Abstract Western rhetoric began to influence Japan during the Meiji era (1868–1912). The influence can be seen in three representative elocution books that depended on such Western elocutionary theorists as James Rush, Gilbert Austin, and William Russell and dealt extensively with gesture, posture, and voice control for emotional effect. Despite these books, Western elocutionary rhetoric did not make any lasting changes in the Japanese rhetorical tradition because of its excessive artificiality.

Western rhetoric began to influence Japan during the Meiji era (1868–1912). The influence can be seen in three representative elocution books that depended on such Western elocutionary theorists as James Rush, Gilbert Austin, and William Russell and dealt extensively with gesture, posture, and voice control for emotional effect. Despite these books, Western elocutionary rhetoric did not make any lasting changes in the Japanese rhetorical tradition because of its excessive artificiality.

Research Article| November 01 1990 The Impact of Western Rhetoric on the East: The Case of Japan Roichi Okabe Roichi Okabe Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Rhetorica (1990) 8 (4): 371–388. https://doi.org/10.1525/rh.1990.8.4.371 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Cite Icon Cite Search Site Citation Roichi Okabe; The Impact of Western Rhetoric on the East: The Case of Japan. Rhetorica 1 November 1990; 8 (4): 371–388. doi: https://doi.org/10.1525/rh.1990.8.4.371 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentRhetorica Search This content is only available via PDF. Copyright 1990, The International Society for the History of Rhetoric1990 Article PDF first page preview Close Modal You do not currently have access to this content.