Jingu Kogo "Ema" in Southwestern Japan: Reflections and Anticipations of the "Seikanron" Debate in the Late Tokugawa and Early Meiji Period

2002 ◽  
Vol 61 (2) ◽  
pp. 247
Author(s):  
Richard W. Anderson
Keyword(s):  
Meiji Period

The Culture of the Meiji Period

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
IROKAWA DAIKICHI
Keyword(s):  
Meiji Period

Behind Japan's Resistant Web: Understanding the Problem of Nihonkyo

1995 ◽  
Vol 23 (4) ◽  
pp. 401-412 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter N. Lundell ◽  
Peter N. Lundell
Keyword(s):  
Japanese Culture ◽  
Edo Period ◽  
Cultural Elements ◽  
Meiji Period ◽  
Per Se ◽  
The Web

When facing the persistent conundrum of evangelical missions in Japan, one pervasive, though largely hidden, factor emerges in the resistance of the Japanese to the gospel: the web-like interconnection of worldview assumptions collectively known as Nihonkyo (“Japanism“), as distinct from Japanese culture per se. Developing sociologically in the Edo Period and ideologically in the Meiji Period, the fabrication of Nihonkyo changed attitudes toward cultural elements such that a nation once very open to the gospel has become very closed. Principles of the problem and its discernment are widely applicable.

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