Mirror of Modernity

This collection of essays challenges the notion that Japan's present cultural identity is the simple legacy of Japan's premodern and insular past. Building on the pathbreaking historical analysis of British traditions, The Invention of Tradition, sixteen American and Japanese scholars examine "age-old" Japanese cultural practices, ranging from judo to labor management, and show...

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This collection of essays challenges the notion that Japan's present cultural identity is the simple legacy of Japan's premodern and insular past. Building on the pathbreaking historical analysis of British traditions, The Invention of Tradition, sixteen American and Japanese scholars examine "age-old" Japanese cultural practices, ranging from judo to labor management, and show these to be largely creations of the modern era.

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS / xi ACKNOWLEDGMENTS / xiii NOTE ON TRANSLITERATION / xvii i. Tradition: Past/Present Culture and Modern Japanese History Stephen Vlastos / i PART ONE • HARMONY 2. The Invention of Japanese-Style Labor Management Andrew Gordon / ig 3. The Invention of Wa and the Transformation of the Image of Prince Shotoku in Modern Japan ltd Kimio / 374. Weak Legal Consciousness as Invented Tradition Frank K Upham / 48PART TWO • VILLAGE 5. The Japanese Village: Imagined, Real, Contested Irwin Schemer / 676. Agrarianism Without Tradition: The Radical Critique of Prewar Japanese Modernity Stephen Vlastos / 797. Colonizing Manchuria: The Making of an Imperial Myth Louise Young / 958. It Takes a Village: Internationalization and Nostalgia in Postwar Japan Jennifer Robertson / no PART THREE • FOLK 9. Chihd: Yanagita Kunio’s “Japan” Hashimoto Mitsuru / 13310. Figuring the Folk: History, Poetics, and Representation H. D. Harootunian / 144PART FOUR • SPORTS 11. The Invention of the Martial Arts: Kanojigoro and Kodokanjudo Inoue Shun / 16312. The Invention of the Tokozuna and the Championship System, Or, Futahaguro’s Revenge Lee A. Thompson / 174PART FIVE • GENDER 13. At Home in the Meiji Period: Inventing Japanese Domesticity Jordan Sand / 19114. The Cafe Waitress Serving Modern Japan Miriam Silverberg / 208PART SIX • HISTORY 15. Constructing Shinano: The Invention of a Neo-Traditional Region Karen Wigen / 22916. “Doubly Cruel”: Marxism and the Presence of the Past in Japanese Capitalism Andrew E. Barshay / 243 17. The Invention of Edo Carol Gluck / 26218. Afterword: Revisiting the Tradition/Modernity Binary Dipesh Chakrabarty / 285GLOSSARY / 297SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY / 301CONTRIBUTORS / 311INDEX / 315

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS / xi ACKNOWLEDGMENTS / xiii NOTE ON TRANSLITERATION / xvii i. Tradition: Past/Present Culture and Modern Japanese History Stephen Vlastos / i PART ONE • HARMONY 2. The Invention of Japanese-Style Labor Management Andrew Gordon / ig 3. The Invention of Wa and the Transformation of the Image of Prince Shotoku in Modern Japan ltd Kimio / 374. Weak Legal Consciousness as Invented Tradition Frank K Upham / 48PART TWO • VILLAGE 5. The Japanese Village: Imagined, Real, Contested Irwin Schemer / 676. Agrarianism Without Tradition: The Radical Critique of Prewar Japanese Modernity Stephen Vlastos / 797. Colonizing Manchuria: The Making of an Imperial Myth Louise Young / 958. It Takes a Village: Internationalization and Nostalgia in Postwar Japan Jennifer Robertson / no PART THREE • FOLK 9. Chihd: Yanagita Kunio’s “Japan” Hashimoto Mitsuru / 13310. Figuring the Folk: History, Poetics, and Representation H. D. Harootunian / 144PART FOUR • SPORTS 11. The Invention of the Martial Arts: Kanojigoro and Kodokanjudo Inoue Shun / 16312. The Invention of the Tokozuna and the Championship System, Or, Futahaguro’s Revenge Lee A. Thompson / 174PART FIVE • GENDER 13. At Home in the Meiji Period: Inventing Japanese Domesticity Jordan Sand / 19114. The Cafe Waitress Serving Modern Japan Miriam Silverberg / 208PART SIX • HISTORY 15. Constructing Shinano: The Invention of a Neo-Traditional Region Karen Wigen / 22916. “Doubly Cruel”: Marxism and the Presence of the Past in Japanese Capitalism Andrew E. Barshay / 243 17. The Invention of Edo Carol Gluck / 26218. Afterword: Revisiting the Tradition/Modernity Binary Dipesh Chakrabarty / 285GLOSSARY / 297SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY / 301CONTRIBUTORS / 311INDEX / 315
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