Splendid Monarchy Splendid Monarchy
Twentieth Century Japan: The Emergence of a World Power

Splendid Monarchy

Power and Pageantry in Modern Japan

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Publisher Description

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.

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 (1868-19

GENRE
History
RELEASED
2023
April 28
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
320
Pages
PUBLISHER
University of California Press
SELLER
University of California Press
SIZE
14.2
MB
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