Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preliminary Material
  • The Contours of Bakufu Politics
  • Jusha and Yoriai
  • Associates and Rivals
  • Intellectual Influences, Psychological Disposition
  • Fiscal Exigencies: Approaches to the Economic Foundations of Bakufu Rule
  • Shogun, Daimyo, and Populace: The Role of the Ruler in the Bakuhan State
  • The Shogun and His Officials: Perspectives on the Bakufu Administrative Structure
  • The Creation of a King: Reshaping the Symbols of Shogunal Authority
  • Answering Critics
  • Arguing from History: Reappraisal of the Eternal Sovereignty of the Imperial Line
  • Redefinition of the Parameters of Buke Rule
  • Contradictions
  • Conclusion
  • Appendixes
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Glossary
  • Index
  • Harvard East Asian Monographs.