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*''Begun: [[1657]]''
*''Completed: [[1906]]''
*''Japanese'': 大日本史 ''(Dai Nihon Shi)''
The ''Dai Nihon Shi'' ("Great History of Japan" or "History of Great Japan") is a history of Japan written over a period of nearly 250 years by scholars of the [[Mitogaku]] school based in [[Mito han|Mito domain]]. It is characterized chiefly by its organization around a narrative of the [[Emperor|Japanese imperial line]], in emulation of Chinese dynastic histories.
The ''Dai Nihon Shi'' "was not created with any revolutionary intent,"<ref>Roberts, 167.</ref> but was coopted or appropriated by revolutionaries in the [[Bakumatsu period]], to support a pro-imperial (anti-[[Tokugawa shogunate|Tokugawa]]) vision of Japanese history. In particular, such movements used the ''Dai Nihon Shi'' as the basis of an understanding of Japanese history centered around the emperor as the chief ever-present element, and the samurai as only temporary; this was later used to justify an expansionist, imperial(ist) Japan.
The project was first begun at the orders of [[Tokugawa Mitsukuni]], lord of Mito, in [[1657]]. [[Zhu Shunsui]] was among the prominent contributors in the earliest stages.
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==References==
*Schirokauer, et al., ''A Brief History of Japanese Civilization'', Wadsworth Cengage (2013), 146.
*[[Luke Roberts]], ''Performing the Great Peace'', University of Hawaii Press (2012), 167-168.
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[[Category:Historic Documents]]
[[Category:Edo Period]]
*''Completed: [[1906]]''
*''Japanese'': 大日本史 ''(Dai Nihon Shi)''
The ''Dai Nihon Shi'' ("Great History of Japan" or "History of Great Japan") is a history of Japan written over a period of nearly 250 years by scholars of the [[Mitogaku]] school based in [[Mito han|Mito domain]]. It is characterized chiefly by its organization around a narrative of the [[Emperor|Japanese imperial line]], in emulation of Chinese dynastic histories.
The ''Dai Nihon Shi'' "was not created with any revolutionary intent,"<ref>Roberts, 167.</ref> but was coopted or appropriated by revolutionaries in the [[Bakumatsu period]], to support a pro-imperial (anti-[[Tokugawa shogunate|Tokugawa]]) vision of Japanese history. In particular, such movements used the ''Dai Nihon Shi'' as the basis of an understanding of Japanese history centered around the emperor as the chief ever-present element, and the samurai as only temporary; this was later used to justify an expansionist, imperial(ist) Japan.
The project was first begun at the orders of [[Tokugawa Mitsukuni]], lord of Mito, in [[1657]]. [[Zhu Shunsui]] was among the prominent contributors in the earliest stages.
{{stub}}
==References==
*Schirokauer, et al., ''A Brief History of Japanese Civilization'', Wadsworth Cengage (2013), 146.
*[[Luke Roberts]], ''Performing the Great Peace'', University of Hawaii Press (2012), 167-168.
<references/>
[[Category:Historic Documents]]
[[Category:Edo Period]]
