Japanese Political Cartooning and the Limits of its Satire: A comparative study of Japanese and American satirical cartoons from 9.11 to 3.11

2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 24520170
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Study of the arts/History of the arts/Arts in general
• Research Institution: Prefectural University of Hiroshima
• Principal Investigator: STEWART Ronald 県立広島大学, 生命環境学部, 准教授 (30458088)
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2015-03-31
• Keywords: 政治漫画 / 風刺漫画 / 新聞漫画 / 一コマ漫画 / 日米比較文化研究 / 表象論 / 風刺

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This research makes a comparative analysis of recent Japanese and U.S. newspaper political cartoons and elaborates the main similarities and differences. By collecting over 14,000 newspaper political cartoons from between 2001 and 2012 made into a database, and by then focusing of cartoons related to disasters, the study makes clear the that Japanese newspaper political cartoons are fewer in number, simpler in design, much more limited in the targets for their satire, and their satire is also comparatively weak. In addition the study compares national Japanese newspaper political cartoons to those found in other media in Japan, and these comparisons it makes clear the cultural, formal and practical reasons for the limited satire in Japanese newspaper political cartoons.

Free Research Field

人文学