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Fujiko's Bizarre Worldly Wisdom Analysis

Themes: Sexuality, pornography, relevance of pornography in art, importance of art, religion, enlightenment, sexual revolution?, to feel good, the power of art

Title Analysis

"Fujiko's Bizarre World Wisdom" Fujiko is the title character Fujiko is the most important character Fujiko has a worldy wisdom/secret of success in life What is Fujiko's wisdom?

Fujiko's Personality

• Fujiko is a withdrawn woman who prefers to stay isolated from others in order to draw.
• Fujiko has a lot of respect for the erotic genre, saying that pornography is "just as essential to human beings as food and sleep" and using the fact that erotica can be found anywhere throughout history and cultures as a proof of its importance.
• Fujiko becomes extremely attracted to Jolyne over the course of the story. She begins by being merely interested in Jolyne because she's heard a story about Jolyne being caught touching herself and thus feels that she is "honest" about her desires. When she meets Jolyne, Fujiko also appreciates Jolyne's physical beauty, focusing on details such as her lips to her chest. However, it is when Jolyne praises Fujiko's art and tells about its soothing effects that Fujiko started feeling truly infatuated with her.

Plot

Pucci discovers Fujiko and her talent. He gives Fujiko a Stand, Bad Romance. Bad Romance has "total control over the emotions of anyone who receives a drawing". "as she pour her heart into her art, they pour their heart out for her". Bad Romance reveals the deepest emotions within. He lets Fujiko make contact with Jolyne, probably to control her mental state and thus weaken her through Fujiko's art. However, Jolyne praises Jolyne's sketch for its quality and also because of it makes her feel good and puts her at ease. Fujiko is deeply touched and basically falls in love with Jolyne. Pucci sees Fujiko drawing, but sees that it's becoming religious art. It seems that it may grant spiritual strength to Jolyne. Pucci sees that he's miscalculated the risks and he quickly takes away Fujiko's Stand. Jolyne has felt her libido increase but then reached some sort of enlightenment.

Theses

The value and power of art

Art is not necessary and yet is needed

“

It's little things like this that truly make you feel good about yourself and put you at ease. I think that being able to enjoy stuff you don't need is a sign of great mental composure. Maybe that's why I need it now more than ever.

”

—Jolyne

Said by Jolyne, encapsulates whe value of art. Not needed to survive, but can ease the mind. Praises those who can appreciate art. Fujiko reacts positively. This statement saves Jolyne, in a way.

Contrast with the landlord who told Fujiko to "stop wasting time with drawing and go study". Fujiko reacted badly and stabbed him.

Art triggers powerful emotions

This is what Bad Romance represents. It has "total control over the emotions of anyone who receives one of Fujiko's drawings!". Bad Romance is a literal representation of what art does to people, only stronger.

"As Fujiko pours her heart into her art, [Fujiko's victims] pour their hearts out for her". Exposes the emotional link that art creates between the creator and their audience. Art is not just single objects but another mean of communication between people (the artist and everybody else). Artist invest and represents ideas and feelings. The audience resonates with these ideas and feelings.

Art touches the divine

“

It is said that Buddha overcame his afflictions and attained enlightenment by sitting under the bodhi tree. Could this Stand have given Jolyne that same kind of spiritual power?

”

—Enrico Pucci

A bit contentious here. Fujiko begins to depict Jolyne religiously, in a very positive, overpositive light. Typical vulgarized christian imagery. Jolyne in pure white robe, sparkles, angel wings, surrounded by cherubs. Jolyne looked upward (could mean a lot of things, could references the "looking at stars"). Why? Probably because Fujiko simply starts to adulate Jolyne. She becomes an idol/muse. Cherubs begin to manifest, perhaps out of the drawings. Could be a metaphor or could be literal.

Effect. Jolyne gets super horny. At the end, reaches a light state of enlightenment. Completes yoga poses. Sparkles, feels good and refreshed.

Implies it could have gone further, but Pucci puts an end to it.

Why does art touch the divine? There was the emotion of love towards Jolyne, and the act of drawing.

Sexual liberation

Sexuality isn't shameful

“

Yoga was originally created as a way to push people toward enlightenment. By harmonizing the mind and body through meditation, it's though to expel evil spirits and control foolish and lustful desires. It's also pretty good for exercise.

”

—Guard

It's acceptable to make erotic art/porno

“

Sexual desire is one of the three most important human needs. Pornography is just as essential to human beings as food and sleep.

”

—Fujiko

Nature of love

Love is a mix of physical and spiritual love

What is the contrast between the addicted prisoner and Jolyne? Addicted prisoner:

• Wants Spiderman x Deadpool pairing
• Is addicted
• Is impatient
• Gives money so that Fujiko makes it quicker

Jolyne:

• Understands the value of art
• Respected Fujiko as an artist
• Just has a flattering self-portrait

Wisteria

Wisteria plants have been grown in places like Japan, Korea, and China for well over 2,000 years. They arrived in the United States in the mid-1800s as ornamental plants. First referred to as the “blue vine,” these plants were named by botanist Thomas Nuttall.

Practitioners of Feng shui:source of encouragement during moments of doubt. In Japan, wisteria are seen as durable/resilient.

Jodo Shinshu Shin Buddhist sect: humility to the sect. symbol of prayer.

In Victorian culture: warning against over passionate love.

What Does a Wisteria Symbolize? The wisteria represents love, fertility beauty, creativity, and long life, patience and honor. symbol of everlasting wisdom. searching for new knowledge. longevity and endurance. Pink wisteria usually symbolizes romance. White wisteria flowers spirituality, purity, and innocence. Blue wisteria symbol of a new beginning.

Japanese Kabuki theater: Love, Sensuality, Support, Sensitivity, Bliss and Tenderness.

In the Kabuki drama “Fuji Musume” 藤娘 of the 1820s meaning “The Wisteria Lady”, a young woman waited for her lover under the wisteria vine. The Wisteria maiden is seen in a painting holding a wisteria branch until she falls deeply in love with a young man and steps out of the painting just so she could grasp his attention.

Unfortunately, her attempts were futile, her love was unreciprocated and she goes back into her painting dejected. This context juxtaposes the long-life, durability and resilience of the wisteria to the woman’s endurance in the face of heartache.

Misc.

• Yoga, enlightenment, is about posing, parallel with buddhism
• Pucci, priest, no sexual desires himself, seeks to weaponize art against Jolyne,
  • is offended when Jolyne is depicted religiously
  • expected shunga, got religious drawings
  • feared the power of Bad Romance
• Bodhi tree. Is a fig tree. Fig come to represent wisdom, have significance in Budhism. In western christianity, fig represent knowledge and intelligence.