American Imperialism and the Japanese Encounter with "Religion": 1853-1858

It was during the years of intense American-Japanese treaty negotiations from 1853 when the Japanese first encountered the generic concept 'religion'. The generic meaning of 'religion' was initially lost in the linguistically multi-layered process of translations during the earli...

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Main Author: Horii, Mitsutoshi 1977- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Morcelliana 2016
In: Studi e materiali di storia delle religioni
Year: 2016, Volume: 82, Issue: 2, Pages: 838-869
Further subjects:B Giappone
B Peace treaties; History
B Commodore Perry
B Imperialism; History; 19th century
B Japan
B Religion
B Commodoro Perry
B Samuel Wells
B Williams Townsend Harris
B Wells, Samuel
B United States Naval Expedition to Japan (1852-1854)
B religione
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