<Articles>Suika School Intellectuals and the Production of Legitimacy

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  • <論説>垂加派知識人による正統性の生産
  • 垂加派知識人による正統性の生産
  • スイカハ チシキジン ニヨル セイトウセイ ノ セイサン

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This paper examines the process in which the Shinto doctrine espoused by Yamazaki Ansai -- Suika Shinto -- gained acceptance and how members of this Shinto school acquired and redistributed cultural capital in early modern Japanese society. The Suika school's compilation of existing Shinto doctrines into a canon can be seen as a means through which early modern intellectuals acquired the cultural capital accumulated by medieval shrines. Disciples of the Suika school were able to redistribute this capital by legitimizing the idealogy of "subject loyalty". In the process, adherents of the Suika school used their knowledge and abilities to legitimate the governing class of nobles (kuge) and shrine attendants (shake). In short, Suika Shinto was promoted by those who sought to monopolize the ability to produce and bestow legitimacy.

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  • 史林

    史林 80 (3), 333-360, 1997-05-01

    THE SHIGAKU KENKYUKAI (The Society of Historical Research), Kyoto University

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