Revisioning a Japanese Spiritual Recovery Through Manga: Kobayashi Yoshinori’s ‘Gōmanism’ as Aesthetics and Ideology

Authors

James Shields, Bucknell UniversityFollow

Publication Date

Fall 11-25-2013

Description

This essay provides a critical analysis of the aesthetic ideology of “Gomanism” in the manga of Kobayashi Yoshinori (b. 1953), particularly Yasukuniron (On Yasukuni, 2005) and Tennōron (On the Emperor, 2009), in order to flesh out the implications of the author’s “revisionist” approach to Japanese religion, politics and history.

Journal

Japan Focus: The Asia-Pacific Journal

Volume

11

Issue

47 (2)

First Page

1

Last Page

20

Department

Comparative Humanities

Link to Published Version

http://www.japanfocus.org/-James-Shields/4031

Recommended Citation

Shields, James. "Revisioning a Japanese Spiritual Recovery Through Manga: Kobayashi Yoshinori’s ‘Gōmanism’ as Aesthetics and Ideology." Japan Focus: The Asia-Pacific Journal (2013) : 1-20.