Yasukuni Shrine and the Constraints on the Discourses of Nationalism in Twentieth-Century Japan Contributor(s): Safier, Joshua (Author) |
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ISBN: 0965856410 ISBN-13: 9780965856416 Publisher: Dissertation.com OUR PRICE: $18.95 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 1997 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - History | Asia - Japan |
Dewey: 952 |
Physical Information: 0.26" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (0.32 lbs) 108 pages |
Themes: - Cultural Region - Japanese |
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Publisher Description: The Yasukuni Shrine -- Japan's national memorial enshrining the spirits of Japanesesoldiers killed in domestic and foreign wars -- occupies a peculiar chapter in Japanese history. Originally designed as a sanctuary to house the spirits of those who died in overthrowing the Tokugawa Regime, Yasukuni was nurtured by the state and then the military into a powerful religious and iconographic center to promote Japanese ultranationalism. Following the close of World War II, the Shrine became the subject of intense politico-religious debates as the Japanese, with the assistance of the international community, consigned themselves to the task of finding a place for Yasukuni as they worked on their postwar project of reinventing nationalism and cultural identity. |