The Intertextuality of Sadism and Masochism in the Popular Culture in the Late Meiji to Early Taisho Period: <i>Goro Masamune Koshi Den</i> (1915) as a Starting Point

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  • KAMIYA Makiko
    Tamagawa University, Musashino Art University, Visiting Researcher of The 
Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum, Waseda University

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  • 明治末期から大正初期の大衆文化におけるサディズム／マゾヒズムの間テクスト的考察――『五郎正宗孝子伝』（1915年）を起点として

Abstract

<p>This paper takes the text and the context surrounding the film Goro Masamune Koshi Den (1915) as a starting point to examine sadomasochistic representations in popular culture in the Late Meiji to early Taisho Period.</p><p>In sections 2 and 3, I examine the “stepchild bullying” scene in Goro Masamune Koshi Den and show intertextually that it reflects the prevalence of sadism/masochism representations in popular culture in the Late Meiji to early Taisho Period. In addition, I pointed out colonialist ideas and misogyny in the representation of sadism/masochism, and then I examine the figure of Goro in Goro Masamune Koshi Den as the image of imperial Japan during the formation of the nation-state. Furthermore, I reexamine the problem when women, who bear the brunt of the violence exercised in the representations of sadism/masochism, become the viewers of that violence from the perspective of recent gender politics and point out that those violent representations can be enjoyed as entertainment (as well as by male viewers) by female viewers. In conclusion, I discuss the issue of “melodrama” as an important concept in the representation of sadism/masochism, but also raise some issues for the future.</p>

Journal

  • eizogaku

    eizogaku 110 (0), 59-82, 2023-08-25

    Japan Society of Image Arts and Sciences

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  • CRID
    1390016107126015616
  • DOI
    10.18917/eizogaku.110.0_59
  • ISSN
    21896542
    02860279
  • Text Lang
    ja
  • Data Source
    • JaLC
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