The Structure of "IKI" Image in Students of a Women's College : An Examination of Kuki's Theory About IKI

Yoshioka Tooru, Ichihara Shigeru

doi:10.11247/jssdj.49.111_1

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女子大生における「粋」のイメージ構造について : 九鬼周造の粋理論の検討

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We examined how contemporary young women interpreted the concept of "iki" which had been used since Edo- era, and examined whether or not Shuzo Kuki's theory for "iki" was fit to those young women. Kuki's theory is based on his careful observation and his original sense. Though his theory is very suggeetive, it has not been examined objectively. So, we examined his theory by the experiment using the SD method: Female university students evaluated pictures on a computer display in which a model wore a dress or a yukata (Informal summer kimono) with vertically striped patterns and posed herself variously. The result of the experiment supported his suggestion that "iki" had both meanings of "evaluation" and "coquetry". Moreover, the word "chic" considered, in general, as the closest word to "iki" among English had similar meaning to "shibumi" rather than "iki".

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Bulletin of Japanese Society for the Science of Design

Bulletin of Japanese Society for the Science of Design 49 (1), 111-116, 2002

Japanese Society for the Science of Design

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CRID: 1390282680387707520

NII Article ID: 110003825265

NII Book ID: AN00150292

DOI: 10.11247/jssdj.49.111_1

ISSN: 21865221; 09108173

Text Lang: ja

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