Imaizumi, Yoshiko.

Sacred space in the modern city the fractured pasts of Meiji shrine, 1912-1958 / [electronic resource] : by Yoshiko Imaizumi. - Boston : Brill, 2013. - 1 online resource. - Brill's Japanese studies library ; v. 43 . - Brill's Japanese studies library ; v. 43. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sacred Space in the Modern City offers new and original perspectives on a number of controversial issues and important questions concerning Japanese pre- and post-war ideology and identity. The author uses Meiji shrine as a lens with which to investigate the nature of the society that created, experienced and reproduced this site.

9789004254183 (electronic bk.) 9004254188 (electronic bk.)


Meiji Jingū (Tokyo, Japan)


Architecture and society--Japan--Tokyo.
Nationalism and architecture--Japan--Tokyo.
Nationalism--Religious aspects--Shinto.
BODY, MIND & SPIRIT / Spirituality / Paganism & Neo-Paganism
RELIGION / Comparative Religion


Tokyo (Japan)--Buildings, structures, etc.


Electronic books.

BL2225.T62

299.5/61350952135 299.561350952135