Ennobling Japan's Savage Northeast : Tōhoku as Japanese Postwar Thought, 1945-2011 / Nathan Hopson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hopson, Nathan, author.

Series:

Harvard East Asian Monographs ; 407.

Harvard East Asian Monographs ; 407

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nationalism.

National characteristics, Japanese.

Tōhoku Region (Japan)--History--20th century.

Tōhoku Region (Japan).

Tōhoku Region (Japan)--History--21st century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 362 pages) : illustrations, maps ;

Edition:

1st ed.

Distribution:

Leiden; Boston : BRILL, 2017.

Other Title:

Tōhoku as Japanese Postwar Thought, 1945-2011

Place of Publication:

Boston : Harvard University Asia Center, 2017.

Summary:

"When Japan embarked on modernization, historical prejudice, contemporary politics, and economic calculation led to Tohoku's marginalization. After 1945, attempts were made to overcome this image and rehabilitate the Northeast as a source of new national values. This book unravels the contested postwar meanings of the region in national narratives"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction

The moment : Hiraizumi, 1950

Japan's first colony and the "culture of resistance"

Ennobling the Emishi

Hiraizumi, the phoenix

Tōhoku studies as neo-Japanism

"Jōmonism" and "Tōhokugaku"

Epilogue

Appendix : charter of the Tōhoku Culture Research Center (Tōbunken).

Notes:

Based on the author's thesis (Ph. D. --University of Pennsylvania, 2012).

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781684175826

1684175828

OCLC:

1202467139

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9781684175826 DOI