In some ways the Meiji-inspired scramble of renaming reminds me of Das Patent über die Judennamen and subsequent legislation about standardizing and formalizing family names. I did not know anything about that, thank you! Fascinating. And yeah, a really interesting comparison to be made.
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Date: 2023-11-13 12:13 am (UTC)In some ways the Meiji-inspired scramble of renaming reminds me of Das Patent über die Judennamen and subsequent legislation about standardizing and formalizing family names.
I did not know anything about that, thank you! Fascinating. And yeah, a really interesting comparison to be made.