| Description |
1 online resource (360 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Introduction -- A Prologue -- Love Songs from the Ancient Records (Kojiki) -- The Wooing of a God -- Divine Estrangement and Reconciliation -- Yamato Period (X-A.D. 592) -- Archaic Rule and Conflict (Nihongi) -- A Sage Emperor (Nintoku Tennō) -- An Ordeal -- Two Sisters -- A Song-contest -- Emperor and Local Chiefs -- Asuka and Nara Periods (A.D. 592-794) -- New and Old Cults and Gods -- 1. Devotion and Demise of Empress Suiko -- 2. Rain-making: Rites and Results -- 3. Divine Inspiration -- Administration and Etiquette under Temmu Tennō -- New Year Festivities -- Illness and Death of An Emperor -- The End of A Conspiracy -- Slaves -- Flood and Relief -- Imperial Edicts of Late Nara Period -- 1. Discovery of Copper in Eastern Japan -- 2. Ceremony and Music -- 3. Discovery of Gold in Eastern Japan -- 4. On the Death of a Minister -- Heian Period (A.D. 794-1185) -- A Governor Travels (From Tosa Diary) -- 1. The Departure -- 2. Delay -- Servant Quarter's Tales (From Ochikubo Monogatari) -- 1. Preparations for a Third Night -- 2. Vengeance -- A Lady-In-Waiting (From Makura no Soshi) -- 1. Arrival at Court -- 2. Holiday-Problems -- 3. Table Manners -- 4. Annoying Things -- The House Beautiful (From Genji Monogatari) -- 1. On Ladies -- 2. The Festival of Red Leaves -- 3. "Chinese Banquet" -- 4. An Imperial Companion -- 5. Brothers and Sisters, and a Cherry-tree -- Pages From Murasaki Shikibu's Diary -- 1. At the Mansion of the Prime Minister -- 2. A State Banquet and its End -- 3. The Queen and her Ladies-in-Waiting -- A Voyage and A Dream (From Sarashina Diary) -- 1. A Small Girl Starts for the Capital -- 2. The Widow -- Kamakura Period (A.D. 1 185-1392) -- Romance and Chivalry (From Heike Monogatari) -- 1. Early Dancing Girls |
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2. Autumn Leaves: A Boy Emperor and his Servants -- 3. The Death of a Poet-Warrior -- 4. An Amazon -- 5. The Beginning of the Final Fight -- This World of Calamities (From HŌjŌki) -- Fire, Famine, Plague and Earthquake -- An Aesthete-Recluse (From Tsuredzuregusa) -- The Right Life -- On Taste -- Going to the Country Side -- Sensibility -- Scene at a Country Temple -- A Glimpse -- On Accomplishments -- On Marriage -- A World Out Of Joint -- Nijō Gawara no Rakushu -- Ashikaga And Momoyama Periods (A.D. 1392-1568) -- The Actor and his Public (Kwanze Seami) -- 1. On Patrons -- 2. Further Advice to Actors -- The Cult of Tea (Sen Rikyū) -- An Epilogue -- Delivery (From Shunkwan) -- Seven Appendices: Laws, Rules And Customs -- I: The Laws of Prince shŌtoku -- II: The Taikwa Reform -- 1. An Edict against Unlawful Appropriations -- 2. The Great Edict of A.D. 646 -- 3. Miscellaneous Regulations (of Kōtoku Tennō) -- III: Laws Concerning Monks and Nuns (From the Yōrō-Code) -- IV: The Hōjō-Code of Judicature -- V: The Ashikaga Code (Kemmu Shikimoku) -- VI: Feudal Law And Administration in South Kyūshū -- VII: Some Notes on Early Japanese Marriage Institutions, by Kurt Singer |
| Summary |
First Published in 2002. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Manners and customs.
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Cultural Characteristics
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customs (social concepts)
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Manners and customs
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| SUBJECT |
Japan -- Social life and customs -- To 1600.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85069580
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Japan -- History -- To 1600.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85069435
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| Subject |
Japan
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781134278060 |
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1134278063 |
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