title: A History of Nationalism in Modern Japan:  Placing the People  (Handbook of Oriental Studies. Section 5 Japan)
author: Kevin M. Doak
description: ."..the most comprehensive analysis of Japanese nationalism that exists in the English language." Irwin Schenker, University of California, Berkeley, "Journal of Asian Studies" (Vol. 68/1).<br /><br />..".the most comprehensive analysis of Japanese nationalism that exists in the English language." Irwin Schenker, University of California, Berkeley, "Journal of Asian Studies" (Vol. 68/1).
zlib_text: # A HISTORY OF THE JAPANESE PEOPLE
  
  From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era
  
  by
  
  ##### CAPT. F. BRINKLEY, R. A.
  
  Editor of the "Japan Mail"
  
  With the Collaboration of BARON KIKUCHI
  
  Former President of the Imperial University at Kyoto
  
  With 150 Illustrations Engraved on Wood by Japanese Artists;  
  Half-Tone Plates, and Maps  
  
  # DEDICATED BY GRACIOUS PERMISSION TO HIS MAJESTY MEIJI TENNO, THE LATE
  EMPEROR OF JAPAN
  
  ## FOREWORD
  
  It is trite to remark that if you wish to know really any people, it is
  necessary to have a thorough knowledge of their history, including their
  mythology, legends and folk-lore: customs, habits and traits of character,
  which to a superficial observer of a different nationality or race may seem
  odd and strange, sometimes even utterly subversive of ordinary ideas of
  morality, but which can be explained and will appear quite reasonable when
  they are traced back to their origin. The sudden rise of the Japanese nation
  from an insignificant position to a 