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.