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HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe), Nov 1, 2022
Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe - HAL - SHS, Mar 15, 2022
Through a multiscale analysis mixing the microscopic and mesoscopic scales, this article sheds li... more Through a multiscale analysis mixing the microscopic and mesoscopic scales, this article sheds light on the construction process of the new religious movement Ōmoto cofounder Deguchi Onisaburō’s syncretic doctrine during the 1920s. Our main ambition will be to grasp the stakes and limits of such a syncretism in imperial context. Although it is based on a universal ambition and the setting up of a transnational network relying on international religious harmony, Onisaburō’s discourse remains founded on a particularistic stance placing Japan at the top of the world’s hierarchy and the cofounder’s status of universal messiah who bears the divine truth transmitted by Shintō divinities. Ōmoto’s creed will thus appear as a strategic syncretism acting as a true spiritual colonialism able to support modern Japan imperialism.
Extrême-Orient Extrême-Occident n° 45, 2022
Through a multiscale analysis mixing the microscopic and mesoscopic scales, this article sheds li... more Through a multiscale analysis mixing the microscopic and mesoscopic scales, this article sheds light on the construction process of the new religious movement Ōmoto cofounder Deguchi Onisaburō’s syncretic doctrine during the 1920s. Our main ambition will be to grasp the stakes and limits of such a syncretism in imperial context. Although it is based on a universal ambition and the setting up of a transnational network relying on international religious harmony, Onisaburō’s discourse remains founded on a particularistic stance placing Japan at the top of the world’s hierarchy and the cofounder’s status of universal messiah who bears the divine truth transmitted by Shintō divinities. Ōmoto’s creed will thus appear as a strategic syncretism acting as a true spiritual colonialism able to support modern Japan imperialism.
Civilisations vol. 70, 2021
In 1918, the writer Mushanokōji Saneatsu (1885–1976) built Atarashiki-mura (the New Village), a... more In 1918, the writer Mushanokōji Saneatsu (1885–1976) built Atarashiki-mura (the New Village), a utopian community dedicated to the perfection of the self and the practice of art. Influenced by Tolstoy, Mushanokōji’s initiative criticised the devaluation of life induced by capitalism. In 1942, the same Mushanokōji published Dai Tōa sensō shikan [A Personal View of the Greater East Asia War], one of the most radical essays on Japanese imperialism and militarism. Through the drawing of a parallel between Mushanokōji’s initiative and Japanese expansion in Manchuria, especially through the comparison between Atarashiki-mura and the Manchurian village of Iyasaka-mura, as well as with some recurrent motives in his writings, the article examines the convergence of utopianism and imperialism in the author’s thought and the possible continuity binding these two dimensions. Through the identification of autonomy as an underlying drive, the analysis will try to show the link between the rural utopia of Atarashiki-mura and the imperial dynamics, apparently opposite terms that Mushanokōji’s war enthusiasm during the 1940s concretely helped reunite.
Institut National des Langues et Civilisations Orientales- INALCO PARIS - LANGUES O', Dec 12, 2020
This short paper deals with the statue of Emperor Meiji given to Dalian shrine by the South Manch... more This short paper deals with the statue of Emperor Meiji given to Dalian shrine by the South Manchurian Railway Company in 1936. The article focuses on the story told by Mizuno Hisanao, the last high priest of Dalian shrine. Mizuno made tremendous efforts after 1945 to protect the statue of Emperor Meiji, collaborating with local members of the Karôkai secret society and Russian authorities. Whether Mizuno Hisanao's story is entirely true or not is hard to verify. However, his narrative clearly illustrates his perception of shintô and the part that played the cult of Emperor Meiji in Japanese people's life in Dalian. The statue came to become Dalian shrine's sacred relic embodying for Mizuno the link between tradition and modernity, as well as the link between the East and the West. The double trajectory of Mizuno Hisanao and the statue of Emperor Meiji sheds a new light on modern shintô from its margin, bringing new perspectives in the study of the history of Japanese religions.
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](In this short paper presenting my research project, I show how shintô in Manchuria is linked to s... more In this short paper presenting my research project, I show how shintô in Manchuria is linked to several religious figures such as Ômotokyô's co founder Deguchi Onisaburô; farmer settlers' leader Katô Kanji; or Tenrikyô Manchurian village's missionary Nitta Ishitarô. I also illustrate briefly the central place of the emperors Meiji and Puyi within Japanese religious activities in Manchuria.
Thesis Chapters by Edouard L'Herisson
Summary (French and English) and table of content (French) of my PhD thesis dealing with the link... more Summary (French and English) and table of content (French) of my PhD thesis dealing with the link between Japanese Manchuria building process and modern shintô structuring process.
Defended 12th December 2020 (Inalco, France).
