The Mito Ideology: Discourse, Reform, And Insurrection In Late Tokugawa Japan, 1790 - 1864

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Presss mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1987. Contents Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Rectification and Myth 2. The National Essence 3. Reform as Representation 4. Recruitment of Commoners 5. Ritual and Action in the Tengu Insurrection Coda: Mito Ideology as Text Bibliography Index J. Victor Koschmann. This Volume Is Sponsored By The Center For Japanese Studies, University Of California, Berkeley. Includes Index. Bibliography: P. 177-182.