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Quotation from Unison dance of the film "Asphalt Girl" in 1964
Japanese Daily Scenes
Japanese Radio Gymnastics
Not only in the university for dancers but also in standard primary school, all students are required to learn the traditional health gymnastics (which is called “radio taiso”) developed in the 1920’s. The government directed all people towards this gymnastic exercise in order to promote their physical health and well-being.
Japanese radio gymnastics started across the whole nation in 1929, and was “perfected” in 1951. The same song and movement is still widely used since then and is common knowledge for all ages.
I argue that the wide-spread use of the radio gymnastics in Japan is still affecting the national characters on levels of nationalism and education.
Sokol movement
The Sokol movement - an all-age gymnastics organization first founded in Prague in the Czech region of Austria-Hungary in 1862. It says that Sokol movement emphasized the systematics and aesthetics, actions leading nationalism in 1920’s.
Is says that Japanese government learned to read nationalism with body education from this movement in 1920's.
Studio Practice
Showing - Unison and collective movement
