Abstract
This article traces modern Japan’s discourse on national crisis and examines how memories of the Mongol Invasions became embedded in popular culture through monuments, commemorative festivals, and the arts (film, radio, theatre and popular writing). It considers how these representations shaped perceptions of national danger and the evolution of collective memory, and how the popularization, and consequent objectification, of the invasion narrative facilitated its use in wartime mobilization.
| Translated title of the contribution | The Mongol Invasions and Narratives of National Crisis |
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| Original language | Japanese |
| Pages (from-to) | 87-103 |
| Number of pages | 17 |
| Journal | Nihon To Mongoru |
| Volume | 58 |
| Issue number | 144 |
| Publication status | Published - Mar 2024 |