A study of the intellectual and social history of modern Japan, with an analysis of popular culture in the post-war years. The book uses various mediums to reveal many of the contradictory forces at work beneath the surface of an apparently uniform culture.
When this book was published in Japanese in 1982 it was awarded the prestigious Jiro Osaragi Prize. It is an important contribution to the understanding of the mental and spiritual world of Japan just over two generations ago.
An analysis of popular culture in the post-war years that studies the intellectual and social history of modern Japan.