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Die Aneignung des Berges Namsan, 1890–1945

Shintō-Schreine, Tempel und Rituale in der japanischen Assimilationspolitik in Korea
Nomos,  2024, ca. 300 Pages

ISBN 978-3-8487-3563-1


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The work is part of the series Japan in Ostasien | Japan in East Asia (Volume 6)
approx. 74,00 € incl. VAT
Published May 2024 (available for reservation)
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englischThis book examines the changes on and around Namsan Mountain in Seoul between 1892, when Japanese settlers first planned to build a Japanese Shinto shrine on Namsan, until the period after Korea’s independence in 1945 when all Japanese facilities on Namsan were dismantled. Because Japanese Shinto shrines and Buddhist temples on or surrounding Namsan mainly employed rituals in order to assimilate Koreans as loyal subjects to the Japanese Empire and to win them over for the Japanese war cause, this book focuses especially on rituals and events that were held on Namsan.

This historical inquiry contests whether State Shinto in Korea was "imperial" in its character when seen from the viewpoint of the Korean populace. Through an analysis of the colonial and local context of State Shinto, it is possible to shed new light on the workings of Japan’s assimilation policy in Korea.

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