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037    0017255648|bBaker & Taylor 
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100 1  Bennett, Alexander C. 
245 10 Kendo :|bculture of the sword /|cAlexander C. Bennett.
       |h[Boundless electronic resource] 
264  1 |bUniv of California Press,|c2015. 
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505 0  The art of killing : swordsmanship in medieval Japan -- 
       The art of living : early-modern kenjutsu -- The fall and 
       rise of samurai culture : kenjutsu's nationalization -- 
       Sharpening the empire's claws -- Kendo and sports : path 
       of reason or cultural treason? -- Crossing swords and 
       borders : the global diffusion of kendo. 
520    "Kendo is the first book in English to provide an in-depth
       historical, cultural, and political account of the 
       Japanese martial art of swordsmanship, from its beginnings
       in military training and arcane medieval schools to its 
       widespread practice today as a global sport. Alexander 
       Bennett shows how kendo evolved through a recurring 
       process of 'inventing tradition', which served the 
       changing ideologies and needs of Japanese warriors and 
       governments over the course of history. Kendo follows the 
       development of Japanese swordsmanship from the 
       aristocratic pretensions of medieval warriors in the 
       Muromachi period, to the samurai elitism of the Edo regime,
       and to the patriotism of the Meiji state. Kendo was 
       influenced in the 1930s and 1940s by ultranationalist 
       militarists and ultimately by the postwar government, 
       which sought a gentle form of cultural nationalism to 
       rekindle appreciation of traditional culture among Japan's
       youth and to garner international prestige as an 
       instrument of 'soft power'. Today kendo is becoming 
       increasingly popular internationally. But even as new 
       organizations and clubs form around the world, the sport 
       remains closely linked to Japan's sense of collective 
       identity"--Provided by publisher. 
538    Requires Boundless App. 
650  0 Kendo. 
650  0 Swordplay|zJapan. 
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650  7 Swordplay.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01140670 
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