The State Construction of 'Japaneseness': The Koseki Registration System in Japan Mediatrix Press In this eye-opening book

In this eye-opening book

Author: Lorenzo Carcaterra

The plot thickens when the Christians were confined to the seashore while most of the villagers climbed a mountain to escape a gigantic tidal wave that was created by an erupting volcano on an island close by

Binding / Paperback: 218 pages

One fateful afternoon

The State Construction of 'Japaneseness': The Koseki Registration System in Japan Mediatrix Press In this eye-opening bookFor more than 140 years, Japan's koseki registration system has functioned as the official means by which an individual qualifies as 'Japanese.' Information concerning each family is entered into one koseki register record in a system that documents the status relationship information of Japan's population based on the notion of 'bloodline.' Tracing the history of the koseki registration system from its inception in the Meiji era through its use in