John Ruskin and Kenji Miyazawa

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dc.identifier	ECF_chapter_5291
dc.contributor.author	Kawabata Yasuo
dc.title	John Ruskin and Kenji Miyazawa. An Idea of Nomin-Geijutsu (Peasant Art) and its European Legacy
dc.type	Chapter
dc.language.iso	en
dc.description.abstract	My paper concerns an aspect of Ruskin’s influence on modern Japan, focusing on the life and work of Kenji Miyazawa (1896-1933), poet and author of children’s stories, who organised Rasu Chijin Kyōkai (Rasu Farmers Association) in the poverty-stricken farming communities of northern Japan, Hanamaki, Iwate prefecture, in 1926. The association was arguably influenced by Ruskin’s Guild of St George, as well as by his commitment to the Working Men’s College. Ruskin’s work had been introduced into Japan during the Taishō Era (1912-1926), with quite a few works translated into Japanese, including Unto This Last and Modern Painters.
dc.relation.ispartof	Sources, Literatures, Arts & Landscapes of Europe
dc.publisher	Edizioni Ca’ Foscari - Digital Publishing, Fondazione Università Ca’ Foscari
dc.issued	2020-12-15
dc.identifier.uri	http://edizionicafoscari.it/en/edizioni4/libri/978-88-6969-488-2/john-ruskin-and-kenji-miyazawa/
dc.identifier.doi	10.30687/978-88-6969-487-5/021
dc.identifier.issn	2724-6620
dc.identifier.eissn	2784-8507
dc.identifier.isbn	978-88-6969-488-2
dc.identifier.eisbn	978-88-6969-487-5
dc.rights	Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License
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dc.peer-review	no
dc.subject	Guild of St George
dc.subject	Guild of St George
dc.subject	John Ruskin
dc.subject	John Ruskin
dc.subject	Kenji Miyazawa
dc.subject	Kenji Miyazawa
dc.subject	Modern Japan
dc.subject	Modern Japan
dc.subject	Nōmin-Geijutsu (Peasant Art)
dc.subject	Nōmin-Geijutsu (Peasant Art)
dc.subject	Rasu Chijin Kyōkai (Rasu Farmers Association)
dc.subject	Rasu Chijin Kyōkai (Rasu Farmers Association)
dc.subject	Taishō Era
dc.subject	Taishō Era
dc.subject	Working Men’s College
dc.subject	Working Men’s College

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John Ruskin and Kenji Miyazawa

An Idea of Nomin-Geijutsu (Peasant Art) and its European Legacy

Yasuo Kawabata Japan Women’s University Tokyo, Japan

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My paper concerns an aspect of Ruskin’s influence on modern Japan, focusing on the life and work of Kenji Miyazawa (1896-1933), poet and author of children’s stories, who organised Rasu Chijin Kyōkai (Rasu Farmers Association) in the poverty-stricken farming communities of northern Japan, Hanamaki, Iwate prefecture, in 1926. The association was arguably influenced by Ruskin’s Guild of St George, as well as by his commitment to the Working Men’s College. Ruskin’s work had been introduced into Japan during the Taishō Era (1912-1926), with quite a few works translated into Japanese, including Unto This Last and Modern Painters.

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Dec. 15, 2020

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978-88-6969-488-2

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Keywords: Working Men’s College • John Ruskin • Taishō Era • Modern Japan • Guild of St George • Rasu Chijin Kyōkai (Rasu Farmers Association) • Nōmin-Geijutsu (Peasant Art) • Kenji Miyazawa

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