...This chapter examines how the revival of a particular past centered on the tastes of the Edo period was expressed through the aestheticization of the culture of everyday life. It first considers how the values of loyalism and honor were put to the test in the early Meiji period following...

... as political activist Kurosawa Tokiko as teacher Meiji Shugendō Tenmachō gender gender and politics loyalism Matsuo Taseko Nomura Bōtō Tanigawa Kaeko Walthall Anne Haga Noboru Harootunian H D Koschmann Victor new religions Ravina Mark Saigō Takamori Tengu faction Yoshida Shōin Kurosawa...