Issues regarding nationalism have been increasing since the 1990s on an international scale. This article reviews and summarizes the current state of sociological studies concerning Japanese nationalism and the changes therein, as many sociologists in Japan have focused on nationalism and its related problems. The first half of the article examines historical sociological studies about the emergence and development of nationalism in Japan, which demystify the fictions concerning Japan’s ethnic and cultural homogeneity and describe the specific historical roots of this myth. The latter half of the article reviews various aspects of modern sociological works on Japanese nationalism. While some studies empirically show various forms of nationalism, others demonstrate political components of Japanese nationalism or inquire about this recent phenomenon and related issues that have arisen since the 2010s.

自1990年代以来，关于民族主义的问题在国际范围内一直在增加。本文回顾并总结了与日本民族主义有关的社会学研究的现状及其变化，因为日本许多社会学家都将注意力集中在民族主义及其相关问题上。本文的前半部分考察了有关日本民族主义的出现和发展的历史社会学研究，这些研究使有关日本种族和文化同质性的小说变得神秘，并描述了这一神话的特定历史根源。本文的后半部分回顾了有关日本民族主义的现代社会学著作的各个方面。尽管一些研究从经验上显示了各种形式的民族主义，