Ishii Miho is an Associate Professor at the Institute for Research in Humanities, Kyoto University, Japan.Fujihara Tatsushi is an Associate Professor at the Institute for Research in Humanities, Kyoto University, Japan.

• 1. Introduction: Towards a novel philosophy of life, Ishii Miho and Fujihara Tatsushi (Kyoto University, Japan) Part 1: The War, Mourning and the Soul Reviving2. Symbolism of 'The Sea' in Tomiyama Taeko’s Art, Manabe Yuko (The University of Tokyo, Japan)3. Science Fiction Films and the Repose of Souls: Narratives and Images of Government, Scientists, Media, and Citizens, in First Godzilla and Shin Godzilla, Arai Takashi (Artist resident in Berlin, Germany)4. The Whereabouts of Reality in Motion: Soul-summoning rites during WWII, and mourning practices in the aftermath of the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami, Ishii Miho (Kyoto University)Part 2: Pollution, Waste, Decomposition and Circulation5. The Forest of Mandala: Minakata Kumagusu’s environmental movement, Karasawa Taisuke (Akita University of Art, Japan)6. Animism of discarded things: Why Mottainai ghosts and Apaches appeared in modern Japan, Fujihara Tatsushi (Kyoto University, Japan)7. The reimagined capitalist nation-state and popular ethics: Humanizing and dehumanizing demarcations in the Minamata mercury-pollution patients’ movement, Matsumura Keiichiro (Okayama University, Japan8. After the Great Flood—Minuma Tambo and the returning dragon: The recurring appearance of the dragon deity, Inose Kohei (Meiji Gakuen University, Japan)Part 3: The Anima, Politics, and Time and Space of Nature9. Paradise Lost: Miyawaki Akira, Ota Ryu, and the Environmentalist Movement on the Fringe of the Japanese New Left, Till Knaudt (Kyoto University, Japan)10. The Fate of the Place: Japanese Experience of Place from Modernity to the Current Ecological Crisis, Shinohara Masatake (Kyoto University, Japan)11. The Charisma of Mushrooms: Science as Adventure in Entangled Life, Satsuka Shiho (University of Toronto, Canada)12. Waves Breaking, Palanquins Creaking: Crafting a Temporality of Life on the Edge of the Surf, Kimura Shuhei (Tsukuba University, Japan)BibliographyIndex

In this stunning edited volume, Ishii, Fujihara, and their author collaborators make clear how very important the circulation – as well as harnessing – of forces and vitalities is to the Japanese national framework. Combining literary, artistic, media, historical, and ethnographic analysis, this book shows us the remarkable poignancy of Japan in illuminating the redundancies of Western dichotomies when it comes to human-nature relations. It is a must-read for those searching for other perspectival analytics in their understanding of current environmental crises cross-culturally.

Ishii Miho is an Associate Professor at the Institute for Research in Humanities, Kyoto University, Japan.Fujihara Tatsushi is an Associate Professor at the Institute for Research in Humanities, Kyoto University, Japan.

• 1. Introduction: Towards a novel philosophy of life, Ishii Miho and Fujihara Tatsushi (Kyoto University, Japan) Part 1: The War, Mourning and the Soul Reviving2. Symbolism of 'The Sea' in Tomiyama Taeko’s Art, Manabe Yuko (The University of Tokyo, Japan)3. Science Fiction Films and the Repose of Souls: Narratives and Images of Government, Scientists, Media, and Citizens, in First Godzilla and Shin Godzilla, Arai Takashi (Artist resident in Berlin, Germany)4. The Whereabouts of Reality in Motion: Soul-summoning rites during WWII, and mourning practices in the aftermath of the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami, Ishii Miho (Kyoto University)Part 2: Pollution, Waste, Decomposition and Circulation5. The Forest of Mandala: Minakata Kumagusu’s environmental movement, Karasawa Taisuke (Akita University of Art, Japan)6. Animism of discarded things: Why Mottainai ghosts and Apaches appeared in modern Japan, Fujihara Tatsushi (Kyoto University, Japan)7. The reimagined capitalist nation-state and popular ethics: Humanizing and dehumanizing demarcations in the Minamata mercury-pollution patients’ movement, Matsumura Keiichiro (Okayama University, Japan8. After the Great Flood—Minuma Tambo and the returning dragon: The recurring appearance of the dragon deity, Inose Kohei (Meiji Gakuen University, Japan)Part 3: The Anima, Politics, and Time and Space of Nature9. Paradise Lost: Miyawaki Akira, Ota Ryu, and the Environmentalist Movement on the Fringe of the Japanese New Left, Till Knaudt (Kyoto University, Japan)10. The Fate of the Place: Japanese Experience of Place from Modernity to the Current Ecological Crisis, Shinohara Masatake (Kyoto University, Japan)11. The Charisma of Mushrooms: Science as Adventure in Entangled Life, Satsuka Shiho (University of Toronto, Canada)12. Waves Breaking, Palanquins Creaking: Crafting a Temporality of Life on the Edge of the Surf, Kimura Shuhei (Tsukuba University, Japan)BibliographyIndex

