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Harvard University Asia Center, Cambridge, Massachusetts ; London
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Local topography in 17th century Japan: The unification of Japan and land distribution -- Governing the domain -- Kaibara Ekiken, Fudoki, and history writing -- The "Country of the Deities": Neo-Confucianism and Japanese scholars in the early...
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Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Fakultät für Ostasienwissenschaften, Bibliothek
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Local topography in 17th century Japan: The unification of Japan and land distribution -- Governing the domain -- Kaibara Ekiken, Fudoki, and history writing -- The "Country of the Deities": Neo-Confucianism and Japanese scholars in the early seventeenth century -- Kishin and Ekiken's Shinkoku Japan -- Kishin as the meta-narrative for the Chikuzen no kuni zoku fudoki -- Japan as Shinkoku, the way of Japan as Shinto -- Mapping the capital: The rising publishing industry and Ekiken's writings -- Ekiken's guidebooks as educational tools -- Narrativizing the capital of Shinkoku Japan -- Transformation of the spirits: The rise of Kokugaku -- Hirata Atsutane and his theory of Kishin -- Atsutane's theory of Shinkoku Japan -- Philosophizing the divine country: The rise of intellectual societies in the late 1880s -- The Seikyosha and the making of an ideal nation -- Reconceptualizing the cosmos through philosophy -- Aesthetic nationalism of modern Japan -- Geography of the divine nation: Growing up with colonizing forces -- Vision, physical geography, and the space of Japan -- Valorizing the archipelago: the map of "Nipponkoku" -- Dynamic Japan, sublime language -- Conclusion: Landscape and national history. "Through analysis of a growing sense of place and affective relationship between the land and its people, this book examines how the landscape shaped a crucial aspect of Japanese identity from the seventeenth century to the end of the nineteenth century"--Provided by publisher
