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Sacred Space in the Modern City: The Fractured Pasts of Meiji Shrine, 1912-1958
Contributor(s): Imaizumi (Author)

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ISBN: 9004248196     ISBN-13: 9789004248199
Publisher: Brill
OUR PRICE: $180.50  

Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: July 2013
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BISAC Categories:
- Religion | Shintoism
- History | Asia - General
- History | Middle East - General
Dewey: 299.561
LCCN: 2013016355
Series: Brill's Japanese Studies Library
Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6.3" W x 9.4" L (1.50 lbs) 346 pages
Features: Bibliography, Index
 
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Sacred Space in the Modern City offers strikingly new and original perspectives on a number of controversial issues and important questions concerning Japanese pre- and post-war ideology and identity. Meiji shrine is not just 'a' shrine; it is 'the' shrine of twentieth-century Japan. This book is also noteworthy on account of its use of previously untouched archival materials as well as for its broad range of theoretical approaches applied within a multidisciplinary context. The author uses Meiji shrine as a lens with which to investigate the nature of the society that created, experienced and reproduced this site. This long-overdue study will be widely welcomed by researchers interested in Shinto and Meiji Japan, as well as the wider readership wishing to access the social history of Taisho and early Showa Japan.
 
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