Martial Arts and the Body Politic in Meiji Japan.

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In 1895, the newly formed Greater Japan Martial Virtue Association (Dainippon Butokukai) held its first annual Martial Virtue Festival (butokusai) in the ancient capital of Kyoto. The Festival marked the arrival of a new iteration of modern Japan, as the Butokukai's efforts to define and popula...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Gainty, Denis
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, 2013.
Colección:Routledge studies in the modern history of Asia.
Temas:
1868-1912
Martial arts > Japan > History.
Human body > Social aspects > Japan.
Human body > Political aspects > Japan.
Japan > History > Meiji period, 1868-1912.
Corps humain > Aspect social > Japon.
Corps humain > Aspect politique > Japon.
Human body > Political aspects
Human body > Social aspects
Martial arts
Japon > Histoire > 1868-1912 (Ère Meiji)
Japan
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:In 1895, the newly formed Greater Japan Martial Virtue Association (Dainippon Butokukai) held its first annual Martial Virtue Festival (butokusai) in the ancient capital of Kyoto. The Festival marked the arrival of a new iteration of modern Japan, as the Butokukai's efforts to define and popularise Japanese martial arts became an important medium through which the bodies of millions of Japanese citizens would experience, draw on, and even shape the Japanese nation and state. This book shows how the notion and practice of Japanese martial arts in the late Me.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (206 pages).
ISBN:9781135069902
1135069905

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