The Afterlife of Toyotomi Hideyoshi: Historical Fiction and Popular Culture in Japan

by Susan Westhafer Furukawa

Book Overview

Popular representations of the past are everywhere in Japan, from cell phone charms to manga, from television dramas to video games to young people dressed as their favorite historical figures hanging out in the hip Harajuku district. But how does this mass consumption of the past affect the way consumers think about history and what it means to be Japanese?

By analyzing representations of the famous sixteenth-century samurai leader Toyotomi...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674267923
• ISBN13: 9780674267923
• Release Date: April 2022
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 8.9"