Roger K. Thomas
- Published in print:
- 2021
- Published Online:
- May 2022
- ISBN:
- 9781501759994
- eISBN:
- 9781501760013
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Cornell University Press
- DOI:
- 10.7591/cornell/9781501759994.003.0003
- Subject:
- History, Asian History
This chapter tackles the loyalist side of Nomura Bōtō. The imperial family and what it represented came to define the contours of much political discourse during the Bakumatsu period. The growing ...
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This chapter tackles the loyalist side of Nomura Bōtō. The imperial family and what it represented came to define the contours of much political discourse during the Bakumatsu period. The growing social consciousness of the loyalist movement displayed characteristics of being progressive. The chapter explains the principles and paradoxes of loyalism in Bakumatsu Japan and Fukuoka. It also includes Bōtō's shift to activism following her return from the capital and the influence of Hirano Kuniomi. Bōtō's letters to the capital show her increasing concern for the loyalist cause. Her political and social vision was in complete accord with the most radical of the loyalists.Less
This chapter tackles the loyalist side of Nomura Bōtō. The imperial family and what it represented came to define the contours of much political discourse during the Bakumatsu period. The growing social consciousness of the loyalist movement displayed characteristics of being progressive. The chapter explains the principles and paradoxes of loyalism in Bakumatsu Japan and Fukuoka. It also includes Bōtō's shift to activism following her return from the capital and the influence of Hirano Kuniomi. Bōtō's letters to the capital show her increasing concern for the loyalist cause. Her political and social vision was in complete accord with the most radical of the loyalists.
Roger K. Thomas
- Published in print:
- 2021
- Published Online:
- May 2022
- ISBN:
- 9781501759994
- eISBN:
- 9781501760013
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Cornell University Press
- DOI:
- 10.7591/cornell/9781501759994.003.0009
- Subject:
- History, Asian History
This chapter explores the tendency of disciplinary divisions to narrow the views and importance of figures while using Nomura Bōtō as a reference. It mentions how Bōtō's life is illustrative of ...
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This chapter explores the tendency of disciplinary divisions to narrow the views and importance of figures while using Nomura Bōtō as a reference. It mentions how Bōtō's life is illustrative of Bakumatsu's society and culture. The Bakumatsu period saw the weakening of the waka establishment in line with the decentralization of literary activity. Moreover, the Bakumatsu period witnessed the breakdown of class boundaries and gender roles in society. The chapter also addresses the chiliastic atmosphere being solved through class fluidity and the millenarian worldview. It uses the life of Shibue Io as an example of the aforementioned changes. The chapter then explains how liminality could help understand Bōtō's mature vision.Less
This chapter explores the tendency of disciplinary divisions to narrow the views and importance of figures while using Nomura Bōtō as a reference. It mentions how Bōtō's life is illustrative of Bakumatsu's society and culture. The Bakumatsu period saw the weakening of the waka establishment in line with the decentralization of literary activity. Moreover, the Bakumatsu period witnessed the breakdown of class boundaries and gender roles in society. The chapter also addresses the chiliastic atmosphere being solved through class fluidity and the millenarian worldview. It uses the life of Shibue Io as an example of the aforementioned changes. The chapter then explains how liminality could help understand Bōtō's mature vision.
