A Case Study of Late Twentieth-Century Japan through Art: Tezuka Osamu and Astro Boy
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This module focuses on听late twentieth-century Japan, 1945-present.
Late twentieth-century Japan materials
- 鈥Late Twentieth-Century Japan: An Introductory Essay,鈥澨齜y William Tsutsui, University of Kansas
- 鈥A Case Study of Late Twentieth-Century Japan through Art: Tezuka Osamu and Astro Boy鈥澨(lesson plan), by Mary Hammond Bernson, University of Washington
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For this lesson, you will need images of Astro Boy, to be projected or displayed in class. You听 may also display other creations of Osamu Tezuka, whose work is widely available; 听segments of the anime versions even appear on YouTube. Good sources of an image of Astro Boy include, in roughly declining order of usefulness:
- 听Takarabako, no. 13 (September 2007).
- 听(Melbourne, Australia: National Gallery of Victoria, 2006).
- 听Wired (May 31, 2007).
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This project is funded by the听Japan Foundation Center for Global Partnership.
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Created 漏 2008 Program for Teaching East Asia, University of Colorado.听
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