Title Crossing boundaries in Tokugawa society : Suzuki Bokushi, a rural elite commoner / by Takeshi Moriyama

Published Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2013

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Description 1 online resource Series Brill's Japanese studies library, 0925-6512 ; v. 41 Brill's Japanese studies library ; v. 41. 0925-6512 Contents Acknowledgements; Notes; Abbreviations; Maps, Tables and Figures; Introduction; 1 Beyond the Locality: Bokushi's Life in a Rural Post-Town; Bokushi's Home Region; The Rural Town of Shiozawa; Bokushi's Access to Information; Bokushi's Travels; 2 The Farmer-Merchant: Bokushi's Rural Business; The Rural Economy in Uonuma; Bokushi as Landlord; Bokushi as Rural Pawnbroker; Bokushi's Business Values: The Merchant Code; 3 In a Rural Elite House: Bokushi's Family Documents; Bokushi's Family History; Marriage and the 'Household'; Domestic Disputes 4 Cultured Provincials: Bokushi in the Diffusion of the ArtsBokushi's Education; Bokushi and His Local Intellectual Environment; Meetings with Visiting Artists and Writers; Books in the Provinces; Haikai Poetry in the Uonuma Region; Bokushi's Haikai Contests; 5 Correspondence and the Cultural Elite: Bokushi's Communication Network; Bokushi's Communication Network; Methods and Context of Bokushi's Network-Building; Bokushi's Use of the Mail System; Letter-Writing Habits-Bokushi, Bakin and Kyōzan; Contents of Letters-Bokushi and His Correspondents 6 Publishing Hokuetsu Seppu: Bokushi and His Urban CollaboratorsThe Development of Bokushi's Literary Interest in His Region; The Provincial Literati and Print Culture; Bokushi's Negotiations with Urban Authors; Bokushi, Bakin and Kyōzan; Bokushi, the Edo Publishing World, and Hokuetsu seppu; Conclusion; Appendix; Works Cited; Index Summary Crossing Boundaries in Tokugawa Society presents a vivid picture of the life of Suzuki Bokushi (1770-1842), an elite villager in a snowy province of Japan, focusing on his interaction with the changing social and cultural environment of the late Tokugawa period (1603-1868) Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject Suzuki, Bokushi, 1770-1842. SUBJECT Suzuki, Bokushi, 1770-1842 fast Subject Social mobility -- Japan -- History -- 18th century Social mobility -- Japan -- History -- 19th century Social structure -- Japan -- History -- 18th century Social structure -- Japan -- History -- 19th century Social status -- Japan -- History -- 18th century Social status -- Japan -- History -- 19th century SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Social Classes. Tokugawa period, Japan, 1600-1868 Social conditions Social mobility Social status Social structure SUBJECT Japan -- Social conditions -- 1600-1868. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85069574 Japan -- History -- Tokugawa period, 1600-1868 -- Biography Subject Japan Genre/Form collective biographies. Biographies History Biographies. Biographies. Form Electronic book LC no. 2012041305 ISBN 9789004243798 9004243798 9781283979184 1283979187

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