Splendid Monarchy, 6 - (Twentieth Century Japan: The Emergence of a World Power) by Takashi Fujitani (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>Using ceremonials such as imperial weddings and funerals as models, T. Fujitani illustrates what visual symbols and rituals reveal about monarchy, nationalism, city planning, discipline, gender, memory, and modernity. Focusing on the Meiji Period (1868-1912), Fujitani brings recent methods of cultural history to a study of modern Japanese nationalism for the first time.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>"A tremendous book. . . . Fujitani brings his skills and insights to bear on a subject crying out to be addressed: namely, the imperial institution and its formative role in the emergence of the modern Japanese nation state."-- "Monumenta Nipponica"<br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>T. Fujitani</b> is Associate Professor of History at the University of California, San Diego.
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