The Invention of Religion in Japan
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Throughout its long history, Japan had no concept of what we call "religion." There was no corresponding Japanese word, nor anything close to its meaning. But when American warships appeared off the coast of Japan in 1853 and forced the Japanese government to sign treaties demanding, among other things, freedom of religion, the country had to contend with this Western idea. In this book, Jason Ananda Josephson reveals how Japanese officials invented religion in Japan and traces the sweeping intellectual, legal, and cultural changes that followed.
Book information
ISBN: | 9780226412344 |
Publisher: | University of Chicago Press |
Imprint: | The University of Chicago Press |
Pub date: | 16 Oct 2012 |
DEWEY: | 322.1095209034 |
DEWEY edition: | 23 |
Language: | English |
Number of pages: | 408 |
Weight: | 606g |
Height: | 154mm |
Width: | 227mm |
Spine width: | 24mm |