Kokugaku in Meiji-period Japan -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- 1. Kokugaku at the Dawn of the Meiji Period -- 1.1. Introductory Remarks -- 1.2. Two Sides of the Same Coin: The Jinmu-tenno Revival and New Foreign Relations -- 1.3. Yano Harumichi's Manifesto Kenkin sengo -- 2. Kokugaku Scholars and Religious Administration -- 2.1. Early Meiji Institutions for Religious Administration -- 2.2. Kokugaku Scholars as Popular Educators and Shinto Proselytizers -- 2.3. The Shift from Shinto as the State Religion to the Imperial Way as public Morality -- 3. Kokugaku Scholars and Higher Education -- 3.1. The Early Stage of Meiji Kokugaku Academic Activities in Kyoto -- 3.2. Success and Conflicts at the Early Academic Institutions in Tokyo -- 3.3. The Gakushinsai, Increasing Antagonism and the Closing of the First University -- 4. New Venues for Kokugaku Training and Research -- 4.1. The Founding of Tokyo University -- 4.2. The Ise Centre of Imperial Studies Jingu kogakukan -- 4.3. The Institute for Research of the Japanese Classics Koten kokyujo -- 5. The Boundless Society Yoyosha -- 5.1. Members of Diverse Backgrounds -- 5.2. The Aim of Establishing Yoyosha -- 5.3. Monthly Meetings and the Journal Yoyosha-dan -- 5.4. Retrospection as a Core Concern and the Transition to Specialized Scholarly Circles -- 6. The Historiological Association Shigaku-kyokai -- 6.1. The Aim of Establishing the Shigaku-kyokai -- 6.2. The Opening Ceremony and the Subjects of Historical Study -- 6.3. The Inaugural Speech on Motives and Goals -- 6.4. Compilation Procedures, Monetary Problems and Venue Changes -- 6.5. Staff Changes and Broadened Interest in the Association's Journal -- 6.6. An Almost Modern Discourse on History -- 7. The Great-Eight-Island Academic Society Oyashima-gakkai.

7.1. The Aim of Establishing the Oyashima-gakkai -- 7.2. The Oyashima-gakkai's Regulations -- 7.3. The Society's Journal and Expanding Membership -- 7.4. Emperor Meiji, Imperial-style Education and Links to the Oyashima-gakkai -- 7.5. Other Kokugaku Organizations Promoting Japaneseness -- 8. The Great-Eight-Island School Oyashima-gakko 199 -- 8.1. The Aim of Establishing the Oyashima-gakko and its Beginnings -- 8.2. The School's Regulations and Curriculum -- 8.3. The Specialized Course on Poetry and Literary Texts -- 8.4. The School's Teachers and Staff -- 8.5. Transition to the Second Semester and the Students at the Oyashima-gakko -- 8.6. Everyday Life at the Oyashima-gakko -- 8.7. Some Internal Problems, a Countrywide Expansion and Long-term Success -- 9. Further Developments in Taisho and Showa Japan -- 9.1. Using Folktales and the Rise of 'New Kokugaku' -- 9.2. Haga Yaichi and Kokugakuin University's Anthem -- 9.3. Yamada Yoshio and the Zealous Nationalistic Use of Kokugaku -- 9.4. Emperor Showa's Allusive Retrospection and the Post-War Interest in Kokugaku -- Conclusion -- Appendix I: The Members of Yoyosha -- Appendix II: Main Members of Shigaku-kyokai -- Appendix III: Main Members of Oyashima-gakkai -- Bibliography -- Index of Names.