The Ideological Background of Japanese Expansionism, C. 1900

This paper examines the ideologies informing the expansion of Japanese rule at c. 1900. The core feature discussed is the idea of tenka (天下; literally translated: all under heaven), constituting the group of ruled in terms of a universalist indigenat (kokumin 国民), which allowed its expansion beyond...

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Main Author: Harald Kleinschmidt
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan 2023-02-01
Series:Studia Historiae Oeconomicae
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Online Access:https://pressto.amu.edu.pl/index.php/sho/article/view/33287