Japan's love-hate relationship with the west / Sukehiro Hirakawa.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hirakawa, Sukehiro, 1931- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Japan--Foreign relations--China.

Japan.

Japan--Intellectual life--1868-.

Japan--Civilization--1868-.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (568 pages)

Place of Publication:

Folkestone, Kent : Global Oriental Ltd, [2005]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

With introductory chapters on Japan's historic love-hate relationship with China, the author goes on to explore his subject under five main themes: Europeanization fever and conservative reaction, which includes a discussion on Samuel Smiles's "Self-Help" - the best-selling guidebook for Meiji Japan's modernization; from war to peace, which includes an analysis of Takeyama Michio's "Harp of Burma" (1948) and the image of former British enemies; attempt at reciprocal elucidation, which includes an appraisal of the "Divine Comedy" from a Japanese perspective; Lafcadio Hearn's "Understanding of the Ghostly World of the Japanese", including a chapter on animistic belief and its use in Japanese literature; and Japanese writers between East and West, including an evaluation of Takamura Kotaro's love-hate relationship with the West.

Contents:

pt. 1 Japan's love-hate relationship with China

pt. 2 Japan's turn to the west

pt. 3 Return to the east

pt. 4 From war to peace

pt. 5 Attempt at cross-cultural elucidation

pt. 6 Japanese writers between east and west.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

90-04-21382-1

1-281-90645-X

9786611906450

OCLC:

815747209