Table of Contents

Part I: The Tokugawa Period

1 Hayashi Razan (1583-1657) and Hayashi Gaho (1618-80): Founders of Modern Historical Scholarship

2 Dai Nihon Shi [History of Great Japan]

3 Arai Hakuseki (1657-1725) and Yamagata Banto (1748-1821): Pure Rationalism

4 Date Chihiro (1802-77): Taisei Santen Ko [Three Stages in the History of Japan]

5 The Resistance of National Scholars

Part II: The Modern Century

6 European Influences on Meiji Historical Writing

7 The Beginnings of Academic History

8 The Kume Kunitake Incident, 1890-2

9 The Development of Academic History

10 The Southern and Northern Courts Controversy, 1911

11 Eminent Historians in the 1930s: The Betrayal of Scientific History

12 The Commission of Inquiry into Historical Sites Related to Emperor Jinmu, 1940

13 Tsuda Sokichi (1873-1961): An Innocent on the Loose

Epilogue: Historical Scholarship, Education, and Politics in Postwar Japan

About the Author

John S. Brownlee is a Professor of History, University of Toronto.

Reviews

This work would constitute an excellent introduction to the modern history of the discipline of Japanese history up to the end of the Pacific war.
*Canadian Journal of History*

Brownlee offers the first full treatment of historical perspectives on the central Japanese creation myth .... Soundly researched with a wealth of Japanese sources, this is an important book, useful to specialists and nonspecialists alike.
*Choice*

Brownlee is careful not to condemn historians working under different conditions at different times. ... Yet he convincingly demonstrates the pitfalls of state-controlled education. And he is concerned about his contemporary Japanese colleagues, warning that they ‘do not appreciate the perils of misstatement and of failure to speak out.’ His highly readable book is a vivid testimony that the history of history can be just as fascinating as history.
*Japan Times*