{"id":483,"date":"2024-11-06T10:56:03","date_gmt":"2024-11-06T01:56:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/budobooks.jp\/?p=483"},"modified":"2024-11-10T22:53:48","modified_gmt":"2024-11-10T13:53:48","slug":"kendo-culture-of-the-sword","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/budobooks.jp\/?p=483","title":{"rendered":"Kendo: Culture of the Sword"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"333\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/budobooks.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/0520284372.01._SCLZZZZZZZ_SX500_.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-484\" style=\"width:268px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>by&nbsp;&nbsp;Alexander Bennett&nbsp;&nbsp;(Author)<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p><em>Kendo<\/em>&nbsp;is the first in-depth historical, cultural, and political account in English of the Japanese martial art of swordsmanship, from its beginnings in military training and arcane medieval schools to its widespread practice as a global sport today. Alexander Bennett shows how kendo evolved through a recurring process of \u201cinventing tradition,\u201d which served the changing ideologies and needs of Japanese warriors and governments over the course of history.&nbsp;<em>Kendo<\/em>&nbsp;follows the development of Japanese swordsmanship from the aristocratic-aesthetic pretensions of medieval warriors in the Muromachi period, to the samurai elitism of the Edo regime, and then to the nostalgic patriotism of the Meiji state. Kendo was later influenced in the 1930s and 1940s by ultranationalist militarists and ultimately by the postwar government, which sought a gentler form of nationalism to rekindle appreciation of traditional culture among Japan\u2019s youth and to garner international prestige as an instrument of \u201csoft power.\u201d Today kendo is becoming increasingly popular internationally. But even as new organizations and clubs form around the world, cultural exclusiveness continues to play a role in kendo\u2019s ongoing evolution, as the sport remains closely linked to Japan\u2019s sense of collective identity.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image animated backInDown\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\" id=\"wp-block-themeisle-blocks-image-650e4d1e\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Kendo-Culture-Alexander-C-Bennett\/dp\/0520284372?crid=FKP319USV54B&amp;keywords=kendo+culture+of+the+sword&amp;qid=1707379522&amp;sprefix=kendo+culture+of+the+sword%2Caps%2C244&amp;sr=8-1&amp;linkCode=ll1&amp;tag=budobooks-20&amp;linkId=2edb0891852bb5cefeee813de3f40158&amp;language=en_US&amp;ref_=as_li_ss_tl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/budobooks.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/click-here-to-buy-from-amazon.jpg\" alt=\"\" style=\"width:300px;height:auto\"\/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">This link is for Amazon.com, but it can be purchased from most Amazon stores.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"by&nbsp;&nbsp;Alexander Bennett&nbsp;&nbsp;(Author) Kendo&nbsp;is the first in-depth historical, cultural, and political account in English of the Japanese martial art of swordsmanship, from its beginnings in military training and arcane medieval schools to its widespread practice as a global sport today. Alexander Bennett shows how kendo evolved through a recurring process of \u201cinventing tradition,\u201d which served the changing ideologies and needs of Japanese warriors and governments...","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":484,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[30,13,29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-483","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-history-kobudo-sho","category-kendo","category-budo"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/budobooks.jp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/483","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/budobooks.jp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/budobooks.jp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/budobooks.jp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/budobooks.jp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=483"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/budobooks.jp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/483\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1414,"href":"https:\/\/budobooks.jp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/483\/revisions\/1414"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/budobooks.jp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/484"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/budobooks.jp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=483"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/budobooks.jp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=483"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/budobooks.jp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=483"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}