2013年. 塞ぎの虫は虫の息 迷子の木 薬局へ行く 膿む空 黴びた月 ミルク煮 じくじく 熟れごろ やがて飴色 しるまし ささめく足もと 広場に金平糖 背くらべ 暗を弾く 木末 隔て. ‘Japan: high tech image, low tech reality’ – By Jen McClure Still going strong in Japan… Courtesy of Sony pictures Robots, high speed trains, electric cars, and cutting edge electronics; you know what country I’m talking about, right? Japan. But, move away from the bright, hi-tech lights of Tokyo, and you will find none of the above anywhere to be seen. Shocked? Japan is very good at exporting its hi-tech image to the world. Two years ago I left Scotland and went to teach English in Japan.
Everyday life I moved into my apartment in August 2008. Everywhere I went there was some object or technology from the recent past still living a happy existence in Japan. Bank cards in Japan do not even resemble their UK counterparts. The world of (Keitai’s) mobile phones in Japan would leave some people baffled. At the Office The high school that I taught at was paying homage to everything “old school.” Paper and chalk is the tradition at Japanese schools which means that IT skills are at a bare minimum. Here are some of the revelations: Surrealistic paintings by Tetsuya Ishida.
07 Jun 2010 The surrealistic paintings of Tetsuya Ishida (1973-2005) explore the dark side of modern life. [Link] Clone.Manga - Manga Webcomics. Japanese graphic design from the 1920s-30s. In the 1920s and 1930s, Japan embraced new forms of graphic design as waves of social change swept across the nation. This collection of 50 posters, magazine covers and advertisements offer a glimpse at some of the prevailing tendencies in a society transformed by the growth of modern industry and technology, the popularity of Western art and culture, and the emergence of leftist political thought.
"Buy Domestic! " poster, 1930 [+] Cover of "Nippon" magazine issue #1, Oct 1934 [+] "Fuji Weekly" cover, Oct 1930 [+] Poster for Japan's first national census, 1920 [+] // "Health for body and country" poster, c. 1930 [+] Grand Nagoya Festival poster by Kenkichi Sugimoto, 1933 [+] Kyoto Grand Exposition to Commemorate the Showa Imperial Coronation, 1928 [+] Poster design by Shujiro Shimomura, 1928 [+] "NAPF" (Nippona Artista Proleta Federacio) magazine cover, Feb 1931 [+] "NAPF" (Nippona Artista Proleta Federacio) magazine covers: Sep 1931 // Oct 1931 "May 1" movie poster by Hiromu Hara, 1928-1929 [+]