$01848186 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9911026133903321 996 $aThe Stripper Goddess of Japan$94434529 997 $aUNINA