Description |
1 online resource (xi, 473 pages) : maps |
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Translations from the Asian classics |
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Translations from the Asian classics.
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Contents |
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 |
Summary |
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 mind. Yet, in that year, an anonymous samurai author completed one of the most detailed critiques of Edo society known today. Buyō shows a familiarity with many corners of Edo life that one might not expect in a samurai |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Notes |
Translated from the Japanese |
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Print version record |
Subject |
880-02 Buyō Inshi, active 19th century.
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SUBJECT |
880-02/$1 武陽隠士, active 19th century |
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Social classes -- Japan -- History -- 19th century
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HISTORY -- Asia -- Japan.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- Asian -- Japanese.
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Economic history
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Manners and customs
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Moral conditions
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Social classes
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Social conditions
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SUBJECT |
Japan -- Social life and customs -- 1600-1868. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85069582
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Japan -- Social conditions -- 1600-1868. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85069574
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Japan -- Economic conditions -- 1600-1868.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2009008931
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Japan -- Moral conditions -- History -- 19th century
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Japan
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Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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History
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Electronic book
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Author |
Teeuwen, Mark, translator, editor.
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Nakai, Kate Wildman, translator, editor.
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Miyazaki, Fumiko, translator
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Walthall, Anne, translator.
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Breen, John, 1956- translator.
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ISBN |
9780231535977 |
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023153597X |
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1306775159 |
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9781306775151 |
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