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as for old books....
They were showing a special on sexuality in
religion on T.V. and showed a
particulair temple with a bunch of giant phaluses
(phaili?) my Japanese
roomate had no idea where they were.... but I did.
I'd remebered them from the book "Pink Samurai"
Are you sure? They have a Penis Festival (Chinchin
Matsuri) in Kawasaki every year.
Hell, I thought that the miniseris SHOGUN (based on
the book) was total
and fiction...
Nope.
Based on actual events.
Right but wrong... BASED is the important word. It was
based on the life of Adam Smith and his relationship with
Tokugawa Ieyasu.
Japanease Mythology?
Well I just saw a modern dance program on NHK last
night an ALL of the
works were based on mythology. Not because there was
a set theme to the
preformences.. just happened.
Dance = mythology? Ok...
Sources and research are pretty important, heck
look at a movie by
Takeshi Mike and then by "Beat" Takeshi.. same world
different view.
but if you watch both and then throw in Ozu
wowsers...
(actually Ozu's "Ohaio" "Good Morning" is great for
looking back in time
as well and the film is just dying to be
remade.....and you could do it on
almost any Millitary base or even a fishing
village and it would STILL
work.)
As I said... depending on what you are using it for the
value of old library books changes.
Did you know it's bloody hard for a non-native in
Japan to get internet
access early in the morning/late at night without a
lot of help?
- well people trying to buy tickets for the World
Cup did.
After the fact.
I've had no problems. Now if you don't speak any Japanese
or don't have friends in the It world...then it would be
rather dificult. Get an 8M ADSL line wasn't too
diffuclt....
Even "dated" works have a liot of value for
getting the feel of a
culture.
"the Cursathimum and the Sword" (probably
miss-spelled) was written
almost a "guide" for both the millitary and
industry in Japan after the
last "world" war. A lot of it is hokey and was dated
even at the time of
it's writing but a lot is stil relivant.
You have to keep your eyes and mind open...
I'll admit that there is stuff to gleen even from old
books. But without prior knowledge of what to look for
how you know what's the wheat and what the chafe? And as
you can tell... I think Reischauer is shit. Maybe in the
modern day he could do better, but he and his group wote
books that were shit. Beyond hokey to the point of being
brainwashing and ridiculous. Bascially....he was part of
the group in the State Department that worked with Japan
before the war. They wanted to give Japan a slap on the
wrist for World War II and let them go... luckily Truman
did not go with their plan.
Heck I really enjoyed (and am now hitting myself
because I can't remeber
the title) a series of stories featuring Nabiki
writing to an Anonymous
pen pal on the internet...
*technicly* it would be pretty doubious to see this
muhc home computer
use in Japan at the time of the series... and even
to some extent now...
But the story worked.
I am aware of it... don't remember the title or author.
Something like Letters to/from Nabiki. No I never said
anything about chatting and PCs...actually it'd have more
likely been done by cell phone email, but anyway... it was
a small stretch/bend...so why nit pick? I try to stick
with the glaring ones...
But, glaring errors in information and customs (and
for that matter the
striving to be "perfectly accurate") are both things
that can harm a
story.
For someone who isn't japanese or hasn't lived in Japan 20
years... very close accuracy is difficult.
When I C&C...if I see a plot hole I mention it. If I see
an inaccuracy I mention it. Sometimes I miss them...it
happens.
J
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