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Lust, commerce, and corruption : an account of what I have seen and heard /

By 1816, Japan had recovered from the famines of the 1780s and moved beyond the political reforms of the 1790s. Despite persistent economic and social stresses, the country seemed to be approaching a new period of growth. The idea that the shogunate would not last forever was far from anyone's...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Buyō Inshi, active 19th century (Autor)
Otros Autores: Teeuwen, Mark (Traductor, Editor ), Nakai, Kate Wildman (Traductor, Editor ), Miyazaki, Fumiko (Traductor), Walthall, Anne (Traductor), Breen, John, 1956- (Traductor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Japonés
Publicado: New York : Columbia University Press, [2014]
Colección:Translations from the Asian classics.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Era Names
  • Measures
  • Currencies
  • Maps
  • Part 1. Buyō Inshi and His Times
  • Part 2. Matters of the World : An Account of What I Have Seen and Heard / Buyō Inshi
  • Prologue
  • Warriors
  • Farmers
  • Temple and Shrine Priests
  • The Medical Profession
  • The Way of Yin and Yang
  • The Blind
  • Lawsuits
  • Townspeople
  • Lower Townspeople
  • Pleasure Districts and Prostitutes
  • Kabuki
  • Pariahs and Outcasts
  • Rice, Grain, and Other Products
  • Mountains and Forests
  • On Japan Being Called a Divine Land
  • Untimely Deaths
  • The Land, People, and Ruler
  • List of Japanese Terms.