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Kinema Club was started precisely to share knowledge about Japanese cinema, so this site serves both to introduce our activities, such as the KineJapan mailing list and our conferences and workshops, as well promote information and thinking about films, research, bibliography, and education.</p> 1145 1146</div> 1147 </div> 1148</div> 1149 1150 1151</div> 1152 1153 <div class="ys-block-wrapper ys-block-wrapper--padding-default"> 1154 1155 1156 1157 1158 1159 1160 1161 1162 1163<div data-image-position="image-left" data-component-width="site" data-component-theme="default" data-image-style="inline" data-content-vertical-align="middle" class="content-spotlight-portrait"> 1164 <div class="content-spotlight-portrait__inner"> 1165 <div class="content-spotlight-portrait__content"> 1166 1167 1168<h2 class="content-spotlight-portrait__heading" > 1169 How we started</h2> 1170 1171 1172 1173<div class="content-spotlight-portrait__subheading">A small informal group of scholars sharing information</div> 1174 1175 1176 1177<div class="content-spotlight-portrait__text"> 1178 <div><p><strong>Kinema Club</strong> is a website devoted to the study of Japanese moving image media. We started as a small, informal group of scholars sharing xeroxed copies of tables of contents for film magazines, and since starting the <strong>KineJapan</strong> list have grown to over 800 members from all over the world. Our name comes from famous Taisho era movie theaters in Tokyo and Kobe (note the image of Sessue Hayakawa gracing the cover of the Tokyo Kinema Kurabu pamphlet). </p> 1179</div> 1180 </div> 1181 </div> 1182 <div class="content-spotlight-portrait__image"> 1183 1184 1185 <div> <img loading="lazy" srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/2_3_175/public/2024-01/KinemaKurabuSessue_-283x391.jpg?itok=1ClSwzOb 175w, /sites/default/files/styles/2_3_320/public/2024-01/KinemaKurabuSessue_-283x391.jpg?itok=KAlOzN4i 320w, /sites/default/files/styles/2_3_480/public/2024-01/KinemaKurabuSessue_-283x391.jpg?itok=nnNdR5ud 480w, /sites/default/files/styles/2_3_540/public/2024-01/KinemaKurabuSessue_-283x391.jpg?itok=t1Xgnxel 540w, /sites/default/files/styles/2_3_640/public/2024-01/KinemaKurabuSessue_-283x391.jpg?itok=3R2ByHHa 640w" sizes="(min-width: 1344px) 320px, (min-width: 992px) 320, 50vw" width="480" height="720" src="/sites/default/files/styles/2_3_480/public/2024-01/KinemaKurabuSessue_-283x391.jpg?itok=nnNdR5ud" alt="Kinema Kurabu Sessue cover" /> 1186 1187 1188 1189 1190</div> 1191 1192 1193 1194 </div> 1195 </div> 1196</div> 1197 1198</div> 1199 1200 <div class="ys-block-wrapper ys-block-wrapper--padding-default"> 1201 1202 1203 1204 1205 1206 1207 1208 1209 1210<div data-component-focus="equal" data-image-position="image-right" data-component-width="site" data-component-theme="default" data-image-style="equal" data-content-vertical-align="top" class="text-with-image"> 1211 <div class="text-with-image__inner"> 1212 <div class="text-with-image__content"> 1213 1214 1215<h2 class="text-with-image__heading" > 1216 Our History</h2> 1217 1218 1219 1220<div class="text-with-image__subheading">From Copy Machine to Computers: Collaboration and Kinema Club</div> 1221 1222 1223 1224<div class="text-with-image__text"> 1225 <div><p>One of the most difficult problems for scholars of Japanese film is the dearth of written materials outside of Japan. Because of the high/low art distinctions that undergirded literature departments until recent times, even our largest East Asian libraries have surprisingly poor collections of film books and periodicals.</p> 1226</div> 1227 </div> 1228 <div class="text-with-image__ctas"> 1229 1230 1231 1232 1233 1234 1235 1236<a data-link-style="underline" data-link-type="internal" class="link" href="/from-copy-machine-to-computers-collaboration-and-kinema-club"> 1237 Learn more about our history</a> 1238 </div> 1239 </div> 1240 <div class="text-with-image__image"> 1241 1242 1243 <div> <img loading="eager" srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/max_width_320/public/2024-01/copymachine_to_computer_Matsunosuke.png?itok=qG9Ydgda 320w, /sites/default/files/styles/max_width_960/public/2024-01/copymachine_to_computer_Matsunosuke.png?itok=AtV8Gyth 432w" sizes="(min-width: 1500px) 800px,(min-width: 1408px) 540px, (min-width: 992px) 444px, 96vw" width="320" height="187" src="/sites/default/files/styles/max_width_320/public/2024-01/copymachine_to_computer_Matsunosuke.png?itok=qG9Ydgda" alt="Japanese film star from the 1930s" /> 1244 1245 1246 1247 1248</div> 1249 1250 1251 1252 </div> 1253 </div> 1254</div> 1255 1256 1257</div> 1258 