TY  - BOOK
AU  - Brownstein,Michael
AU  - Doak,Kevin M.
AU  - Gabriel,Philip
AU  - Gessel,Van
AU  - Gessel,Van C.
AU  - Haynes,Anthony Richard
AU  - Holca,Irina
AU  - Ibuki,Yamane
AU  - MHM Limited,Tokyo
AU  - Mari,Imai
AU  - Michihiro,Yamane
AU  - Miho,Sekino
AU  - Morton,Leith
AU  - Sakurai,Ryōta
AU  - Satoru,Miyasaka
AU  - Takuma,Nagahama
AU  - Tomasi,Massimiliano
AU  - Williams,Mark
TI  - Handbook of Japanese Christian Writers
T2  - Handbooks on Japanese Studies
SN  - 9789048558223
U1  - 895.6093823 23
PY  - 2022///]
CY  - Amsterdam
PB  - Amsterdam University Press
KW  - Japanese literature
KW  - Christian authors
KW  - History and criticism
KW  - Religion and culture
KW  - Japan
KW  - Asian Studies
KW  - Conflict and Peace
KW  - MHM LIMITED
KW  - MHM
KW  - LITERARY CRITICISM / Asian / Japanese
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Japan, Japanese Literature, Religion, Christianity
N1  - Frontmatter --; Table of Contents --; Contributors --; Abbreviations --; Preface --; Introduction --; Chapter 1 Prophet of the Inner Life: Kitamura Tōkoku --; Chapter 2 Shimazaki Tōson and Christianity: When the Cherries Ripen in the Taishō Period --; Chapter 3 Arishima Takeo and Christianity --; Chapter 4 Akutagawa Ryūnosuke: A Christian Life --; Chapter 5 Incarnation of the Christian Faith in the Poetry of Yagi Jūkichi --; Chapter 6 Hori Tatsuo: The Cross Dyed in Bloody Red and the Little Gods of Ancient Times --; Chapter 7 Nagai Takashi on Divine Providence and Christian Self-Surrender: Towards a New Understanding of hansai --; Chapter 8 Dazai Osamu: His Wrestle with the Bible --; Chapter 9 Shiina Rinzō: His Two Visages --; Chapter 10 From out of the Depths: Shimao Toshio’s Literary Response to Adversity --; Chapter 11 Yasuoka Shōtarō and Christianity: From Postwar “Emptiness” to Religious Longing --; Chapter 12 Miura Ayako and the Human Face of Faith --; Chapter 13 Endō Shūsaku and the Compassionate Companionship of Christ --; Chapter 14 Ogawa Kunio: Renewal of Faith and Identity in His seishomono (Bible Stories) --; Chapter 15 Kaga Otohiko: In Search of What Lies Beyond Death --; Chapter 16 Sono Ayako: Amor Vincit Omnia --; Chapter 17 Takahashi Takako: Drawing Closer to God Through Literature --; Index --; Index of titles; restricted access
N2  - Although a century and a half of Christian proselytizing has only led to the conversion of about one percent of the Japanese population, the proportion of writers who have either been baptized or significantly influenced in their work by Christian teachings is much higher. The seventeen authors examined in this volume have all employed themes and imagery in their writings influenced by Christian teachings. Those writing between the 1880s and the start of World War II were largely drawn to the Protestant emphasis on individual freedom, though many of them eventually rejected sectarian affiliation. Since 1945, on the other hand, Catholicism has produced a number of religiously committed authors, led by figures such as Endo Shusaku, the most popular and influential Christian writer in Japan to date. The authors discussed in these essays have contributed in a variety of ways to the indigenization of the imported religion
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