Things Seen and Unseen: Discourse and Ideology in Tokugawa Nativism
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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.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0226317072
ISBN13:9780226317076
Release Date:March 1988
Publisher:University of Chicago Press
Length:508 Pages
Weight:1.55 lbs.
Dimensions:1.2" x 6.1" x 9.0"
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