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| | how ghostly were the 1920s in Japan? |
 | | [4] Similar novel conceptions of origin-projection relationships in which the origin or source is invisible or imperceptible can be found in the development of other sciences and communication-media technologies of the nineteenth century, namely, evolutionism, genetics, and the invention of the telegraph, telephone and phonograph. |
 | | In his essay on Surrealism in Japan, Yoshio Abe argues that during the years from the late 1910s to the early 1930s, "it was a sort of optimistic gaiety that set the Futuristic orientation in the avant-garde or modernist atmosphere."[23] Hence the heroic tone of the poem of Hagiwara at the beginning of this article. |
 | | This is a novel without a consistent plot, except for an inserted episode of Yumiko, one of its major characters, who seeks revenge on behalf of an elder sister who was left mentally disturbed after being abandoned by her lover. |
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