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Record Nr.

UNINA9910416521303321

Autore

Yamaji Aizan <1865-1917.>

Titolo

Essays on the Modern Japanese Church : Christianity in Meiji Japan / / Yamaji Aizan ; translated by Graham Squires ; with introductory essays by Graham Squires and A. Hamish Ion

Pubbl/distr/stampa

2020

Ann Arbor, Mich : , : Center for Japanese Studies, University of Michigan, , 1999

©1999

ISBN

9780939512935

0939512939

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (viii, 196 p.)

Collana

Michigan Monograph Series in Japanese Studies ; ; v.27

Classificazione

HIS000000SOC000000SOC008000

Altri autori (Persone)

IonA. Hamish

SquiresGraham <1955->

Disciplina

275.2/08

Soggetti

Social Science / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General

Religion

Social Science

Electronic books.

Japan Religion 1868-1912

Japan Church history 19th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sommario/riassunto

Essays on the Modern Japanese Church (Gendai Nihon kyokai shiron), published in 1906, was the first Japanese-language history of Christianity in Meiji Japan. Yamaji Aizan's firsthand account describes the reintroduction of Christianity to Japan-its development, rapid expansion, and decline-and its place in the social, political, and intellectual life of the Meiji period. Yamaji's overall argument is that Christianity played a crucial role in shaping the growth and development of modern Japan. Yamaji was a strong opponent of the government-sponsored "emperor-system ideology," and through his historical writing he tried to show how Japan had a tradition of



tolerance and openness at a time when government-sponsored intellectuals were arguing for greater conformity and submissiveness to the state on the basis of Japanese "national character." Essays is important not only in terms of religious history but also because it highlights broad trends in the history of Meiji Japan. Introductory chapters explore the significance of the work in terms of the life and thought of its author and its influence on subsequent interpretations of Meiji Christianity.