Things Seen and Unseen: Discourse and Ideology in Tokugawa Nativism (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780226317076)

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. D. Harootunian treats nativism as a discourse and shows how it functioned ideologically in Tokugawa Japan.


Author: Harry D. Harootunian
ISBN-10: 0226317072
ISBN-13: 9780226317076
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Language: English
Published: 03/15/1988
Pages: 508
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.50lbs
Size: 9.02h x 6.08w x 1.22d