The Paradoxes of Japan's Cultural Identity: Modernity and Tradition in Japanese Literature, Art, Politics and Religion

By Roy Starrs

This book explores the fundamental creative tension between the native and the foreign in many areas of Japanese culture, from politics and religion to art and literature - a tension also often interpreted as between tradition and modernity.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1041188633
• ISBN13: 9781041188636
• Release Date: December 2025
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 324 Pages
• Weight: 0.83 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.5"