Date of Graduation
12-2015
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts in History (MA)
Degree Level
Graduate
Department
History
Advisor/Mentor
Elizabeth J. Markham
Committee Member
Rembrandt Wolpert
Second Committee Member
Tatsuya Fukushima
Keywords
Philosophy, religion and theology, Social sciences, Edo period, Japan, Kogaku, Kokugaku, Nativism, Tokugawa
Abstract
This research looks at the development of Shinto nationalism in Edo Period Japan (1603-1868). It focuses on the development of intellectual thought and the relationship between the kogaku school in Japanese Confucianism and the kokugaku school in Shintoism. The primary goal is to demonstrate that there was a trend wherein members of these two schools looked back to the past in order to rediscover a lost utopia and Way. This study examines the works of Yamaga Soko, Itō Jinsai, Ogyū Sorai, Kamo no Mabuchi, and Motoori Norinaga to demonstrate how this line of thought helped contribute to the development of Shinto nativist sentiment in Japan.
Citation
Totty, C. M. (2015). The Way of the Gods: The Development of Shinto Nationalism in Early Modern Japan. Graduate Theses and Dissertations Retrieved from https://scholarworks.uark.edu/etd/1410