Uploaded August 2021 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago

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The roots of Japanese ultranationalism & Stae Shinto, the official doctrine of Japan during the Second World War, go deep. Many are aware of the underlying impact that colonialism had on Japanese conduct in the conflict, but perhaps more important is the impact that the North Star, Polaris, had.

SOURCES:
Shinto & the State, Hardacre
Reconfiguring Modernity, Thomas
Mirror of Modernity, Vlastos
The making of a Japanese Periphery, Wigen