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Boundless Venus: the Crossover of the Conscious and Unconscious in the Works of Haruki Murakami
No full textThe objective of this thesis, Boundless Venus, is to examine consciousness in the
works of the contemporary Japanese writer Haruki Murakami. Principally the
discussion concerns itself with the unconscious, its conduits, its benefits upon the
conscious; which lead to the transformation of the self and structure of the literature.
Although the subject has been touched upon before, the conscious and unconscious
have previously been examined as exclusive concepts in Murakami. This research
will be looking at the recent change in the ‘crossover’ between these concepts,
which makes the concepts no longer two mutually exclusive concepts but ‘inclusive
concepts’. This is vital to understanding Murakami’s more recent works and the
nature of his influence on literature.
Boundless Venus explores the entire works of Haruki Murakami, principally his
most recent novel 1Q84 (2011) and his novels Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the
End of the World (1991) and The Wind-up Bird Chronicle (1997). It approaches the
work from a psychoanalytic and critical point of view and focuses on significant
narrative techniques, character development, and themes such as sex, music, and
dreams, used by Murakami to explore the relationship between the conscious and
unconscious and to narrate the crossover between the two
Brothers Murakami
No full text"- Evacuees - Murakami (Brothers) Joseph K. Michael H. Peter S. Paul U."Date:199
Contemporary Art in Japan and Cuteness in Japanese Popular Culture
No full textThis thesis is an art historical study focussing on contemporary Japan, and in particular the artists Murakami TakashL Mori Mariko, Aida Makoto, and Nara Yoshitomo. These artists represent a generation of artists born in the 1960s who use popular culture to their own ends. From the seminal exhibition 'Tokyo Pop' at Hiratsuka Museum of Art in 1996 which included all four artists, to Murakami's group exhibition 'Little Boy: The Arts of Japan's Exploding Subculture' which opened in April 2005, central to my research is an exploration of contemporary art's engagement with the pervasiveness of cuteness in Japanese culture.
Including key secondary material, which recognises cuteness as not merely something trivial but involving power play and gender role issues, this thesis undertakes an interdisciplinary analysis of cuteness in contemporary Japanese popular culture, and examines howcontemporary Japanese artists have responded, providing original research through interviews with Aida Makoto, Mori Mariko and Murakami Takashi. Themes examined include the deconstruction of the high and low in contemporary art; sh6jo (girl) culture and cuteness; the relation of cuteness and the erotic; the transformation of cuteness into the grotesque; cuteness and nostalgia; and virtual cuteness in Japanese science fiction animation, and computer games.
Director of Studies: Toshio Watanabe
Supervisors: David Ryan and Omuka Toshihar
Divers on pearling lugger D36
No full textDivers on pearling lugger D36 at Dinah Beach. Lugger belonged to Captain AC Gregory. Date circa 1930s?Rodd, A. H.Additional notes from Mayu Kanamori, Murakami researcher provided 23 September 2014:
Joseph Murakami, Yasukichi Murakami?s son has identified this as a photo his father took. There is a very similar photo to this one in the Murakami family archives. A.C. Gregory was Murakami?s business partner and life time friend. The Japanese crew looks very relaxed
Letter from Miriko [Nagahama] and Harry Murakami to Wilda [Johnson], December 1994
No full textChristmas letter addressed to Wilda [Johnson], describing a family reunion at Mammoth Lakes and providing news of family and friends. Mentioned also are several of Murakami's writings, including the booklet, entitled "A Probable Jesus"; an open letter to Niseis that was printed in the November, [1994?] issue of the Tozai Times, published in Los Angeles; and a future project that Murakami describes as "my Las Vegas project to Niseis residing there."The Manzanar Collection features materials relating to the forced relocation to Manzanar, California, of Miriko Nagahama and Honey Mitsuye Toda, including correspondence, photographs, and newspapers, donated in 1981 and 1995
Richard Bishop and Yuriko Murakami, Preliminaries Phase I, 5th Van Cliburn Competition (1977)
No full textBallade no. 4 in F minor, op. 52 / Chopin (PARTIAL) (Bishop) ; Piano sonata no. 17 in D minor, op. 31, no. 2. Adagio / Beethoven (Bishop) ; Piano sonata no. 17 in D minor, op. 31, no. 2. Allegretto / Beethoven (Bishop) ; Études-tableaux, op. 39. No. 5 in E-flat minor / Rachmaninoff (Bishop) -- French suite no. 5 in G major, BWV 816 / J. S. Bach (Murakami) ; Piano sonata in C major, Hob. XVI:50 / Haydn (Murakami) ; Scherzo no. 3 in C-sharp minor, op. 39 / Chopin (Murakami) ; Concert etudes, S. 144. No. 2 in F minor, La leggierezza / Liszt (Murakami)
Shintaro Murakami
No full textA photograph of Shintaro Murakami, a Japanese immigrant man in a suit, taken at a photo studio. The caption reads: Mr. S. Murakami. A photo from: Saito and Ogawa family yellow photo album (csudh_sai_3001), page 85
Jeffrey Swann and Yuriko Murakami, Preliminaries Phase II, 5th Van Cliburn Competition (1977)
No full textPiano sonata no. 6 in D major, K. 284. Tema con variazione / Mozart (Swann) ; Out of doors suite. With drums and pipes / Bartók (Swann) ; Out of doors suite. Night's music / Bartók (Swann) ; Out of doors suite. Chase / Bartók ; Mephisto waltz no. 1, S. 514 / Liszt (Swann) -- Piano sonata no. 17 in B-flat major, K. 570 / Mozart (Murakami) ; Piano sonata no. 30 in E major, op. 109 / Beethoven (Murakami)
Jeffrey Swann and Yuriko Murakami, Preliminaries Phase II, 5th Van Cliburn Competition (1977)
No full textPiano sonata no. 6 in D major, K. 284. Tema con variazione / Mozart (Swann) ; Out of doors suite. With drums and pipes / Bartók (Swann) ; Out of doors suite. Night's music / Bartók (Swann) ; Out of doors suite. Chase / Bartók ; Mephisto waltz no. 1, S. 514 / Liszt (Swann) -- Piano sonata no. 17 in B-flat major, K. 570 / Mozart (Murakami) ; Piano sonata no. 30 in E major, op. 109 / Beethoven (Murakami)
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