423 research outputs found
Doing Occidentalism in Contemporary Japan: Nation Anthropomorphism and Sexualized Parody in Axis Power Hetalia,
Get PDFAxis Powers Hetalia (2006–present), a Japanese gag comic and animation series, depicts relations between nations personified as cute boys against a background of World War I and World War II. The stereotypical rendering of national characteristics as well as the reduction of historically charged issues into amusing quarrels between nice-looking but incompetent boys was immensely popular, especially among female audiences in Japan and Asia, and among Euro-American manga, anime, and cosplay fans, but it also met with vehement criticism. Netizens from South Korea, for example, considered the Korean character insulting and in early 2009 mounted a protest campaign that was discussed in the Korean national assembly. Hetalia's controversial success relies to a great extent on the inventive conflation of male-oriented otaku fantasies about nations, weapons, and concepts represented as cute little girls, and of female-oriented yaoi parodies of male-male intimacy between powerful "white" characters and more passive Japanese ones. This investigation of the original Hetalia by male author Hidekaz Himaruya (b. 1985) and its many adaptations in female-oriented dōjinshi (fanzine) texts and conventions (between 2009 and 2011, Hetalia was by far the most adapted work) refers to notions of interrelationality, intersectionality, and positionality in order to address hegemonic representations of "the West," the orientalized "Rest" of the world, and "Japan" in the cross-gendered and sexually parodied mediascape of Japanese transnational subcultures
The Miyake-Hawthorne Consilience - A Unifying Forensic Reconstruction of Global Plasma Catastrophies (5259 BCE, 663 BCE)
No full textThe Miyake-Hawthorne Consilience - A Unifying Forensic Reconstruction of Global Plasma Catastrophies (5259 BCE, 663 BCE)
Subject: A Proposed Transdisciplinary Absolute Chronology Linking High-Energy Solar Particle Events (SPE) to East Asian Cultural Foundations and Archaeological Type-Specimens.
1. Scientific Objective
To establish a "Golden Spike" absolute chronology for East Asian Neolithic and Iron Age sites by correlating known Miyake Events (specifically 5259 BCE and 663 BCE) with high-resolution archaeological markers and indigenous record-keeping.
2. Core Hypothesis
This research proposes that the 663 BCE Miyake Event-a verified global radiocarbon excursion-is the physical catalyst for the Japanese Yatagarasu (Eight-Span Crow) phenomenon. In fact, according to the Nihon Shoki, 663 was the "pivotal" year. It was during this year in the treacherous crossing of the Kumano mountains that the Yatagarasu appeared to lead Jimmu's disoriented army through the peaks. The 3-year alignment with the traditional founding of Japan (660 BCE) suggests that the "Sun-Bird" was a real-time observation of a massive solar proton event/plasma burst, subsequently encoded into the state's "Cosmic Authority." Therefore the author would like to take this time to honor Dr. Miyake's efforts by naming this Solar Particle Event (SPE), "The Yatagarasu Miyake Event of 663 BCE".
3. Data Correlation & "The Consilience of Proof"
Physical Evidence:
Dendrochronological: 18O and 14C spikes identified by Dr. Fusa Miyake et al. in Japanese master chronologies (e.g., the 4354-year-long central Japan record).
Glaciological: 10Be and 36Cl ice core samples verify the 663 BCE Solar Particle Event and dendrochronological records.
Archaeological Markers: The absolute dating of wooden pillars (Itazuke/Yayoi sites) to the 663 ВСЕ event, mirroring the success of the 5259 BCE absolute dating of the Dispilio Tablet in Europe.
Cultural Record: Chronologically verified by the Nihon Shoki. First the poisonous cloud that caused Jimmu's army to fall asleep. Telluric currents induced for the passing charged particles in the CME superheated the local hot springs causing steam with higher concentrations of hydrogen sulfide. Finally the transition from the "Eight-Span Crow" (visual observation) to the "Three-Legged Crow" (systemic Yangshou 5480, 5410, or 5259 BCE/Chinese philosophical update) as a record of high-frequency solar activity.
4. Falsifiable Prediction
I predict that conical amphoras from the Yangshao/Majiayao cultures (displaying "Sun-Bird" and "Halo" motifs) will return a single-year absolute date of 5259 BCE (or within the 5480-5259 BCE cluster) when subjected to the Dispilio-style radiocarbon wiggle-matching protocol.
