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
Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: July 2013 Click for more in this series: Brill's Japanese Studies Library |
Additional Information |
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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Publisher Description: 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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