Things Seen and Unseen: Discourse and Ideology in Tokugawa Nativism

by Harry D. Harootunian and Harry Harootunian

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226317072
• ISBN13: 9780226317076
• Release Date: March 1988
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 508 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.1" x 9.0"