The dog shogun : the personality and policies of Tokugawa Tsunayoshi /
Tsunayoshi (1646-"1709), the fifth Tokugawa shogun, is one of the most notorious figures in Japanese history. Viewed by many as a tyrant, his policies were deemed eccentric, extreme, and unorthodox. His Laws of Compassion, which made the maltreatment of dogs an offense punishable by death, earn...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Honolulu :
University of Hawaiʻi Press,
©2006.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- The inheritance
- When a child's nurse ought to be male
- Lord of Tatebayashi
- Confucian governance
- A great and excellent Lord
- The first year of government
- The rise and fall of Hotta Masatoshi
- The Shogun's new men
- The laws of compassion
- The dog Shogun
- The forty-seven loyal samurai
- Financial matters
- Producing currency
- The two wheels of a cart
- The apprenticeship of Ogyū Sorai
- The final years
- The legacy.