Access: http://www.theses.fr/2020INAL0018
HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe), Nov 1, 2022
Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe - HAL - SHS, Mar 15, 2022
Through a multiscale analysis mixing the microscopic and mesoscopic scales, this article sheds li... more Through a multiscale analysis mixing the microscopic and mesoscopic scales, this article sheds light on the construction process of the new religious movement Ōmoto cofounder Deguchi Onisaburō’s syncretic doctrine during the 1920s. Our main ambition will be to grasp the stakes and limits of such a syncretism in imperial context. Although it is based on a universal ambition and the setting up of a transnational network relying on international religious harmony, Onisaburō’s discourse remains founded on a particularistic stance placing Japan at the top of the world’s hierarchy and the cofounder’s status of universal messiah who bears the divine truth transmitted by Shintō divinities. Ōmoto’s creed will thus appear as a strategic syncretism acting as a true spiritual colonialism able to support modern Japan imperialism.
Extrême-Orient Extrême-Occident n° 45, 2022
Through a multiscale analysis mixing the microscopic and mesoscopic scales, this article sheds li... more Through a multiscale analysis mixing the microscopic and mesoscopic scales, this article sheds light on the construction process of the new religious movement Ōmoto cofounder Deguchi Onisaburō’s syncretic doctrine during the 1920s. Our main ambition will be to grasp the stakes and limits of such a syncretism in imperial context. Although it is based on a universal ambition and the setting up of a transnational network relying on international religious harmony, Onisaburō’s discourse remains founded on a particularistic stance placing Japan at the top of the world’s hierarchy and the cofounder’s status of universal messiah who bears the divine truth transmitted by Shintō divinities. Ōmoto’s creed will thus appear as a strategic syncretism acting as a true spiritual colonialism able to support modern Japan imperialism.
Civilisations vol. 70, 2021
In 1918, the writer Mushanokōji Saneatsu (1885–1976) built Atarashiki-mura (the New Village), a... more In 1918, the writer Mushanokōji Saneatsu (1885–1976) built Atarashiki-mura (the New Village), a utopian community dedicated to the perfection of the self and the practice of art. Influenced by Tolstoy, Mushanokōji’s initiative criticised the devaluation of life induced by capitalism. In 1942, the same Mushanokōji published Dai Tōa sensō shikan [A Personal View of the Greater East Asia War], one of the most radical essays on Japanese imperialism and militarism. Through the drawing of a parallel between Mushanokōji’s initiative and Japanese expansion in Manchuria, especially through the comparison between Atarashiki-mura and the Manchurian village of Iyasaka-mura, as well as with some recurrent motives in his writings, the article examines the convergence of utopianism and imperialism in the author’s thought and the possible continuity binding these two dimensions. Through the identification of autonomy as an underlying drive, the analysis will try to show the link between the rural utopia of Atarashiki-mura and the imperial dynamics, apparently opposite terms that Mushanokōji’s war enthusiasm during the 1940s concretely helped reunite.
Institut National des Langues et Civilisations Orientales- INALCO PARIS - LANGUES O', Dec 12, 2020
This short paper deals with the statue of Emperor Meiji given to Dalian shrine by the South Manch... more This short paper deals with the statue of Emperor Meiji given to Dalian shrine by the South Manchurian Railway Company in 1936. The article focuses on the story told by Mizuno Hisanao, the last high priest of Dalian shrine. Mizuno made tremendous efforts after 1945 to protect the statue of Emperor Meiji, collaborating with local members of the Karôkai secret society and Russian authorities. Whether Mizuno Hisanao's story is entirely true or not is hard to verify. However, his narrative clearly illustrates his perception of shintô and the part that played the cult of Emperor Meiji in Japanese people's life in Dalian. The statue came to become Dalian shrine's sacred relic embodying for Mizuno the link between tradition and modernity, as well as the link between the East and the West. The double trajectory of Mizuno Hisanao and the statue of Emperor Meiji sheds a new light on modern shintô from its margin, bringing new perspectives in the study of the history of Japanese religions.
In this short paper presenting my research project, I show how shintô in Manchuria is linked to s... more In this short paper presenting my research project, I show how shintô in Manchuria is linked to several religious figures such as Ômotokyô's co founder Deguchi Onisaburô; farmer settlers' leader Katô Kanji; or Tenrikyô Manchurian village's missionary Nitta Ishitarô. I also illustrate briefly the central place of the emperors Meiji and Puyi within Japanese religious activities in Manchuria.
Summary (French and English) and table of content (French) of my PhD thesis dealing with the link... more Summary (French and English) and table of content (French) of my PhD thesis dealing with the link between Japanese Manchuria building process and modern shintô structuring process.
Defended 12th December 2020 (Inalco, France).
Access: http://www.theses.fr/2020INAL0018