Beschreibung
In the Edo period, people who started to question what it meant to be Japanese increased. This kind of cultural identity can be seen in thoughts on Japan as Shinkoku (Divine Land), Kokoku (Imperial Country), Bukoku (Martial Country). All three emphasised what made Japan special compared to other countries. In this book, I compare Shinkoku, Kokoku, and Bukoku thoughts and show how they relate to each other, and what similarities and differences they have. To do this I analyse two texts, Chucho jijitsu (Actual facts about the Central realm) by Yamaga Soko, and Seji kenbunroku (A witness account of matters in the world) by Buyo Inshi. The former contains typical elements from Kokoku thought, and the latter presents views that are typical of Bukoku thought. The common understanding has been that the idea of Japan as Bukoku emerged early in the Edo period and was later weakened as a result of the increasing popularity of Kokoku. However, the two texts show Kokoku in a time where Bukoku thought was more common, and vice versa. This implies that there were several intellectual layers differing from what has been accepted as the mainstream in the Edo period history of ideas.
Autorenporträt
Daniel Gundersen took a master degree in Japanese studies at the University of Oslo. He has worked and studied several years in Japan, China and Korea. He worked as a Chinese language teacher for two years as well as being a freelance translator. He currently works as a consultant at Norwegian Center for International Cooperation in Education.
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