Japan's Orient: Rendering Pasts Into History

By Stefan Tanaka

Book Overview

Stefan Tanaka examines how late nineteenth and early twentieth century Japanese historians created the equivalent of an "Orient" for their new nation state. He argues that the Japanese attempted to use a variety of pasts--Chinese, Indian, and proto-historic Japanese--to construct an identity that was both modern and Asian.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520201701
• ISBN13: 9780520201705
• Release Date: February 1995
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 305 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.9" x 9.1"