Often referred to as male despite the traditionally female first name, little has been published regarding her dates of birth and death, her training, her wider oeuvre or her processes as a printmaker. Most museums record only that she was active circa 1893-1905. However, One Hundred ...
Faces of Horror, Dances of Death: Female Revenants and Suburban Hauntings in New Millennial Japanese Horror FilmsIn this chapter, Dumas considers the monstrous-feminine in new millennial horror cinema as a vehicle for exploring the transformation of Japanese domestic life in a period marked by ...
Faces of Horror, Dances of Death: Female Revenants and Suburban Hauntings in New Millennial Japanese Horror Films 来自 Springer 喜欢 0 阅读量: 33 作者: R Dumas 摘要: In this chapter, Dumas considers the monstrous-feminine in new millennial horror cinema as a vehicle for exploring the ...
Originally intended for teenagers, particularly girls, House pits a bunch of young female schoolgirls against a demonic entity and the result is a frenzy of nightmarish images including flying decapitated heads, a cannibalistic piano, a satanic cat, and laughing watermelons to name a few. Obayashi...
He will succeed to the throne of Emperor Reiwa after his death. 60. Noboru Noboru is a Japanese name that literally translates as “rise” or “ascend.” It is a name that is shared by many prominent men in Japan. 61. Naozumi Naozumi is a Japanese name that means “pure truth,” ...
Japan's oldest sport, sumo, is one where women are still barred from entering thedohyowrestling ring. Although sumo is not officially recognised as a women's sport in Japan, aspiring sumo wrestler, Hiyori Kon, pursues it anyway, with the goal of becoming the world's best female sumo ...
Kiwa Andō, a woman described as a black widow, which is based on a real female murderer Kanae Kijima (木嶋佳苗, who murdered six men, and was arrested in 2009 and sentenced to death by the Supreme Court on the 14th of April, 2017), is accused of murdering her fiancé Koichiro ...
Loosely taken fromYoshikazu Takeuchi’s novelPerfect Blue: Complete Metamorphosis,Perfect Blueis considered an avant-garde film that deals with themes of reality perceptions and the identity of female idols, voyeurism, and performance pressure. Considered one of the best anime films of the 1990s,Perf...
In Hindu mythology, the Dakini 荼吉尼 (Skt. = Ḍākinī) are a class of demonic female demons who drink blood and eat human flesh (especially livers). Scholars consider them acolytes of the Hindu goddess Kālī (the black one, death, consort of Śiva/Shiva), and the scene of worship...
Rooted in practicality, Hangul vowels reflect the notion of Neo-Confucianism. The opposites ofyin(meaning the female, passive, dark, wet, and cold principles) andyang(meaning the male, active, bright, dry, and hot force) are harmonized within the vowel inventory. The elaboration of three basic...