Okakura Tenshin and Pan-Asianism

Shadows of the Past

Bibliographic Data

ID20433111
EditorsBrij Tankha
Year2008
Pages176
Publication date2008-01-01
Open AccessNo
TypeBOOK
VenueOkakura Tenshin and Pan-asianism (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherBrill (PUBLISHER • NL)
DOI10.1163/ej.9781905246618.i-176
ISBN9781905246618
Open LibraryOL29646797M
LanguageEN
Citations received7

"Okakura Tenshin (1862-1913) is a significant figure in Japan's modern intellectual history. His writings in both Japanese and English became part of a growing discourse that positioned Japan as the guardian and protector of Asia against the depredations, cultural as much as economic and political, of the West. At the outbreak of the Pacific War, the first line ('Asia is One') of his 1903 book, The Ideals of the East, was celebrated posthumously by the Japanese military as the most powerful expression of Japan's goal of political ascendancy in Asia."--Jacket.

20th century · asia · Asia - Japan · Criticism and interpretation · Diplomats · Foreign relations · foreign relations · Great britain · History · History: World · International Relations · Japan · Regionalism