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

Title
From country to nation : ethnographic studies, kokugaku, and spirits in nineteenth-century Japan / Gideon Fujiwara.
Author
Fujiwara, Gideon,
Publication
  • Ithaca, New York : Cornell East Asia Series, an imprint of Cornell University Press, 2021.
  • ©2021

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Description
xi, 277 pages : illustrations (some color); 24 cm.
Summary
"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 the political capital"--
Series Statement
Cornell East Asia series ; number 204
Uniform Title
Cornell East Asia series ; 204.
Subject
  • 1800-1899
  • Communities > Japan > History > 19th century
  • Communities
  • Intellectual life
  • Japan > Politics and government > 19th century
  • Japan > Tsugaru Region
  • Japan
  • Kokugaku > History > 19th century
  • Kokugaku
  • Politics and government
  • Spirituality > Japan > History > 19th century
  • Spirituality
  • Tsugaru Region (Japan) > Intellectual life > 19th century
Genre/Form
History.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Call Number
JFE 21-8018
ISBN
  • 9781501753930
  • 1501753932
LCCN
2020050827
OCLC
1226078227
Author
Fujiwara, Gideon, author.
Title
From country to nation : ethnographic studies, kokugaku, and spirits in nineteenth-century Japan / Gideon Fujiwara.
Publisher
Ithaca, New York : Cornell East Asia Series, an imprint of Cornell University Press, 2021.
Copyright Date
©2021
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Series
Cornell East Asia series ; number 204
Cornell East Asia series ; 204.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Chronological Term
1800-1899
Other Form:
Online version: Fujiwara, Gideon. From country to nation. Ithaca [New York] : Cornell University Press, 2021 9781501753947 (DLC) 2020050828
Research Call Number
JFE 21-8018
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