Japanese-Mongolian relations, 1873-1945 : faith, race and strategy / by James Boyd.

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Boyd, James (James Graham)

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Inner Asia series ; v. 8.Publication details: Folkestone : Global Oriental, 2011.Description: 1 online resource (xv, 264 pages) : illustrations, mapsContent type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9789004212800
9004212809
1283265699
9781283265690
9786613265692
6613265691

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Japanese-Mongolian relations, 1873-1945.DDC classification:

303.48252051709041 22

LOC classification:

DS849.M65 B69 2011eb

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Contents:

Table of Contents; Preface; Conventions; Abbreviations; Timeline; Maps and Illustrations; Introduction; 1 Soldiers, Adventurers and Educators: Meiji Encounters with Mongolia, 1873-1912; 2 Carpe Diem?: The Manchurian-Mongolian Independence Movements, 1912-22; 3 Mongolia's Riches: Japanese Explorers, Entrepreneurs and Military Opportunists, 1922-31; 4 Inner Mongolia: Japanese Military Activity and Its Cultural Support, 1932-45; 5 Cultural Diplomacy in Action: The Zenrin Kyokai in Inner Mongolia, 1933-45; Conclusion; Appendices; Bibliography; Index

Summary: This book offers the first in-depth examination of Japanese-Mongolian relations from the late nineteenth century through to the middle of the twentieth century and in the process repositions Mongolia in Sino-Japanese and Russo-Japanese relations. Beginning in 1873, with the intrepid journey to Mongolia by a group of Buddhist monks from one of Kyoto's largest orders, the relationship later included groups and individuals from across Japanese society, with representatives from the military, academia, business and the bureaucracy. Throughout the book, the interplay between these various groups is examined in depth, arguing that to restrict Japan's relationship with Mongolia to merely the strategic and as an adjunct to Manchuria, as has been done in other works, neglects important facets of the relationship, including the cultural, religious and economic. It does not, however, ignore the strategic importance of Mongolia to the Japanese military. The author considers the cultural diplomacy of the Zenrin kyôkai, a Japanese quasi-governmental humanitarian organization whose activities in inner Mongolia in the 1930s and 1940s have been almost completely ignored in earlier studies and whose operations suggest that Japanese-Mongolian relations are quite distinct from other Asian peoples. Accordingly, the book makes a major contribution to our understanding of Japanese activities in a part of Asia that figured prominently in pre-war and wartime Japanese strategic and cultural thinking.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 234-257) and index.

This book offers the first in-depth examination of Japanese-Mongolian relations from the late nineteenth century through to the middle of the twentieth century and in the process repositions Mongolia in Sino-Japanese and Russo-Japanese relations. Beginning in 1873, with the intrepid journey to Mongolia by a group of Buddhist monks from one of Kyoto's largest orders, the relationship later included groups and individuals from across Japanese society, with representatives from the military, academia, business and the bureaucracy. Throughout the book, the interplay between these various groups is examined in depth, arguing that to restrict Japan's relationship with Mongolia to merely the strategic and as an adjunct to Manchuria, as has been done in other works, neglects important facets of the relationship, including the cultural, religious and economic. It does not, however, ignore the strategic importance of Mongolia to the Japanese military. The author considers the cultural diplomacy of the Zenrin kyôkai, a Japanese quasi-governmental humanitarian organization whose activities in inner Mongolia in the 1930s and 1940s have been almost completely ignored in earlier studies and whose operations suggest that Japanese-Mongolian relations are quite distinct from other Asian peoples. Accordingly, the book makes a major contribution to our understanding of Japanese activities in a part of Asia that figured prominently in pre-war and wartime Japanese strategic and cultural thinking.