When tengu talk

Hansen, Wilburn.

When tengu talk Hirata Atsutane's ethnography of the other world / [electronic resource] : Wilburn Hansen. - Honolulu : University of Hawai�i Press, c2008. - 268 p.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [243]-257) and index.

Introduction: A new medium for an old message -- Constructing Japanese identity: Senky�o ibun -- The medium finds a promoter: Torakichi and Atsutane -- Manipulating the medium: separating the sanjin from the tengu -- The critique of China and defense of native culture -- The critique of Buddhism and defense of native religion -- The critique of the west and defense of native knowledge and ability -- Conclusion: The medium is the message.


Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.






Hirata, Atsutane, 1776-1843.
Hirata, Atsutane, 1776-1843. Senky�o hibun.
Takayama, Torakichi, b. 1806.


Mediums--Japan.
Kokugaku.


Japan--Religion.


Electronic books.

B5244.H474 / H36 2008

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