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Record Nr.

UNINA9910779718403321

Autore

Imaizumi Yoshiko

Titolo

Sacred space in the modern city [[electronic resource] ] : the fractured pasts of Meiji shrine, 1912-1958 / / by Yoshiko Imaizumi

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boston, : Brill, 2013

ISBN

90-04-25418-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (345 p.)

Collana

Brill's Japanese studies library, , 0925-6512 ; ; v. 43

Disciplina

299.5/61350952135

Soggetti

Architecture and society - Japan - Tokyo

Nationalism and architecture - Japan - Tokyo

Nationalism - Religious aspects - Shinto

Tokyo (Japan) Buildings, structures, etc

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.

Nota di contenuto

Preliminary Material -- Introduction -- 1 The Creation of Meiji Shrine 1912–1920 -- 2 A Mnemonic Space: The Construction of the Memorial Art Gallery 1912–1936 -- 3 Shrine Approaches: To the 1923 Earthquake and beyond -- 4 Imagined Discipline: The 1940 Meiji Shrine Sports Meet -- 5 The Re-Creation of Meiji Shrine 1945–1958 -- Conclusion -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

Sacred Space in the Modern City offers strikingly new and original perspectives on a number of controversial issues and important questions concerning Japanese pre- and post-war ideology and identity. Meiji shrine is not just ‘a’ shrine; it is ‘the’ shrine of twentieth-century Japan. This book is also noteworthy on account of its use of previously untouched archival materials as well as for its broad range of theoretical approaches applied within a multidisciplinary context. The author uses Meiji shrine as a lens with which to investigate the nature of the society that created, experienced and reproduced this site. This long-overdue study will be widely welcomed by researchers interested in Shinto and Meiji Japan, as well as the wider readership wishing to access the social history of Taisho and early Showa Japan.