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1 online resource (xv, 313 pages) |
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Kokugaku in Meiji-period Japan; Copyright; Contents; Preface; 1. Kokugaku at the Dawn of the Meiji Period; 1.1. Introductory Remarks; 1.2. Two Sides of the Same Coin: The Jinmu-tenno Revival and New Foreign Relations; 1.3. Yano Harumichi's Manifesto Kenkin sengo; 2. Kokugaku Scholars and Religious Administration; 2.1. Early Meiji Institutions for Religious Administration; 2.2. Kokugaku Scholars as Popular Educators and Shinto Proselytizers; 2.3. The Shift from Shinto as the State Religion to the Imperial Way as public Morality; 3. Kokugaku Scholars and Higher Education |
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3.1. The Early Stage of Meiji Kokugaku Academic Activities in Kyoto3.2. Success and Conflicts at the Early Academic Institutions in Tokyo; 3.3. The Gakushinsai, Increasing Antagonism and the Closing of the First University; 4. New Venues for Kokugaku Training and Research; 4.1. The Founding of Tokyo University; 4.2. The Ise Centre of Imperial Studies Jingu kogakukan; 4.3. The Institute for Research of the Japanese Classics Koten kokyujo; 5. The Boundless Society Yoyosha; 5.1. Members of Diverse Backgrounds; 5.2. The Aim of Establishing Yoyosha |
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5.3. Monthly Meetings and the Journal Yoyosha-dan5.4. Retrospection as a Core Concern and the Transition to Specialized Scholarly Circles; 6. The Historiological Association Shigaku-kyokai; 6.1. The Aim of Establishing the Shigaku-kyokai; 6.2. The Opening Ceremony and the Subjects of Historical Study; 6.3. The Inaugural Speech on Motives and Goals; 6.4. Compilation Procedures, Monetary Problems and Venue Changes; 6.5. Staff Changes and Broadened Interest in the Association's Journal; 6.6. An Almost Modern Discourse on History; 7. The Great-Eight-Island Academic Society Oyashima-gakkai |
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7.1. The Aim of Establishing the Oyashima-gakkai7.2. The Oyashima-gakkai's Regulations; 7.3. The Society's Journal and Expanding Membership; 7.4. Emperor Meiji, Imperial-style Education and Links to the Oyashima-gakkai; 7.5. Other Kokugaku Organizations Promoting Japaneseness; 8. The Great-Eight-Island School Oyashima-gakko 199; 8.1. The Aim of Establishing the Oyashima-gakko and its Beginnings; 8.2. The School's Regulations and Curriculum; 8.3. The Specialized Course on Poetry and Literary Texts; 8.4. The School's Teachers and Staff |
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8.5. Transition to the Second Semester and the Students at the Oyashima-gakko8.6. Everyday Life at the Oyashima-gakko; 8.7. Some Internal Problems, a Countrywide Expansion and Long-term Success; 9. Further Developments in Taisho and Showa Japan; 9.1. Using Folktales and the Rise of 'New Kokugaku'; 9.2. Haga Yaichi and Kokugakuin University's Anthem; 9.3. Yamada Yoshio and the Zealous Nationalistic Use of Kokugaku; 9.4. Emperor Showa's Allusive Retrospection and the Post-War Interest in Kokugaku; Conclusion; Appendix I: The Members of Yoyosha; Appendix II: Main Members of Shigaku-kyokai |
| Summary |
Kokugaku in Meiji-period Japan elucidates kokugaku's gradual shift from a politico-religious movement to an educational and academic discipline. Michael Wachutka investigates numerous prominent kokugaku scholars and describes their new latitude for actively influencing the nation-oriented discourse in Meiji-period Japan |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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Kokugaku -- History
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Shinto and state -- History
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Religion and state -- Japan
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Nationalism -- Japan -- History
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Universities and colleges -- Japan
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Learned institutions and societies -- Japan
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RELIGION -- Shintoism.
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Intellectual life
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Kokugaku
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Learned institutions and societies
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Nationalism
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Religion and state
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Shinto and state
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Universities and colleges
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Japan -- Intellectual life.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85069531
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Japan
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9789004236332 |
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9004236333 |
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