Table of contents : Contents Translator’s Introduction Acknowledgments Prologue: Language and the Imagined Community Introduction: The Japanese Language before Kokugo: Views of Mori Arinori and Baba Tatsui PART I: Kokugo Issues in Early Meiji Chapter 1. Perspectives on Kokuji, the National Script Chapter 2. Genbun Itchi and Kokugo Chapter 3. The Creation of Kokugo Part II: Ueda Kazutoshi and His Ideas about Language Chapter 4. The Early Period of Ueda Kazutoshi Chapter 5. Kokugo and Kokka Chapter 6. From Kokugo Studies to Kokugo Politics Part III: Kokugogaku and Linguistics Chapter 7. Hoshina Kōichi—a Forgotten Scholar Chapter 8. The History of Kokugogaku Chapter 9. Tradition and Reform in Kokugo Part IV: Hoshina Ko-ichi and His Language Policies Chapter 10. The Ideology of Hyōjungo Chapter 11. Korea and Poland Chapter 12. What Is Assimilation? Chapter 13. Manchukuo and the State Language Chapter 14. Language for the Co-Prosperity Sphere and the Internationalization of the Japanese Language Chapter 15. Conclusion Chronology Notes Bibliography Index About the Author and Translator