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When tengu talk : Hirata Atsutane's ethnography of the other world /

Hirata Atsutane (1776-1843) has been the subject of numerous studies that focus on his importance to nationalist politics and Japanese intellectual and social history. Although well known as an ideologue of Japanese National Learning (Kokugaku), Atsutane's significance as a religious thinker ha...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Hansen, Wilburn
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Honolulu : University of Hawaiʻi Press, ©2008.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Introduction: A new medium for an old message
  • Constructing Japanese identity: Senkyō ibun
  • The medium finds a promoter: Torakichi and Atsutane
  • Manipulating the medium: separating the sanjin from the tengu
  • The critique of China and defense of native culture
  • The critique of Buddhism and defense of native religion
  • The critique of the west and defense of native knowledge and ability
  • Conclusion: The medium is the message.