Engaging the other : 'Japan' and its alter egos, 1550-1850 / by Ronald P. Toby.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Toby, Ronald P., 1942- author.

Contributor:

E.J. Brill (Firm)

Series:

Brill's Japanese studies library ; v. 65.

Brill's Japanese studies library ; volume 65

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Other (Philosophy).

Social aspects.

History.

National characteristics, Japanese.

Noncitizens.

Ethnic relations.

Japan--Ethnic relations--History.

Japan.

Noncitizens--Japan--History.

National characteristics, Japanese--History.

Other (Philosophy)--Social aspects--Japan--History.

Japan--Foreign relations--1600-1868.

International relations.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxx, 393 pages).

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2019]

System Details:

text file

Summary:

In Engaging the Other: "Japan and Its Alter-Egos", 1550-1850 Ronald P. Toby examines new discourses of identity and difference in early modern Japan, a discourse catalyzed by the "Iberian irruption," the appearance of Portuguese and other new, radical others in the sixteenth century. The encounter with peoples and countries unimagined in earlier discourse provoked an identity crisis, a paradigm shift from a view of the world as comprising only "three countries" ( sangoku ), i.e., Japan, China and India, to a world of "myriad countries" ( bankoku ) and peoples. In order to understand the new radical alterities, the Japanese were forced to establish new parameters of difference from familiar, proximate others, i.e., China, Korea and Ryukyu. Toby examines their articulation in literature, visual and performing arts, law, and customs.

Contents:

Introduction : between engagement and imagination

Interlude : a pair of parables

Mapping the margins : the ragged edges of state and nation

Imagining and imaging "anthropos"

Indianizing Iberia/performing Portugal : responses to the Iberian irruption

Parades of difference/parades of power

The birth of the hairy barbarian : ethnic slur as cultural marker

The mountain that needs no interpreter : Mt. Fuji and the foreign

Epilogue : antiphonals of identity.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. Leiden, Netherlands Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on February 06, 2019).

Other Format:

Print version: Toby, Ronald P., 1942- author. Engaging the other

ISBN:

9789004393516

900439351X

Publisher Number:

99980818813

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