Imagining Japan
Subtitle: The Japanese Tradition and its Modern Interpretation
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: March 3, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 252
ISBN-13: 9780520235205
Subjects: Asian / Middle Eastern history; Asian studies; Sociology, Social Studies; Social Science; Sociology; History: World; Asia - Japan; General; Sociology - General; Social Science / Sociology / General; Ethnic Studies - Asian American Studies; 1868-; Civilization; Intellectual life; Japan
First sentence: Understanding Japan has preoccupied Japanese intellectuals for centuries and Westerners ever since the discovery of Japan in the sixteenth century.