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From country to nation : ethnographic studies, kokugaku, and spirits in nineteenth-century Japan /

"This book tracks the emergence of the modern Japanese nation in the nineteenth century through the history of some of its local aspirants. It explores how kokugaku (Japan studies) scholars envisioned their place within Japan and the globe, while living in a castle town and domain far north of...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Fujiwara, Gideon (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Ithaca [New York] : Cornell University Press, 2021.
Series:Cornell East Asia series ; 204.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Seeing the "country" of Tsugaru in northeastern Japan
  • Visions of Japan and other "countries" in the world
  • Hirata kokugaku and the national network
  • The academy and the Tsugaru disciples
  • Locating Tsugaru within sacred Japan
  • Sacred mountain, landscape, and afterlife
  • Supporting the restoration in war and ritual
  • Modern society and the Tsugaru disciples
  • Ethnography, dokugaku, and community in modern Japan.