Michiaki Okuyama
Biographic Data
| ID | 1601181 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Michiaki Okuyama |
| GIVEN NAMES | Michiaki |
| FAMILY NAME | Okuyama |
| SIGNATURE | OKUYAMA M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Nanzan University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 7 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2000 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
New Religions in Kōshien
This article examines the holy ground of Kōshien, Japan’s annual high school baseball tournament, and the national festival and cultic fever that accompanies it. Some of the most successful schools that participate in Kōshien were founded by new religious groups such as Tenrikyō, PL Kyōdan, and Bentenshū. I offer some suggestions why this is the case, since none of these religions espouse either sports or competition in their formal creed. Furthe…
Rethinking “State Shinto” in the Past and the Present
This article reflects on the meaning of recent arguments concerning “State Shinto” in the contemporary Japanese right-wing and conservative social context. Shimazono Susumu’s recent analyses of State Shinto in postwar Japan have stimulated discussion of the subject. His understanding that State Shinto has survived from the prewar years is based on his analysis of both Imperial House Shinto, which was not affected by the Shinto Directive issued in…
"State Shinto" in Recent Japanese Scholarship
"State Shinto" in Recent Japanese Scholarship Okuyama Michiaki (bio) Murakami Shigeyoshi's 村上重良 Kokka Shintō 国家神道, published in 1970 by Iwanami Shoten, has had a tremendous impact on subsequent understandings of its subject: the current widely held view that a discrete ideology called Kokka Shinto (State Shinto) actually existed in Japan until the conclusion of World War II was quite likely shaped by Murakami's work, an inexpensive, popular paper…
Soka Gakkai as a Challenge to Japanese Society and Politics
A new Buddhist group Soka Gakkai started its movement in 1930. After World War II it grew rapidly to claim more than eight million families as its members in Japan in 2005. Soka Gakkai International (SGI), which Soka Gakkai organized as its international network in 1975, now extends to over 190 countries and areas worldwide, claiming twelve million members globally, according to their own calculations. Soka Gakkai started a domestic political mov…
The Yasukuni Shrine Problem in the East Asian Context
The problem of issues surrounding Yasukuni Shrine is one of the main topics in religion and politics in contemporary Japan. This paper tries to approach the Yasukuni Shrine problem, first by contextualizing this problem in the East Asian settings, then by reviewing the recent court cases surrounding Yasukuni Shrine, and finally by commenting on two documentary films focusing on this problem. Examining the reactions by the Chinese government to th…
Disputes over Yasukuni Shrine and Its War Dead in Contemporary Japan
Yasukuni Shrine, a Shinto sanctuary located in Tokyo, has become the focus of a recent dispute in Japan, and a source of criticism against Japanese politicians by neighboring Asian countries. Especially since the former Prime Minister Koizumi Jun'ichirō visited Yasukuni once every year during the period of his administration (2001-2006), arguments have been accumulated both in Japan and abroad. This essay tries to review some of the arguments ove…
Approaches East and West to the History of Religions
In Japan recently, new overviews for the comparative study of the history of religions have been presented. Taking into account the plurality of Japan ese religions, religious studies scholar Yamaon fetsuo has reevaluated the theories of the history of Japanese religions. Umesao Tadao, a leading eth nologist and scholar in the comparative study of civilizations, reviews the historical phases of religions East and West on the Eurasian continent wi…
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Approaches East and West to the History of Religions
In Japan recently, new overviews for the comparative study of the history of religions have been presented. Taking into account the plurality of Japan ese religions, religious studies scholar Yamaon fetsuo has reevaluated the theories of the history of Japanese religions. Umesao Tadao, a leading eth nologist and scholar in the comparative study of civilizations, reviews the historical phases of religions East and West on the Eurasian continent wi…
The Yasukuni Shrine Problem in the East Asian Context
The problem of issues surrounding Yasukuni Shrine is one of the main topics in religion and politics in contemporary Japan. This paper tries to approach the Yasukuni Shrine problem, first by contextualizing this problem in the East Asian settings, then by reviewing the recent court cases surrounding Yasukuni Shrine, and finally by commenting on two documentary films focusing on this problem. Examining the reactions by the Chinese government to th…
Disputes over Yasukuni Shrine and Its War Dead in Contemporary Japan
Yasukuni Shrine, a Shinto sanctuary located in Tokyo, has become the focus of a recent dispute in Japan, and a source of criticism against Japanese politicians by neighboring Asian countries. Especially since the former Prime Minister Koizumi Jun'ichirō visited Yasukuni once every year during the period of his administration (2001-2006), arguments have been accumulated both in Japan and abroad. This essay tries to review some of the arguments ove…
Soka Gakkai as a Challenge to Japanese Society and Politics
A new Buddhist group Soka Gakkai started its movement in 1930. After World War II it grew rapidly to claim more than eight million families as its members in Japan in 2005. Soka Gakkai International (SGI), which Soka Gakkai organized as its international network in 1975, now extends to over 190 countries and areas worldwide, claiming twelve million members globally, according to their own calculations. Soka Gakkai started a domestic political mov…
"State Shinto" in Recent Japanese Scholarship
"State Shinto" in Recent Japanese Scholarship Okuyama Michiaki (bio) Murakami Shigeyoshi's 村上重良 Kokka Shintō 国家神道, published in 1970 by Iwanami Shoten, has had a tremendous impact on subsequent understandings of its subject: the current widely held view that a discrete ideology called Kokka Shinto (State Shinto) actually existed in Japan until the conclusion of World War II was quite likely shaped by Murakami's work, an inexpensive, popular paper…
Rethinking “State Shinto” in the Past and the Present
This article reflects on the meaning of recent arguments concerning “State Shinto” in the contemporary Japanese right-wing and conservative social context. Shimazono Susumu’s recent analyses of State Shinto in postwar Japan have stimulated discussion of the subject. His understanding that State Shinto has survived from the prewar years is based on his analysis of both Imperial House Shinto, which was not affected by the Shinto Directive issued in…
New Religions in Kōshien
This article examines the holy ground of Kōshien, Japan’s annual high school baseball tournament, and the national festival and cultic fever that accompanies it. Some of the most successful schools that participate in Kōshien were founded by new religious groups such as Tenrikyō, PL Kyōdan, and Bentenshū. I offer some suggestions why this is the case, since none of these religions espouse either sports or competition in their formal creed. Furthe…
History (6 works) · Japanese History and Culture (6 works) · Law (6 works) · Political science (6 works) · Chinese history and philosophy (4 works) · Philosophy (4 works) · Politics (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Aesthetics (2 works) · Ancient history (2 works)