Tamura Naoomi's "The Japanese Bride": Christianity, Nationalism, and Family in Meiji Japan
In 1893, Christian minister Tamura Naoomi provoked a heated debate among his contemporaries when he published an English-language book on Japanese family practices titled The Japanese Bride. While the book made no controversial or radical theological arguments, and mentioned Christianity only as a f...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Nanzan Institute
[2007]
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Japanese journal of religious studies
Year: 2007, Volume: 34, Issue: 1, Pages: 203-228 |
| Further subjects: | B
Women
B Christian morality B Morality B Nationalism B Religious Studies B Christian missionaries B Book publishing B Homes |
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| Summary: | In 1893, Christian minister Tamura Naoomi provoked a heated debate among his contemporaries when he published an English-language book on Japanese family practices titled The Japanese Bride. While the book made no controversial or radical theological arguments, and mentioned Christianity only as a framework that could assist in reforming Japanese family practices and the position of women within the home, Tamura was censured for behavior considered unbecoming a Japanese Christian minister. Published immediately following the promulgation of the Meiji Constitution and the Imperial Rescript on Education, and on the eve of Japan's entry into war with China, the book contradicted and countered many Japanese leaders' claims that Japan was a modernized and civilized empire. This curious and often overlooked controversy provides an interesting window into the complex ways in which ideas such as the proper family, and the link between the family and the state, were considered and defined in this period. |
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