Title Lust, commerce, and corruption : an account of what I have seen and heard / by an Edo Samurai ; translated by Mark Teeuwen, Kate Wildman Nakai, Miyazaki Fumiko, Anne Walthall, and John Breen ; edited and with an introduction by Mark Teeuwen and Kate Wildman Nakai

Published New York : Columbia University Press, [2014]

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 473 pages) : maps Series Translations from the Asian classics Translations from the Asian classics. 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 Print version record Subject 880-02 Buyō Inshi, active 19th century. SUBJECT 880-02/$1 武陽隠士, active 19th century Subject Social classes -- Japan -- History -- 19th century HISTORY -- Asia -- Japan. LITERARY CRITICISM -- Asian -- Japanese. Economic history Manners and customs Moral conditions Social classes Social conditions SUBJECT Japan -- Social life and customs -- 1600-1868. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85069582 Japan -- Social conditions -- 1600-1868. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85069574 Japan -- Economic conditions -- 1600-1868. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2009008931 Japan -- Moral conditions -- History -- 19th century Subject Japan Genre/Form Electronic books History Form Electronic book Author Teeuwen, Mark, translator, editor. Nakai, Kate Wildman, translator, editor. Miyazaki, Fumiko, translator Walthall, Anne, translator. Breen, John, 1956- translator. ISBN 9780231535977 023153597X 1306775159 9781306775151

Other Titles Seji kenbunroku. English

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