Uchida Hyakken
Subtitle: a critique of modernity and militarism in prewar Japan
By: Rachel Dinitto.
Series: Harvard East Asian monographs -- 310
Publisher: Harvard University Asia Center; Distributed by Harbvard University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Cambridge, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 285
ISBN-13: 9780674031128
Subjects: Uchida, Hyakken, -- 1889-1971 -- Criticism and interpretation
Description: This title explores Hyakken's fiction and essays written during Japan's prewar years and investigates the intersection of his literature with the surroundings of the time.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Resisting modernity in realm of the dead; title: A critique for elite fiction : Professor Fujita Hyakkien and the prewar zuihitsu; title: Reliving War, rewriting history : film, architecture, memory; title: Return to the city : excavating momory in "Tokyo diary."