Japan's love-hate relationship with the west / / Sukehiro Hirakawa.
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 guide...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Folkestone, Kent : : Global Oriental Ltd,, [2005] ©2005 |
| Year of Publication: | 2005 |
| Language: | English |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (568 pages) |
| Notes: | Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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| 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. |
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| ISBN: | 9004213821 128190645X 9786611906450 |
| Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
| Statement of Responsibility: | Sukehiro Hirakawa. |