Bibliograph

Voices of early modern Japan, contemporary accounts of daily life during the age of the Shoguns, Constantine Nomikos Vaporis

Type

Label

Voices of early modern Japan, contemporary accounts of daily life during the age of the Shoguns, Constantine Nomikos Vaporis

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Voices of early modern Japan

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

823387378

Responsibility statement

Constantine Nomikos Vaporis

Sub title

contemporary accounts of daily life during the age of the Shoguns

Table Of Contents

Introduction: The Shogun's Japan -- How to evaluate primary documents -- Timeline -- I. The domestic sphere -- Getting married -- Obtaining a divorce -- The consequences of adultery -- A woman's place -- II. Material life -- Fashion and sumptuary legislation -- Samurai dress and grooming standards -- Lunisolar calendar -- Japanese foodways and diet -- The communal bath -- The Japanese home -- III. The political sphere -- A foreigner's view of the Battle of Osaka -- Forging political order -- The emperor and the Kyoto aristocracy -- Weapons control in Japanese society -- Self-governance in villages -- Regulating townsmen in two cities -- IV. Foreign relations -- Regulating foreign relations -- Tokugawa Japan and Choson Korea -- Leaving a window open to the Western world -- A Dutch audience with the Shogun -- Sizing up the foreign threat -- V. Social and economic life -- The social estates -- Trying to get by on a fixed income -- The samurai and death -- Private vengeance among samurai -- Rules of merchant houses -- Dealing with deviant behavior -- Loans among the peasantry -- Unrest in the countryside -- Outcastes in Tokugawa society -- VI. Recreational life -- Advice to travelers in the Edo period -- Documentation for travel -- Children and their amusements -- The tea ceremony -- Archery and the martial arts -- Courtesans and the sex trade -- A hero for the masses -- VII. Religion and morality -- Preaching to the people -- Anti-Christian propaganda -- Controlling the populace -- Religious views of the Japanese -- The teachings of Zen Buddhism -- Appendix 1: Biographical Sketches of Important Individuals Mentioned in Text -- Appendix 2: Glossary of Terms Mentioned in Text

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