{"product_id":"from-country-to-nation-gideon-fujiwara-9781501753930","title":"From Country to Nation: Ethnographic Studies, Kokugaku, and Spirits in Nineteenth-Century Japan","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFrom Country to Nation\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003etracks the emergence of the modern Japanese nation in the nineteenth century through the history of some of its local aspirants.\u003c\/b\u003e It explores how \u003ci\u003ekokugaku\u003c\/i\u003e (Japan studies) scholars envisioned their place within Japan and the globe, while living in a castle town and domain far north of the political capital. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGideon Fujiwara follows the story of Hirao Rosen and fellow scholars in the northeastern domain of Tsugaru. On discovering a newly \"opened\" Japan facing the dominant Western powers and a defeated Qing China, Rosen and other Tsugaru intellectuals embraced \u003ci\u003ekokugaku\u003c\/i\u003e to secure a place for their local \"country\" within the broader nation and to reorient their native Tsugaru within the spiritual landscape of an Imperial Japan protected by the gods. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlthough Rosen and his fellows celebrated the rise of Imperial Japan, their resistance to the Western influence and modernity embraced by the Meiji state ultimately resulted in their own disorientation and estrangement. By analyzing their writings--treatises, travelogues, letters, poetry, liturgies, and diaries--alongside their artwork, Fujiwara reveals how this socially diverse group of scholars experienced the Meiji Restoration from the peripheries. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUsing compelling firsthand accounts, Fujiwara tells the story of the rise of modern Japan, from the perspective of local intellectuals who envisioned their local \"country\" within a nation that emerged as an empire of the modern world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Gideon Fujiwara\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1501753932\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781501753930\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Cornell East Asia Series\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/15\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 292\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.20h x 7.70w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2022","brand":"Gideon Fujiwara","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43995957821695,"sku":"9781501753930","price":57.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ed32b8f1-7c73-4e66-9b69-ce38a0f18e93.jpg?v=1683338867","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/from-country-to-nation-gideon-fujiwara-9781501753930","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}