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Review 406376 ANMXXX10.1177/1746847711406376ReviewAnimation: An Interdisciplinary Animation: An Interdisciplinary Journal 6(2) 193–196 © The Author(s) 2011 Reprints and permission: sagepub.co.uk/journalsPermissions.nav DOI: 10.1177/1746847711406376 anm.sagepub.com Kenji Iwamoto: Gento ¯ no seiki. Eiga zenya no shikaku bunkashi (Centuries of Magic Lanterns in Japan: A History of Visual Culture on the Eve of Cinema). Tokyo: Shinwasha, 2002. pp. ISBN 4 916087 25 9, ¥ 3,600 We are living at a time when total darkness is increasingly rare, especially in the urban environ- ment which is more or less constantly illuminated. It was thus his intention, author Iwamoto Kenji declares, to reassess the experience of watching images in the dark and to write an ‘image history’ of the pictures people watched when no electricity brightened the darkness. The main title of his book – Gentō no seiki – which is also given in its English translation ‘Centuries of Magic Lanterns’ with the addendum ‘in Japan’ indicates that the book is about the history of the magic lantern in Japan, whereas the subtitle – ‘A History of Visual Culture on the Eve of Cinema’ – hints at a larger perspective. Indeed, the book focuses primarily on the magic lantern, but broadens the view and takes into consideration http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Animation: An Interdisciplinary Journal SAGE

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Domenig, Roland
Animation: An Interdisciplinary Journal , Volume 6 (2): 4 – Jul 1, 2011
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406376 ANMXXX10.1177/1746847711406376ReviewAnimation: An Interdisciplinary Animation: An Interdisciplinary Journal 6(2) 193–196 © The Author(s) 2011 Reprints and permission: sagepub.co.uk/journalsPermissions.nav DOI: 10.1177/1746847711406376 anm.sagepub.com Kenji Iwamoto: Gento ¯ no seiki. Eiga zenya no shikaku bunkashi (Centuries of Magic Lanterns in Japan: A History of Visual Culture on the Eve of Cinema). Tokyo: Shinwasha, 2002. pp. ISBN 4 916087 25 9, ¥ 3,600 We are living at a time when total darkness is increasingly rare, especially in the urban environ- ment which is more or less constantly illuminated. It was thus his intention, author Iwamoto Kenji declares, to reassess the experience of watching images in the dark and to write an ‘image history’ of the pictures people watched when no electricity brightened the darkness. The main title of his book – Gentō no seiki – which is also given in its English translation ‘Centuries of Magic Lanterns’ with the addendum ‘in Japan’ indicates that the book is about the history of the magic lantern in Japan, whereas the subtitle – ‘A History of Visual Culture on the Eve of Cinema’ – hints at a larger perspective. Indeed, the book focuses primarily on the magic lantern, but broadens the view and takes into consideration

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