1259 <div class="ys-block-wrapper ys-block-wrapper--padding-no-padding"> 1260 1261 1262 1263 1264 1265 1266 1267 1268<div data-component-width="site" data-component-alignment="left" class="content-image"> 1269 <div class="content-image__inner"> 1270 1271 1272 <div> <img loading="eager" srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/max_width_320/public/2024-01/aoikan_.jpg?itok=9jqLe16J 320w, /sites/default/files/styles/max_width_444/public/2024-01/aoikan_.jpg?itok=rqk261nu 444w, /sites/default/files/styles/max_width_480/public/2024-01/aoikan_.jpg?itok=nuJ5qsPe 480w, /sites/default/files/styles/max_width_540/public/2024-01/aoikan_.jpg?itok=rGLrlyvL 540w, /sites/default/files/styles/max_width_640/public/2024-01/aoikan_.jpg?itok=X9gSWIBb 640w, /sites/default/files/styles/max_width_800/public/2024-01/aoikan_.jpg?itok=_amunDHy 800w, /sites/default/files/styles/max_width_896/public/2024-01/aoikan_.jpg?itok=5HOGkErr 896w, /sites/default/files/styles/max_width_960/public/2024-01/aoikan_.jpg?itok=itEHlSCU 960w, /sites/default/files/styles/max_width_2400/public/2024-01/aoikan_.jpg?itok=_WA3Xz-q 978w" sizes="(min-width: 896px) 896px, 100vw" width="320" height="115" src="/sites/default/files/styles/max_width_320/public/2024-01/aoikan_.jpg?itok=9jqLe16J" alt="aoikan" /> 1273 1274 1275 1276 1277</div> 1278 1279 1280 1281 </div> 1282</div> 1283 1284 1285</div> 1286 1287 <div class="ys-block-wrapper ys-block-wrapper--padding-no-padding"> 1288 1289 1290 1291 1292 1293 1294 1295 1296 1297 1298<div data-component-width="site" data-component-alignment="left" data-component-variation="default" class="text-field"> 1299 <div class="text-field__inner"> 1300 1301 1302 1303<div class="text"> <h2>Editorial Collective</h2> 1304<p>Kinema Club is an anarchistic organization without a president or board of directors. But to help maintain this site, both technically and in terms of quality, a number of members have volunteered to help compose, referee and edit site content.</p> 1305<ul> 1306<li><a href="https://kinemaclub.org/aaron-gerow"><span>Aaron Gerow </span></a><span>(Kinema Club editor; Professor, Yale University)</span></li> 1307<li><a href="https://kinemaclub.org/ab-mark-nornes"><span>Abé Mark Nornes</span></a><span> (Kinema Club editor; Professor, University of Michigan)</span></li> 1308<li><a href="https://kinemaclub.org/alexander-zahlten"><span>Alexander Zahlten</span></a><span> (Professor, Harvard University)</span></li> 1309<li><a href="https://kinemaclub.org/chika-kinoshita"><span>Chika Kinoshita</span></a><span> (Professor, Kyoto University)</span></li> 1310<li><a href="https://kinemaclub.org/diane-lewis"><span>Diane Lewis</span></a><span> (Assistant Professor, Washington University in St. Louis)</span></li> 1311<li><a href="https://kinemaclub.org/eija-niskanen"><span>Eija Niskanen</span></a><span> (Programming director, Helsinki Cine Aasia)</span></li> 1312<li><a href="https://kinemaclub.org/jasper-sharp"><span>Jasper Sharp</span></a><span> (Independent researcher)</span></li> 1313<li><a href="https://kinemaclub.org/michael-raine"><span>Michael Raine</span></a><span> (Assistant Professor, Western University, Canada)</span></li> 1314<li><a href="https://kinemaclub.org/naoki-yamamoto"><span>Naoki Yamamoto</span></a><span> (Assistant Professor, University of California, Santa Barbara)</span></li> 1315<li><a href="https://kinemaclub.org/roger-macy"><span>Roger Macy</span></a><span> (Independent researcher)</span></li> 1316<li><a href="https://kinemaclub.org/roland-domenig"><span>Roland Domenig</span></a><span> (Associate Professor, Meiji Gakuin University)</span></li> 1317<li><a href="https://kinemaclub.org/ryan-cook"><span>Ryan Cook</span></a><span> (Assistant Professor, Emory University)</span></li> 1318<li><a href="https://kinemaclub.org/ryoko-misono"><span>Ryoko Misono</span></a><span> (Associate Professor, University of Tsukuba)</span></li> 1319</ul> 1320 1321</div> 1322 </div> 1323</div> 1324 1325 1326</div> 1327 1328 </div> 1329 </div> 1330 1331 1332 1333 1334 </main> 1335 </div> 1336 1337<div id="block-yalesitesfooterblock"> 1338 1339 1340 1341 1342 1343 1344<footer data-component-width="site" data-site-footer-border-thickness="8" data-footer-theme="two" data-footer-accent="three" data-footer-variation="basic" class="site-footer"> 1345 <div class="site-footer__inner"> 1346 <div class="site-footer__primary"> 1347 <div class="site-footer__branding"> 1348 <div class="site-footer__logo"> 1349 <a data-link-style="no-underline" class="site-footer__site-branding site-footer__site-branding--primary" href="https://yale.edu"></a> 1350 </div> 1351 </div>
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