Panel 2 – Of Satire and Romance: Questioning Narratives of Civilisation and Enlightenment

Natalia Doan
Samurai, Seduction, and Slander: Representations of the 1860 Japanese Embassy to the United States
Warren Stanislaus
A parody of civilisation: Charles Wirgman’s Japan Punch and an inverted satirical gaze
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This talk is part of the “Reopening the ‘Opening of Japan’” Two-day international graduate conference to mark the 150th anniversary of the Meiji Ishin at the Nissan Institute of Japanese Studies, University of Oxford. For our full list of speakers, please see reopeningtheopening.wordpress.com