<div dir="ltr">This article is fantastic history, answering all sorts of questions I've had over the years. It's a must read.<div><div><br></div><div>But one question remains vague, and that's the Kawakita's thoughts about the Shanghai Incident (beyond the impact on their business), the rise of Italian fascism and National Socialism, and the political transformations going on back home. </div><div><br></div><div>Did your research provide any hints?</div><div><br></div><div>Thank you for this impressive archival dig into Japanese cinema's first major power couple! </div><div><br></div><div>Markus</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(136,136,136)">--- </span></div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-size:small"><font face="courier new, monospace" color="#274e13"><b><img width="55" height="96" src="https://ci3.googleusercontent.com/mail-sig/AIorK4wpadRRhHYSz0N5UbUflm2YEIclCcg0bTCCBEh81fkJ8isCMwomHpMoky49pEF7xzc4MTMR-PM"><br></b></font></div><div style="font-size:small"><font face="courier new, monospace" color="#274e13"><b>Markus Nornes</b></font></div><div style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family:"courier new",monospace"><font color="#38761d"><b>Professor of Asian Cinema</b></font></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><font size="1" color="#38761d"><font face="courier new, monospace">Department of Film, Television and Media</font><span style="font-family:"courier new",monospace">, Department of Asian Languages and Cultures, Penny Stamps </span><span style="font-family:"courier new",monospace">School of Art & Design</span></font></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"> </blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><b><u><span style="background-color:rgb(182,215,168)">Homepage: <a href="https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww-personal.umich.edu%2F~nornes%2F&data=05%7C02%7Ckinejapan%40mailman.yale.edu%7C72e76b67d4bf41bdb4e208dbff9c42af%7Cdd8cbebb21394df8b4114e3e87abeb5c%7C0%7C0%7C638384818817093425%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=E4o8tZNvDkSycDQZJ8b5%2Bci3FeomTr33LtMRrGeiT9E%3D&reserved=0" originalSrc="http://www-personal.umich.edu/~nornes/" shash="gdvsjDP8mEWd00Ftwx2jC9D7K1ZSGCALt4sdldmxzw+nPiskdBMpDM+4J5cYWSjIPxblhKdjehJMP0hS7YvKZQQxQAFdevYvCaK1dcczyKtrAbr5407gZpJ93hV/9ZZrtpoIBIwFv0pBGrXv0KEFdk1EjPUH4F/TaThUN2UusPo=" target="_blank"><font color="#ffffff">http://www-personal.umich.edu/~nornes/</font></a></span><font color="#6aa84f"><br></font></u></b></font><font face="courier new, monospace" size="1" color="#93c47d"><b>Department of Film, Television and Media<br></b></font><font face="courier new, monospace" size="1" color="#93c47d"><b>6348 North Quad<br></b></font><font face="courier new, monospace" size="1" color="#93c47d"><b>105 S. State Street<br></b></font><font face="courier new, monospace" size="1" color="#93c47d"><b>Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1285</b></font></blockquote></blockquote><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div style="color:rgb(136,136,136)"><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br></div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, Dec 16, 2023 at 11:17 AM adrian <a href="https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Frestorationasia.org%2F&data=05%7C02%7Ckinejapan%40mailman.yale.edu%7C72e76b67d4bf41bdb4e208dbff9c42af%7Cdd8cbebb21394df8b4114e3e87abeb5c%7C0%7C0%7C638384818817093425%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=0XoK%2B92lRzzkQBSz%2BCvwvrR27nEX%2BTwXUBfXPMeeg%2B0%3D&reserved=0" originalSrc="http://restorationasia.org/" shash="jMN2d4n4dqfvTbqgvGt0h02dl7aKIjDLKJh+fmTrvjcCGh51yF4/nrlvJvIMWDdNkizhOv3WUl1j8ty/zQ46IDtzQhzLdLONQsBtIVwCQnUGPOECNOL5DuYKKhMCMZUz1UhrZI0YuimJ/n2BV53J9fisWyQkfIi71GPirOvd98U=">restorationasia.org</a> via KineJapan <<a href="mailto:kinejapan@mailman.yale.edu">kinejapan@mailman.yale.edu</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div class="msg-8456914105754961987">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">In 2021 a posting here on KineJapan, regarding the 1932 film “Nippon”, led to my ongoing collaboration with Dr Wayne Arnold of the University of Kitakyushu.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Following a presentation in Zurich in September on “Nippon” at the
<i>Aesthetics of Early Sound Film Revisited</i> conference I am now pleased to share this link to further ‘fruits’ of our ongoing endeavours.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.kosmorama.org%2Fartikler%2Fkashiko-kawakita&data=05%7C02%7Ckinejapan%40mailman.yale.edu%7C72e76b67d4bf41bdb4e208dbff9c42af%7Cdd8cbebb21394df8b4114e3e87abeb5c%7C0%7C0%7C638384818817093425%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=VFEUnHNVewyYRELUSckXl55p7zkCRYsICiIxhE0raAY%3D&reserved=0" originalSrc="https://www.kosmorama.org/artikler/kashiko-kawakita" shash="rSQgounmKQH4JU/Kw5SEE8l/lrmfxMZhjJBbEnFVfTLOY946AlMqg67/pnfpWWdONtDGJScNls7SxNRPB3RmnVVHy9tXS4nufn7O50sMd9ZnIHp66zFpuaTgnNJgPTQqrb16RIJErW+fzMbPjda3rOcte+V1/aXoi6kg/yq4CEU=" target="_blank">Kashiko Kawakita and the 1932 Towa Shoji Film Diary | Kosmorama</a></span><span lang="EN-GB"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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