Аннотация:This article examines the process �� �hich the aca�emic �isco�rse on the �ec� �� �hich the aca�emic �isco�rse on the �ec� �hich the aca�emic �isco�rse on the �ec� a�ence of earl� mo�ern B���hism �as �evelope�, especiall� in the context of Meiji Japan .The pre�ominant frame�ork in �hich m�ch of the mo�ern research on E�o B���hism took place �as informe�, grosso modo, �� the ass�mption that earl� mo�ern Japanese B���hism �as ver� �istant from �hat it sho�l� essentiall� have �een.The origins of this �isco�rse are �s�all� trace� �ack to Ts�ji Zennos�ke, ��t �� the time he p��lishe� his �orks on the s��ject, s�ch an image of E�o B���hism �as alrea�� the norm among �oth scholars an� clerg�.Keeping these aspects in min�, after �rief consi�erations on the role of precept restoration ��ring the late E�o Perio�, this article �ill foc�s in partic�lar on the perio� from the Meiji Restoration (1868) to the esta�lishment of Japanese B���hist histor� as a specific fiel� of st��� ��ring the earl� �ears of the t�entieth cent�r�.It �ill also �eal to a certain extent �ith Ts�ji's i�eas on the s��ject.