In this stunning edited volume, Ishii, Fujihara, and their author collaborators make clear how very important the circulation – as well as harnessing – of forces and vitalities is to the Japanese national framework. Combining literary, artistic, media, historical, and ethnographic analysis, this book shows us the remarkable poignancy of Japan in illuminating the redundancies of Western dichotomies when it comes to human-nature relations. It is a must-read for those searching for other perspectival analytics in their understanding of current environmental crises cross-culturally.

Ishii Miho is an Associate Professor at the Institute for Research in Humanities, Kyoto University, Japan.Fujihara Tatsushi is an Associate Professor at the Institute for Research in Humanities, Kyoto University, Japan.

• 1. Introduction: Towards a novel philosophy of life, Ishii Miho and Fujihara Tatsushi (Kyoto University, Japan) Part 1: The War, Mourning and the Soul Reviving2. Symbolism of 'The Sea' in Tomiyama Taeko’s Art, Manabe Yuko (The University of Tokyo, Japan)3. Science Fiction Films and the Repose of Souls: Narratives and Images of Government, Scientists, Media, and Citizens, in First Godzilla and Shin Godzilla, Arai Takashi (Artist resident in Berlin, Germany)4. The Whereabouts of Reality in Motion: Soul-summoning rites during WWII, and mourning practices in the aftermath of the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami, Ishii Miho (Kyoto University)Part 2: Pollution, Waste, Decomposition and Circulation5. The Forest of Mandala: Minakata Kumagusu’s environmental movement, Karasawa Taisuke (Akita University of Art, Japan)6. Animism of discarded things: Why Mottainai ghosts and Apaches appeared in modern Japan, Fujihara Tatsushi (Kyoto University, Japan)7. The reimagined capitalist nation-state and popular ethics: Humanizing and dehumanizing demarcations in the Minamata mercury-pollution patients’ movement, Matsumura Keiichiro (Okayama University, Japan8. After the Great Flood—Minuma Tambo and the returning dragon: The recurring appearance of the dragon deity, Inose Kohei (Meiji Gakuen University, Japan)Part 3: The Anima, Politics, and Time and Space of Nature9. Paradise Lost: Miyawaki Akira, Ota Ryu, and the Environmentalist Movement on the Fringe of the Japanese New Left, Till Knaudt (Kyoto University, Japan)10. The Fate of the Place: Japanese Experience of Place from Modernity to the Current Ecological Crisis, Shinohara Masatake (Kyoto University, Japan)11. The Charisma of Mushrooms: Science as Adventure in Entangled Life, Satsuka Shiho (University of Toronto, Canada)12. Waves Breaking, Palanquins Creaking: Crafting a Temporality of Life on the Edge of the Surf, Kimura Shuhei (Tsukuba University, Japan)BibliographyIndex

In this stunning edited volume, Ishii, Fujihara, and their author collaborators make clear how very important the circulation – as well as harnessing – of forces and vitalities is to the Japanese national framework. Combining literary, artistic, media, historical, and ethnographic analysis, this book shows us the remarkable poignancy of Japan in illuminating the redundancies of Western dichotomies when it comes to human-nature relations. It is a must-read for those searching for other perspectival analytics in their understanding of current environmental crises cross-culturally.