Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Translator’s Introduction ix
4. Acknowledgments xix
5. Prologue: Language and the Imagined Community 1
6. Introduction: The Japanese Language before Kokugo: Views of Mori Arinori and Baba Tatsui 7
7. PART I: Kokugo Issues in Early Meiji
8. Chapter 1. Perspectives on Kokuji, the National Script 23
9. Chapter 2. Genbun Itchi and Kokugo 38
10. Chapter 3. The Creation of Kokugo 54
11. Part II: Ueda Kazutoshi and His Ideas about Language
12. Chapter 4. The Early Period of Ueda Kazutoshi 73
13. Chapter 5. Kokugo and Kokka 87
14. Chapter 6. From Kokugo Studies to Kokugo Politics 96
15. Part III: Kokugogaku and Linguistics
16. Chapter 7. Hoshina Kōichi—a Forgotten Scholar 117
17. Chapter 8. The History of Kokugogaku 125
18. Chapter 9. Tradition and Reform in Kokugo 137
19. Part IV: Hoshina Ko-ichi and His Language Policies
20. Chapter 10. The Ideology of Hyōjungo 155
21. Chapter 11. Korea and Poland 160
22. Chapter 12. What Is Assimilation? 170
23. Chapter 13. Manchukuo and the State Language 182
24. Chapter 14. Language for the Co-Prosperity Sphere and the Internationalization of the Japanese Language 193
25. Chapter 15. Conclusion 212
26. Chronology 217
27. Notes 227
28. Bibliography 245
29. Index 259
30. About the Author and Translator 263