Akinari and The Tenno(<Alter ego> and <The Tenno (Emperor) system> in Japanese Literature (Division of Japanese Literature),<Special Edition>The 45th Anniversary Report of Japanese Literature Association (Division of Japanese Literature and General Meeting)

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  • 秋成と天皇(日本文学における<他者>と<天皇制>・文学の部,<特集>日本文学協会第45回大会報告(文学の部・総会))
  • 秋成と天皇〔含 討論〕
  • アキナリ ト テンノウ ガン トウロン

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The Tennos under the shogunate and feudal clan regime are got rid of politics and regarded as symbol or culture only when people think of national embodiment. This essay argues about the images of the Tenno by comparing two Japanese classical scholars, Akinari and Norinaga. The latter establishes mythological metaphysics and absolute nationalism by inversely taking advantage of the Tenno's impotency and symbolization in the real world, whereas the former negates the continuity of mythology and history. Akinari embodies the Tennos in the history and keeps his attitude of relative nationalism by defining his classical study as a play.

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