When Tengu Talk: Hirata Atsutane's Ethnography of the Other World 9780824865597
Hirata Atsutane (1776–1843) has been the subject of numerous studies that focus on his importance to nationalist politic
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Table of contents :
Contents
Acknowledgments
INTRODUCTION :A New Medium for an Old Message
CHAPTER 1 .Constructing Japanese Identity Senkyo¯ ibun
CHAPTER .2 The Medium Finds a Promoter: Torakichi and Atsutane
CHAPTER 3 .Manipulating the Medium: Separating the Sanjin from the Tengu
CHAPTER 4 .The Critique of China and Defense of Native Culture
CHAPTER 5 .The Critique of Buddhism and Defense of Native Religion
CHAPTER 6 .The Critique of the West and Defense of Native Knowledge and Ability
CONCLUSION .The Medium Is the Message
Notes
Bibliography
Index
About the Author
Contents
Acknowledgments
INTRODUCTION :A New Medium for an Old Message
CHAPTER 1 .Constructing Japanese Identity Senkyo¯ ibun
CHAPTER .2 The Medium Finds a Promoter: Torakichi and Atsutane
CHAPTER 3 .Manipulating the Medium: Separating the Sanjin from the Tengu
CHAPTER 4 .The Critique of China and Defense of Native Culture
CHAPTER 5 .The Critique of Buddhism and Defense of Native Religion
CHAPTER 6 .The Critique of the West and Defense of Native Knowledge and Ability
CONCLUSION .The Medium Is the Message
Notes
Bibliography
Index
About the Author
- Author / Uploaded
- Wilburn N. Hansen
