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The awakening of Japan

The awakening of Japan

Okakura, Kakuzo

Paperback

AnthropologyGeneral World HistoryJapanese History

ISBN10: 9353701856
ISBN13: 9789353701857
Publisher: Alpha Edition
Published: May 17 2019
Pages: 242
Weight: 0.69
Height: 0.55 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
Japan did not simply modernise; it awakened. A nation remakes itself overnight. In The Awakening of Japan, Kakuzo Okakura, celebrated author of The Book of Tea, interprets Meiji era Japan at the moment it stepped into the modern world. Writing from inside the cultural transformation, he traces the pressures and possibilities of meiji restoration modernization: political reform, new institutions, and the restless question of japanese national identity. The result is cultural history nonfiction with a rare double vision, alert to japan's own traditions and to east west cultural relations that were reshaping Asia and Europe alike. Read it for its clarity on turn of century Japan, and for the way it links aesthetics, ideals, and public life, including the moral vocabulary often associated with bushido japanese ethics, without reducing Japan to a slogan. Historically, Okakura is one of the key interpreters who helped English-language readers understand Japan on its own terms, and his perspective remains a touchstone for japan studies students and college world history courses alike. Republished by Alpha Editions in a careful modern edition, this volume preserves the spirit of the original while making it effortless to enjoy today - a heritage title prepared for readers and collectors alike. Whether you are building a classic history collection or seeking an unabridged classic edition to revisit foundational debates about modernisation, this is a compact, eloquent classic that still provokes thought.

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