Sacred Space in the Modern City: The Fractured Pasts of Meiji Shrine, 1912-1958

by Yoshiko Imaizumi

Sacred Space in the Modern City offers strikingly new and original perspectives on a number of controversial issues and important questions concerning Japanese pre- and post-war ideology and identity. Meiji shrine is not just 'a' shrine; it is 'the' shrine of twentieth-century Japan. This book is also noteworthy on account of its use of previously untouched archival materials as well as for its broad range of theoretical approaches applied...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9004248196
• ISBN13: 9789004248199
• Release Date: July 2013
• Publisher: Brill
• Length: 346 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 9.4"