5. Conclusion & Tribute
By naming this the "Yatagarasu-Miyake Event," this study seeks to honor the pioneering dendrochronological work of Dr. Fusa Miyake while validating the precision of Japanese, Chinese, and Korean observations of solar phenomena. This synthesis acknowledges the shared celestial heritage of the Sanzuwu (China), Samjogo (Korea), and Yatagarasu (Japan) as a unified record of Earth's interaction with the Sun
Very long period seismic signals observed before the caldera formation with the 2000 Miyake-jima volcanic activity, Japan
Get PDFVery long period (VLP) seismic signals, whose waveform consists of an initial impulsive signal and a later oscillatory wave with 0.2 or 0.4 Hz in dominant frequency, were observed before the caldera formation in the 2000 activity of Miyake-jima volcano, Japan. The results of waveform inversion show that the initial and later parts can be explained by a northward single-force of 1.5×10^8 N working at a depth of 2 km beneath the summit and a moment tensor solution at a depth of 5 km below and 2 km southwest of the summit with ～10^12 Nm, respectively. A clear positive correlation of the amplitudes between the two sources strongly suggests that the shallow single-force triggers the deeper moment source in spite of the several km distance between the two sources. To analyze the source time functions of the moment tensor that do not always oscillate in phase, we introduce a new method of moment tensor diagonalization which is performed in the frequency domain. According to the analysis, the two principal components have similar amplitudes and are greater than the third principal component, suggesting an axially symmetric oscillation. One of the possible systems is a combination of two cracks intersecting perpendicularly. Our interpretation is that the single-force was generated when magma containing rock blocks suddenly began to move in a choked subsurface magma path, and the resultant pressure waves propagated and excited a resonance oscillation of the two cracks
Associations between early adolescent caffeine consumption and use of other licit and illicit substances, impulsivity, and conduct disorder
No full textObjective: Little attention has been given to caffeine’s possible relation to other substance use, conduct disorder symptoms, and sensation seeking. Since use of substances in adolescence is often predictive of the development of mental disorders later in life (McGue, Iacono, Legrand, Malone, & Elkins, 2001), better understanding caffeine’s relationship to these disorders and use of these other substances during this period of development is important. Method: The sample consists of 6th and 7th grade students (n=144) attending a charter school in Camden, New Jersey. Three waves of data, approximately 4 months apart, were collected using questionnaires. Linear and logistic regressions and survival analyses were conducted to assess relationships. Results: At T1, all four types of caffeine use were consistently associated with all of the outcome variables. However, by T3, frequency of energy drink consumption was the only beverage consistently associated with other substance use, SS, and CD symptomatology. Frequencies of coffee, tea, and energy drink consumption were associated with earlier ages of first use of alcohol. Longitudinal analyses found that higher frequencies of coffee and energy drink consumption at T1 predicted increases in frequency of alcohol consumption and binge drinking by T3. Conclusions: Frequencies of coffee and energy drink consumption in early adolescence predicts later alcohol use and binge drinking.M.A.Includes bibliographical referencesby Elisa Rose Miyak
Discovery of the resource materials for a documentary study of the history of the local dialect and an interpretation of the local dialect : Relevance of “Miyake Shoan Nikki” as a documentary resource and the interpretation of “waita” a local dialect for wind direction
Get PDFTo promote a documentary study of the history of local dialect, the following three steps are imperative : First, to discover relevant documents to study ; second, to accumulate language usages appeared in those documents, and third, to analyze and interpret the collected data based on the knowledge of etymology and linguistic geography. Concerning the discovery of relevant documents, this study focused on one month text of “Miyake Shoan Nikki”(三宅松庵日記,a journal by Miyake Shoan)owned by Tokushima Prefectural Library and analyzed the usages of the local dialect. The study confirmed that some words in the document are used in the present Tokushima dialect. It is demonstrated that the text is one of the useful resources when accumulating documentary data on Tokushima dialect during the sixth year of An’ei(安永六年1777)and the first year of Ten’mei(天明元年1781)period. As an example of an interpretation of language usages in documents, the author examined “waita”, one of the local names of wind directions in Shishikui−ura, Kaiyo−cho,Tokushima Prefecture. Based on a documentary analysis of the cases in “Shinsen Koreki Benran”(新撰古暦便覧)owned by Dainichi−ji Temple (大日寺)and a geo−linguistic analysis of the word, the author proposed a new interpretation of the origin of “waita”.departmental bulletin pape
Birth of the Female Student-Writer in Meiji Japan (1868-1912): Miyake Kaho’s The Warbler in the Grove
