Divination

REINVENTED HISTORICAL DIVINATION *Remembering INVENTING TRADITIONS by ERIC HOBSBAW • Implying Continuity with the Past • Connect with Arjun Appidurai “Imagination as a Social Fact” *FUTOMANI (SCAPULIMANCY): Earliest forms of divination in Japan is thought to have arrive with immigrants from the continent during the Yayoi era (traditionally 300 BCE~250 BCE). *Ancient Forms of Divination reemerge in Contemporary Girl Culture through POP Culture: Manga, Novels, Films, etc. raising interest and thus a revisiting of Old Traditions to uncover Curiosity àAbeno Seimei, Wizard or Onmyoji (Yin Yang Master) àRemember Appidurai “Cannabilization: modernity is a culture of emulation and borrowing *Commodification of Seimei and ancient Divination to cater to Girl Divination Culture POPularity àAmulets, CDs, Dice, Cards, Foroku, Shrine Visits, Books (Kuyogi Shukei), Taoist Items *Divination is a social medium for Girls and Women in Japan to interact within their respective creative framework àRemember Appidurai “Contextualization”

CONCLUSION “GENDER BIAS IN MODERN JAPAN due to LACK OF VISIBILITY “The Spectrum of divination-driven activities or divination-oriented goods and entertainment has generated enormous profit, YET it remains an industry that receives little attention in mainstreaming business reporting” due to the FEMENINE nature of these products and services despite “GIRLS and WOMEN being behind many FINANCIALLY LUCRATIVE MARKETS.” Kowano, Robert & Long

àDr. Hilda C. Heine “We cannot exclude women who make up Half our Economies” Sustainable Development Goal #5: Gender Equality *Beauty Industry and other Feminine Cultural Capitals such as Girl Divination Culture are underreported, demonized, trivialized, and virtually invisible leading to further stratification of women due to lack of visibility hence reducing AGENCY “GENDER AND MODERNITY: INEXTRICABLY LINKED IN CONVERSATION” àRemember Joan Scott: Joan Scott states that “gender is a constitutive element of social relationship based on perceived differences between the sexes,” and gender is a primary way of signifying relationships of power. Thus, Scott concludes that gender is a useful category of analysis that allows us to see more clearly the relationship between male and female and the social hierarchies that come with their relative societal constructions. Joan W. Scott “Gender: A Useful Category of Historical Analysis,” The American Historical Review 91, no. 5 (1986): 1067-1069