Description: The Rokumeikan, a symbol of Japan's "Westernization" in the modern era. The author uncovers the "sorrow" behind its splendor, reconstructing the hundred-year journey of modern Japan as a variation, and excavating the "tradition of Westernization" across all cultural domains, including society, customs, architecture, and music. This is a long essay filled with intellectual thrills that overturns established literary historical views. A representative essay by Koichi Isoda. Winner of the Yomiuri Literary Award. Table of Contents: 1. The Birth of the Translated Word "Literature" - The Intersection of West and East 2. A Study of "Elementary School Songs" - Its Trajectory Over a Century 3. Yushima Tenjin Shrine and Maruzen - Edo and the West in the Kenyusha 4. The Position of the Tokyo School of Foreign Languages - The Original Image of Futabatei Shimei's "Ukigumo" 5. The Vein of the "Myojo" School - The Legacy of "Midaregami" 6. Inside and Outside the Soseki Sanbo - What Lies at the Base of "Meian" 7. The Surroundings of "Den'en no Yuutsu" - Haruo Sato and Koji Uno 8. The Hibiya and Ginza Areas - City and Avant-Garde Art 9. The Foreign Idea of "Revolution" - Drama in the Climate 10. Showa Modernism - A Certain Emotional Revolution 11. Three Rokumeikan Directors - Prince Shotoku, Hirobumi Ito, and Shigeru Yoshida This is a copy of Koichi Isoda's "Genealogy of the Rokumeikan: A History of Modern Japanese Literature," published by Bungei Shunju in October 1983, with the original obi (sleeve). The cover design is by Masanori Sakata. There is some age-related yellowing, but no stains, writing, or library stamps. Please consider purchasing, understanding that this is an old book from 42 years ago.