The United States and Cultural Heritage Protection in Japan (1945-1952) / / Nassrine Azimi.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Amsterdam University Press Complete eBook-Package 2019
• VerfasserIn: Azimi, Nassrine,
• Place / Publishing House: Amsterdam : : Amsterdam University Press, , [2019]; ©2019
• Year of Publication: 2019
• Language: English
• Series: Asian History ; 8
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (202 p.)

One of the untold stories of the American military occupation of Japan, from 1945 to 1952, is that of efforts by the Supreme Commander for the Allied Power's (SCAP) Arts and Monuments Division for the preservation of Japan's cultural heritage. While the role of Allies after WWII in salvaging the cultural heritage of Europe has recently become better known, not much is written of the extraordinary vision, planning and endeavors by the curators and art specialists embedded in the US military and later based in Tokyo, and their peers and political masters back in Washington D.C. - all of whom ensured that defeated Japan's cultural heritage was protected in the chaos and misery of post-war years.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Foreword -- Preface -- Introduction -- I. Japan's culture and cultural institutions before the war -- II. Prerequisites for occupation -- III. 'Understanding Japan' -- IV. The shape of an occupation -- V. The arts and monuments division -- VI. Conclusions -- Illustrations -- References -- Index