Get PDFThe first female modern prose writer in Japan, Miyake Kaho (1868-1944) was a young college student when she published Yabu no uguisu (The Warbler in the Grove). Warbler appears to have a simple plot, in which a young girl’s selfless act is rewarded by marriage to a wealthy gentleman. At a deeper level, however, it delivers progressive ideas about modern women’s lives in high society, ideas which often go against the contemporary government policies. In Warbler, I recognize Kaho’s resistance against the pressures from the dominant discourse in the Meiji era as well as the hope she has provided to her fellow female students. This paper examines the interactions of such issues as women’s education, gender norms in relation to class, and construction of female sexuality in the Meiji period under overwhelming Western influences. I will argue that the main theme of Warbler is the need of a modern education for women in the upper class, which is thought by the author to give them access to national politics. Also, contrary to the conventional views that Warbler is a mere imitation of contemporary male writers’ works, this paper argues that Warbler actually inspired the contemporary male writer’s work, namely, Saganoya Omuro’s Hakumei no Suzuko (Suzuko, the Unfortunate)
Ring-shaped cone formed during the 1983 Miyake-jima Eruption
No full textA ring-shaped cone with the diameter of the base and the crater rim 400 and 150 meters, respectively, was formed during the Oct. 3, 1983 Miyake-jima Eruption by shallow submarine eruption around Nippana coast, marking the southern end of the 1983 fissure. The cone consists of well-bedded surge deposits showing nearly circular distribution with the center of the S crater. The author investigated the process of the formation of the cone through geological and volcanological observations of outcrops, VTR and photographs of the eruption and grain-size analysis. The results are as follows : (1) The ring-shaped cone comprises three units of deposits ; S-1, S-2 and S-3, in ascending order. S-1 represents the opening stage, rich in breccia with a massive matrix of fine sideromelane fragments. S-2 makes up the main portion of the cone and is surge deposits which are composed mainly of stratified sideromelane fragments accompanied with lithic fragments associated with block sag structure, water-chilled bombs, and fragmented water-chilled scoria. S-3 is a thin layer of surge deposits showing the reactivation of the S crater in the waning stage. (2) S-2 is characterized, as a whole, by planar bedding. Its lithological features change vertically : the lower deposits (S-2l) rich in water-chilled bombs, block sag structure and thin layers of mud, are dominated by planar bedding, lack material finer than 4 phi and are distributed only in the proximal area. The upper (S-2u) lacking water-chilled bombs except for the lowest horizon, are characterized by increase in fine material, intercalations of vesicular scoria from the R crater, occasional occurrences of dune bedding and wider distribution. (3) Block sag structure, water-chilled bombs and lens of water-chilled scoria are found as ballistic deposits only within 300 meters from the center of the S crater. In the distal area, planar bedded and partly dune-bedded surge deposits are dominant, showing the dominance of laterally moving cloud. It suggests that two different processes of emplacement, cock's tail jets and base surge cloud, existed simultaneously. (4) Ring-shaped surge cloud and cock's tail jets around the S crater and lava fountain from the R crater in the vicinity were recorded in VTR and photographs of the eruption at about 17 : 30. Mixed processes of these cloud and jets produced the ring-shaped cone. (5) The mode of eruption resulted in the ring-shaped cone changed from wet one characterized by the dominance of cock's tail jets, gradually to drier one dominated with base surge cloud
Notes on the fourth HPCD Workshop
No full textThe fourth HPCD Workshop was held at Rutgers University on July 17 and 18, 1997, which was approximately the midpoint of the fourth year of the four year project. The workshop provided the opportunity to review the project goals, to bring together the people related to the project, summarize the experiences, and identify spinoffs and outgrowths of the HPCD effort. During the technical sessions of the workshop, investigators from each of the project's areas summarized the research that had been done in the project, concentrating on the previous year. This memo briefly outlines each talk and any ensuing discussion.Technical report HPCD-TM-
Notes on the technical sessions of the Fourth HPCD Workshop
No full textThe fourth HPCD Workshop was held at Rutgers University on July 17 and 18, 1997, which was approximately the midpoint of the fourth year of the four year project. The workshop provided the opportunity to review the project goals, to bring together the people related to the project, summarize the experiences, and identify spinoffs and outgrowths of the HPCD effort. During the technical sessions of the workshop, investigators from each of the project's areas summarized the research that had been done in the project, concentrating on the previous year. This memo briefly outlines each talk and any ensuing discussion.Technical report HPCD-TM-
THREE NEW SPECIES OF THALASSINIDEA (DECAPOD CRUSTACEA) FROM SOUTH-WEST JAPAN
Get PDFThree new species of Thalassinidea are here recorded from south-west Japan, two belong to the Upogebiidae, Upogebia (Upogebia) miyakei sp. nov. and Gebicula rnonodactyla sp. nov. and the other to the Callianassidae, Callianassa (Calliactites) longicauda sp. nov. The author is much indebted to Professor Dr. SADAYOSHI MIYAKE of the zoological laboratory, Kyushu University, for allowing the author the facilities to examine specimens preserved in his laboratory
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