Turning Japanese
Video Guide, Spring 1991, v. 11, no. 1, p. 5
In this personal account of cross-cultural identification, Zheng Miao Xian describes his fascination with Japanese culture. Responding to racial discrimination, he negates his Chinese heritage and appropriates the Japanese culture in its place, which manifests itself in an annual ritualized performance commemorating the anniversary of Japanese authour, poet and playwright Yukio Mishima.
ITEM 1991.097 – available for viewing in the Research Centre
Videos, Artworks and Artists Cited
Mishima Death Bash – Zheng Miao Xian
Yukio Mishima
Osome and Hisamatsu – Utamaro Kitagawa
The Poetess Ono No Komachi in Court Dress – Harunobu