The Invention of a New Religion - Chamberlain, Basil Hall
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Basil Chamberlain was a professor at the Tokyo Imperial University. He wrote some of the earliest translations of haikus. His best known work is the encyclopedia Things Japanese. This was a popular one volume informal discussion of Japanese written in 1890. Chamberlain begins this pamphlet by saying, "Mikado-worship and Japan-worship--for that is the new Japanese religion--is, of course, no spontaneously generated phenomenon. Every manufacture presupposes a material out of which it is made, every present a past on which it rests. But the twentieth-century Japanese religion of loyalty and…mehr

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Basil Chamberlain was a professor at the Tokyo Imperial University. He wrote some of the earliest translations of haikus. His best known work is the encyclopedia Things Japanese. This was a popular one volume informal discussion of Japanese written in 1890. Chamberlain begins this pamphlet by saying, "Mikado-worship and Japan-worship--for that is the new Japanese religion--is, of course, no spontaneously generated phenomenon. Every manufacture presupposes a material out of which it is made, every present a past on which it rests. But the twentieth-century Japanese religion of loyalty and patriotism is quite new, for in it pre-existing ideas have been sifted, altered, freshly compounded, turned to new uses, and have found a new centre of gravity."
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Basil Hall Chamberlain (1850-1935) was a distinguished British Japanologist, a pioneering figure in the field of Japanese studies. An erudite scholar, fluent in the Japanese language, he earned his reputation as a leading authority on both the language and culture of Japan during the Meiji period. Chamberlain's scholarly work is best encapsulated in his book 'The Invention of a New Religion,' which delivers a critical examination of the rise of nationalistic and quasi-religious sentiments in Japan at the turn of the 20th century. He closely analyzed State Shinto and the ways in which religion was leveraged for patriotic indoctrination. In addition to this impactful work, Chamberlain is famously known for his contributions to the translation and understanding of classic Japanese texts. His 'Things Japanese' remains a significant contribution, reflecting the immense scope of his knowledge on subjects ranging from linguistics to folklore. Chamberlain's literary style often combined thorough research with insightful commentary, establishing him as a central figure in the discourse on Japanese culture during a period when the West's interest in Japan flourished following the country's re-opening to the world.