EAST 212 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Ryukyu Islands, Ryukyu Kingdom, Naomi Kawase
5 May 2019
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View from the south: okinawa aka ancient ryukyu kingdom = different modern presence in history of japan =/= ainu. Theme = difference => both aspects of identifying as different or seeing others are different. ==>naomi kawase, still the water film, 2014 (futatsume nomade (?) Takes place in amami island = how does the author (from okinawa) talk to us = mainland jp as target audience. ==> scene where a character dies shows ryukyu tradition. Bilingual = speaking okinawan dialect (subtitled) + standard japanese. Playing a shamsi/jamsi = 3 stringed instrument came from china to ryukyu = made out of snake skin very specific to history of that are of the pacific => not mainland japanese music. People speaking, singing and dancing = culture near jp yet undecipherable. Movie opens with shots of ocean + shots of someone sacrificing a goat => 2nd window = 2nd way through this world and the next world (possibility of relationship between life and death)
