Crafting Rural Japan: Traditional Potters and Rural Creativity in Regional Revitalization

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Shilla Lee

Crafting Rural Japan

Traditional Potters and Rural Creativity in Regional Revitalization

Shilla Lee

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Routledge
22 October 2024

Regional studies; Cultural studies; Rural communities; Anthropology; Pottery, ceramics & glass crafts

Series: Japan Anthropology Workshop Series

This book discusses the place of creative village policy in the revitalisation of rural Japan, highlighting how rural Japan is moving from a state of regional extinction to regional rejuvenation.

Using the case study of Tamba Sasayama in Hyogo Prefecture, where collective initiatives by local government and the role of the local traditional potters are invested in fostering an aura of creativity in the region, the book examines the complex social relations and the intertwining values of different actors to illustrate how a growing outlook on creativity, rurality, and rural creativity requires a renewed perspective on and of rural Japan.

Based on extensive field research, this book will be a valuable resource for students and scholars of Japanese studies, rural studies, and anthropology.

By: Shilla Lee
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 503g
ISBN: 9781032353678
ISBN 10: 1032353678
Series: Japan Anthropology Workshop Series
Pages: 174
Publication Date: 22 October 2024
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Introduction Part One: Tamba Sasayama 1. From the Great Heisei Amalgamation to the Sōzō Nōson Campaign 2. From Bean to Pottery 3. The Ambiguity of Rural Creativity 4. Enacting Creativity Part Two: Tachikui 5. The Taskscape of Tachikui 6. The Secular Side of Craftsmanship 7. Whose Tamba Pottery? Conclusion: Post-Growth Japan as Rural Epilogue

Shilla Lee is a Departmental Lecturer in Japanese Social Anthropology at the Nissan Institute of Japanese Studies at Oxford.