EP32 A Discussion of Hokusai’s Eight Views of Okinawa

This episode Travis talks about a conference he attended in October 2011 titled "Utopias and the Japanese Imaginary". Travis presented his paper on Hokusai's "Eight Views of Okinawa", a collection of eight woodblock prints done by Hokusai, who had never actually been to Okinawa. He discusses why Hokusai chose to do a collection of prints on Okinawa, despite never having been there, what resources he used, and why. Follow Travis on Twitter: @toranosukev Mentioned in this podcast: Izumisaki Bus station: https://plus.google.com/108293617575237683045/about?gl=US&hl=en-US Terasaki Center for Japanese Studies: http://www.international.ucla.edu/japan/ Utopias and the Japanese Imaginary Conference: http://www.international.ucla.edu/calendar/showevent.asp?eventid=9022 Support this podcast: Shop Amazon.com, suport the podcast: http://amzn.to/wnDX2j Samurai Archives Bookstore: http://astore.amazon.com/samurai-20 Samurai Archives Shop (T-Shirts, etc) http://www.cafepress.com/samuraiarchives Contact Us: Twitter @SamuraiArchives https://twitter.com/#!/samuraiarchives Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Samurai-Archives/104533213984 Samurai Archives podcast blog: http://www.samuraipodcast.com Samurai Archives Forum: http://www.japanhistoryforum.com