Remembering Restoration Losers

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Remembering Restoration Losers

Remembering Restoration Losers
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Publisher : BRILL
Total Pages : 254
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ISBN-10 : 9781684175338
ISBN-13 : 168417533X
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Book Synopsis Remembering Restoration Losers by : Michael Wert

Download or read book Remembering Restoration Losers written by Michael Wert and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2020-05-11 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This book is about the “losers” of the Meiji Restoration and the supporters who promoted their legacy. Although the violence of the Meiji Restoration is typically downplayed, the trauma was real, and those who felt marginalized from the mainstream throughout modern Japan looked to these losers as models of action. Using a wide range of sources, from essays by former Tokugawa supporters like Fukuzawa Yukichi to postwar film and “lost decade” manga, Michael Wert traces the shifting portrayals of Restoration losers. By highlighting the overlooked sites of memory such as legends about buried gold, the awarding of posthumous court rank, or fighting over a disembodied head, Wert illustrates how the process of commemoration and rehabilitation allows individuals a voice in the formation of national history. He argues that the commingling of local memory activists with nationally known politicians, academics, writers, and treasure hunters formed interconnecting memory landscapes that promoted local figures as potential heroes in modern Japan."


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