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Voices of early modern Japan : contemporary accounts of daily life during the age of the shoguns /

Based on fresh translations of historical documents, this volume offers a revealing look at Japan during the time of the Tokugawa shoguns from 1600-1868, focusing on the day-to-day lives of both the rich and powerful and ordinary citizens.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Vaporis, Constantine Nomikos, 1957-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Santa Barbara, Calif. : Greenwood, ©2012.
Colección:Voices of an era.
Temas:
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: the shogun's Japan
  • Evaluating and interpreting primary documents
  • Timeline of Japanese history from the mid-sixteenth century through the Tokugawa period, 1543-1868
  • Documents of the shogun's Japan. The domestic sphere
  • Material life
  • The political sphere
  • Foreign relations
  • Social and economic life
  • Recreational life
  • Religion and morality
  • Appendix 1. Biographical sketches of important individuals mentioned in text
  • Appendix 2. Glossary of terms mentioned in text.