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Martial Arts and the Body Politic in Meiji Japan.

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.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Cover; Martial Arts and the Body Politic in Meiji Japan; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of figures; Preface; Note to readers; Introduction; 1 The context for the Butokukai: the development of martial arts and the samurai as cultural forms in Tokugawa and early Meiji; 2 The Dainippon Butokukai: its founding, growth, and dissolution; 3 Capture the flag: spectacle and rhetoric; 4 Talking teaching: the rhetoric of martial arts in physical education; 5 Giving the state its legs: rethinking agency and the body through the Butokukai; 6 Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index