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When tengu talk Hirata Atsutane's ethnography of the other world /

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Main Author: Hansen, Wilburn
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Honolulu : University of Hawaiʻi Press, c2008.
Subjects:
Hirata, Atsutane, > 1776-1843.
Hirata, Atsutane, > 1776-1843. > Senkyō hibun.
Takayama, Torakichi, > b. 1806.
Mediums > Japan.
Kokugaku.
Japan > Religion.
Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: A new medium for an old message
  • Constructing Japanese identity: Senkyō ibun
  • The medium finds a promoter: Torakichi and Atsutane
  • Manipulating the medium: separating the sanjin from the tengu
  • The critique of China and defense of native culture
  • The critique of Buddhism and defense of native religion
  • The critique of the west and defense of native knowledge and ability
  • Conclusion: The medium is the message.

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