Religion and Society in Nineteenth-century Japan: A Study of the Southern Kantō Region, Using Late Edo and Eary Meiji Gazetteers 1929280130, 9781929280131

Prayer and Play in Late Tokugawa Japan: Asakusa Sensoji and Edo Society 0674002407, 9780674002401

The unique amalgam of prayer and play at the Sensōji temple in Edo is often cited as proof of the “degenerate Buddhism”

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Down and Out in Late Meiji Japan 9780824874841

A sweeping work of original scholarship, Down and Out in Late Meiji Japan examines the daily lives of Japan’s hinmin (po

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Cultivating Femininity: Women and Tea Culture in Edo and Meiji Japan 9780824873486

The overwhelming majority of tea practitioners in contemporary Japan are women, but there has been little discussion on

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Making a Moral Society: Ethics and the State in Meiji Japan 9780824837686

This innovative study of ethics in Meiji Japan (1868–1912) explores the intense struggle to define a common morality for

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A Cultural History of Late Meiji Japan: Empire and Decadence [1st ed. 2023] 3031436458, 9783031436451

Scholarship on Japan’s development from the late nineteenth century to the early twentieth century has, perhaps quite un

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The Dutch Language in Japan (1600-1900): A Cultural and Sociolinguistic Study of Dutch as a Contact Language in Tokugawa and Meiji Japan [Bilingual ed.] 9004436448, 9789004436442

In The Dutch Language in Japan (1600-1900) Christopher Joby offers the first book-length account of the knowledge and us

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Creating a Public: People and Press in Meiji Japan 9780824862015

No institution did more to create a modern citizenry than the newspaper press of the Meiji period (1868-1912). Here was

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Zen - The Religion of the Samurai (Study Of Zen Philosophy And Discipline In China And Japan)

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The "Greatest Problem": Religion and State Formation in Meiji Japan 0674491998, 9780674491991

At its inception in 1868, the modern Japanese state pursued policies and created institutions that lacked a coherent con

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Passional Culture: Emotion, Religion, and Society in Southern Spain 9781512818093

The Holy Week dramas of southern Spain have astounded visitors for centuries. Striking as they are, however, they are on

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