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Examines the Japanese state's involvement in and manipulation of shinto from the Meiji Restoration. This book shows why State shinto symbols, such as the Yasukuni Shrine and its prefectural branches, are the focus for bitter struggles over who will have the right to articulate their significance.

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Shinto and the State 18681988

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      Publisher Princeton University Press
      Published 1 September 1991
      ISBN-13 9780691020525
      978-0691020525
      ISBN-10 0691020523

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      Book Synopsis
      Examines the Japanese state's involvement in and manipulation of shinto from the Meiji Restoration. This book shows why State shinto symbols, such as the Yasukuni Shrine and its prefectural branches, are the focus for bitter struggles over who will have the right to articulate their significance.

      Trade Review
      One of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 1991

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