Things Seen and Unseen: Discourse and Ideology in Tokugawa Nativism

Things Seen and Unseen: Discourse and Ideology in Tokugawa Nativism
ISBN-10
0226317072
ISBN-13
9780226317076
Series
Things Seen and Unseen
Category
History
Pages
494
Language
English
Published
1988-03-15
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Author
Harry D. Harootunian

Description

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.

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