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God Susanoo and Korea in Japan’s Cultural Memory

Ancient Myths and Modern Empire

Häftad, Engelska, 2023

AvDavid Weiss,Fabio Rambelli

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This book discusses how ancient Japanese mythology was utilized during the colonial period to justify the annexation of Korea to Japan, with special focus on the god Susanoo. Described as an ambivalent figure and wanderer between the worlds, Susanoo served as a foil to set off the sun goddess, who played an important role in the modern construction of a Japanese national identity.Susanoo inhabited a sinister otherworld, which came to be associated with colonial Korea. Imperialist ideologues were able to build on these interpretations of the Susanoo myth to depict Korea as a dreary realm at the margin of the Japanese empire that made the imperial metropole shine all the more brightly. At the same time, Susanoo was identified as the ancestor of the Korean people. Thus, the colonial subjects were ideologically incorporated into the homogeneous Japanese “family state.”The book situates Susanoo in Japan’s cultural memory and shows how the deity, while being repeatedly transformed in order to meet the religious and ideological needs of the day, continued to symbolize the margin of Japan.

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Utgivningsdatum2023-08-24
Mått154 x 232 x 18 mm
Vikt400 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieBloomsbury Shinto Studies
Antal sidor256
FörlagBloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN9781350271210

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List of TablesAcknowledgmentsNote to the ReaderIntroductionPart I. BLURRED BOUNDARIES AND LIMINAL IDENTITIES1. At the Margin of the Divine Country: Korea in Japanese Cultural Imagination2. A Foil to Set Off the Sun Goddess: Susanoo in the Ancient Sources3. Passion for Transgression: Susanoo’s Liminal CharacterPart II. POLITICAL MYTHOLOGY: A GENEALOGY OF SUSANOO’S CONNECTION TO KOREA4. “I Do Not Want to Stay in This Land”: Susanoo’s Sojourn to Korea in the Ancient Court Chronicles5. The God with a Thousand Faces: Susanoo and His Alter Egos in Medieval Mythology6. Korea as a Realm of Death: Susanoo and Korea in Modern DiscoursesEPILOGUE: After the War: Susanoo in Scholarship, Tourism, and Popular CultureNotes BibliographyIndex