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This module focuses on late twentieth-century Japan, 1945-present.

Late twentieth-century Japan materials

• “Late Twentieth-Century Japan: An Introductory Essay,” by William Tsutsui, University of Kansas

• “A Case Study of Late Twentieth-Century Japan through Art: Tezuka Osamu and Astro Boy” (lesson plan), by Mary Hammond Bernson, University of Washington

• Print the Entire Lesson Module (pdf)

For this lesson, you will need images of Astro Boy, to be projected or displayed in class. You  may also display other creations of Osamu Tezuka, whose work is widely available;  segments of the anime versions even appear on YouTube. Good sources of an image of Astro Boy include, in roughly declining order of usefulness:

•  Takarabako, no. 13 (September 2007).

•  (Melbourne, Australia: National Gallery of Victoria, 2006).

•  Wired (May 31, 2007).

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Created © 2008 Program for Teaching East Asia, University of Colorado.