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

• VerfasserIn: Hirakawa, Sukehiro, 1931-
• 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

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.

Table of 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.