Sacred Space in the Modern City - The Fractured Pasts of Meiji Shrine, 1912-1958

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.

About the author

Yoshiko Imaizumi, Ph.D. (2007), SOAS University of London, is a senior research fellow at Meiji Shrine Research Institute. Recent publications in Japanese include: Meiji Jingū Sengo fukkō no kiseki (Kajima shuppankai, 2008); Meiji Jingū 'Dentō' o tsukutta dai purojekuto (Shinchōsha, 2013).

Product details

• Authors: Yoshiko Imaizumi
• Publisher: Brill
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 11.07.2013
• EAN: 9789004248199
• ISBN: 978-90-04-24819-9
• No. of pages: 346
• Dimensions: 159 mm x 241 mm x 25 mm
• Weight: 654 g
• Series: Brill's Japanese Studies Libra
• Subject: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous