The Successors of Hirata Theology
This paper will survey the current state of research on the influence of Hirata Atsutane’s nativism (Hirata Kokugaku) on the Meiji Restoration. The three main points are summarized below: 1. Postwar researchers favored viewing Hirata Atsutane as a spiritualist and avoided examining the nationalistic...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Japanese Association for Religious Studies
2020
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Religious studies in Japan
Year: 2020, Volume: 5, Pages: 53-80 |
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Hirata school
B Meiji Restoration B Tsuwano school B Kokugaku (nativism) B Satsuma school |
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| Summary: | This paper will survey the current state of research on the influence of Hirata Atsutane’s nativism (Hirata Kokugaku) on the Meiji Restoration. The three main points are summarized below: 1. Postwar researchers favored viewing Hirata Atsutane as a spiritualist and avoided examining the nationalistic side of the Hirata school. However, it is difficult to negate his influence on nationalistic movements during the Restoration. 2. Hirata’s writings and other related artifacts in the National Museum of Japanese History have provided us with rich information on him, his family, and his disciples, greatly raising the standard of research. Consequently, research without the aid of these materials has lost much of its validity. 3. We should remain cautious against the popular understanding of the failure of Hirata’s nativism in the first year of the Meiji era. Nativist scholars from the Tsuwano and Satsuma groups were also influenced by Atsutane, so the downfall of Hirata’s direct disciples alone does not signify the decline of his influence on the Meiji administration. |
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| ISSN: | 2186-9952 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Religious studies in Japan
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