<departmental bulletin paper>
Yasuda Yojuro's "Kotodama" thought

Creator
Language
Publisher
Date
Source Title
Vol
First Page
Last Page
Publication Type
Access Rights
JaLC DOI
Related DOI
Related URI
Relation
Abstract The "Kotodama" theory of Yasuda Yojuro in its early stage received some influence from the thought of Fujitani Mitsue. Yasuda valued Fujitani's scientific attitude. But, Yasuda came to be more based o...n Kamochi Masazumi's thought than Fujitani's. In this way, Yasuda's "Kotodama" theory developed away from a "Necessity theory" to a "Chance theory". Discussions about "Kotodama" were carried out during the Pacific Ocean War among Japanese writers. They considered it as different from the Western knowledge system. They were thinking about "Kotodama" which attached importance to sound. Yasuda's position was different from that of the other writers. He thought about "Kotodama" in order to change the recognition of the world based on scientific rationalism. He tried to conquer the modern principle by studying the world view of the school of ancient Japanese national studies (Kokugaku).show more

Hide fulltext details.

pdf KJ00005483979 pdf 1.33 MB 2,933  

Details

Record ID
Peer-Reviewed
Spatial
Subject Terms
NCID
Type
Temporal
Created Date 2009.12.25
Modified Date 2019.09.05

People who viewed this item also viewed