When tengu talk : Hirata Atsutane's ethnography of the other world / Wilburn Hansen.

Author/creator Hansen, Wilburn
Format Book
Publication InfoHonolulu : University of Hawaiʻi Press, ©2008.
Description268 pages ; 24 cm
Subjects

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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [243]-257) and index.
LCCN 2008018603
ISBN9780824832094 (hard cover : alk. paper)
ISBN0824832094 (hard cover : alk. paper)

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Joyner General Stacks B5244.H474 H36 2008 ✔ Available Place Hold