Things Seen and Unseen
Discourse and Ideology in Tokugawa Nativism
Format:Paperback
Publisher:The University of Chicago Press
Published:1st Mar '88
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This long-awaited work explores the place of kokugaku (rendered here as "nativism") during Japan's Tokugawa period. Kokugaku, the sense of a distinct and sacred Japanese identity, appeared in the eighteenth century in reaction to the pervasive influence of Chinese culture on Japan. Against this influence, nativists sought a Japanese sense of difference grounded in folk tradition, agricultural values, and ancient Japanese religion. H. D. Harootunian treats nativism as a discourse and shows how it functioned ideologically in Tokugawa Japan.
ISBN: 9780226317076
Dimensions: 23mm x 15mm x 3mm
Weight: 765g
508 pages