Episode 450 - Gimme that Old Time Religion
Podcast |
History of Japan
Publisher |
Isaac Meyer
Media Type |
audio
Podknife tags |
History
Japan
Categories Via RSS |
History
Publication Date |
Aug 19, 2022
Episode Duration |
00:37:13

This week, we're covering the rise of the Hirata school of kokugaku, or national studies, during the Edo Period. How did an intellectual movement devoted to linguistics become a powerful political, social, and arguably religious force by the end of samurai rule--and why did that movement fall from power after just a few short years of influence?

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