Nozomi Naoi

The Land of Happiness

How the Japanese Department Store Visualized Modern Life. Sprachen: Englisch. 25,7 cm / 19,3 cm / 2,2 cm ( B/H/T )
Buch (Hardcover), 256 Seiten
EAN 9780262054423
Veröffentlicht August 2026
Verlag/Hersteller The MIT Press

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A fascinating look at how Japanese department stores of the twentieth century influenced modern life, identity, and the concept of a dreamworld—and why they continue to loom so large in our imagination. The Land of Happiness explores the far-reaching influence of the Japanese department store on modern life and our imaginations. In this gorgeously illustrated volume, Nozomi Naoi explains how Japanese department stores modeled “the new modern Japanese life and identity” through print media and design, physical and imagined space, and the new experiences that these spaces offered. The stores created the notion of a modern subject enjoying a “land of happiness”—and this, in turn, shaped the wider sociological context, including emerging roles for women and perceptions of coloniality. The book focuses on three areas: the mediascape of proliferating department store posters, advertisements, commercial design, promotional magazines, and merchandise; the physical space, such as the Western-style architecture that characterized many of these early department stores, and the imagined “modern space” created within their walls; and, finally, the production of a novel “dreamworld,” which included dining spaces with children’s menus, elevators, escalators, and more. While the research on department stores and their role in the quotidian experience is vast, there is nothing like this study, which is uniquely grounded in an art historical approach that draws upon the visual media environment of early twentieth-century Japan and its impact on the everyday.

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Nozomi Naoi

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Notes to Readers Introduction: The Department Store—“Land of Happiness” 1 Imaging Japan’s Modern Lifestyle: The Modern Poster, Mitsukoshi, and Sugiura Hisui 2 Envisioning the Modern Japanese Family: Fashioning the Image of the Child 3 Expansion and Extension: Japanese Department stores at Home and in the Empire Epilogue Acknowledgments Notes Bibliography Index

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