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1 online resource |
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Cover -- Kings in All but Name -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Conventions -- Introduction: The Lost History of Ōuchi Rule -- A New Periodization of Japanese History: The Age of Yamaguchi (1477-1551) and the Sengoku Era (1551-68) -- Trade, Mining, and Sea Power -- The Ōuchi, Korea, and the Question of "Ethnicity" -- Religion and Rule -- Individuals and Institutions -- The Forgetting -- Early Scholarship -- The Structure of This Book -- 1. The Origins of the Ōuchi -- Star Cults and Myōken -- Three Tatara Lineages in Suō -- The Ōuchi Region |
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The Struggle for Survival, 1331-50 -- Conclusion -- 2. The Founder Ōuchi Hiroyo -- Origins -- The Conquest of Nagato -- Controlling the Straits of Shimonoseki -- Ritual Bonds of Lordship -- The Mines of Iwami -- Ties with the Court -- The Planned Settlement of Yamaguchi -- Turmoil of the 1370s -- 3. Ōuchi Yoshihiro and the Forging of Ōuchi Identity -- Quelling "Pirates" and Kyushu Enemies -- Enshrining Authority -- Yoshihiro in the Capital -- Crafting Ōuchi Identity -- The Ōei Disturbance (1399) -- Sakai -- Legacies -- 4. The One Who Could See Stars: The Unlikely Rule of Ōuchi Moriakira |
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Early Life and Lordship -- Copper Mines and Trade -- Kingly Status -- Tripiṭaka (Buddhist Canon) -- Ashikaga Rapprochement -- Tombs, Kings, and Ōuchi Ethnicity -- Conflict, Korean Ties, and Trading Networks -- Ōuchi Administrative and Ritual Authority -- The Localization of a National Shrine (Usa) -- The Departure -- 5. Fraternal Succession, Expanding Trade, and Durable Administration -- Naming Patterns and Succession Disputes -- Pacifying Kyushu and Proselytizing Gods -- Expanding Commerce -- An Unexpected Death -- 6. Trader, Shogun, King, and God -- Early Life |
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Urban Development, Commerce, and Trade -- Reasserting Control over Nagato -- Korean Ties and Ethnic Imaginations -- Recognition of Ōuchi Ethnicity -- Delegated and Personalized Authority -- Creating a Western Warrior Government -- Slouching toward War -- Legacies -- 7. Ōuchi Masahiro and the Rise of Yamaguchi -- Birth and Early Years -- The Onset of the Ōnin War -- Stalemate, Supply, and Naval Supremacy -- Yamana Kuniko's Defense of Yamaguchi -- Ending the War -- Divinely Sanctioned Authority -- The Depersonalization of Administrative Practices -- Economic and Cultural Exchanges |
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Recalibrating Ōuchi Ethnicity -- Forging the Past -- The Apotheosis of Ōuchi Norihiro -- The Yamaguchi Polity -- Turtle Taboos -- The Age of Yamaguchi -- 8. Yoshioki and the Apogee of Ōuchi Rule (1495-1528) -- Early Years -- The Meiō Coup (1493) and Its Ramifications -- Yoshioki's Violent Ascension -- Harboring a Shogun -- Conquering Kyoto -- Yoshioki as Commander -- Revisiting Myōken in the Capital -- Becoming a Courtier -- Cultural Patronage -- Administering the Capital -- Kyoto Currency Regulations -- Trade with Korea, China, and the Ryūkyūs -- Return to Yamaguchi -- Possessing the Ise Gods |
| Summary |
In the 16th century, members of the Ōuchi family were kings in all but name in much of Japan. Immensely wealthy, they controlled sea lanes stretching to Korea & China, as well as the Japanese city of Yamaguchi, which functioned as an important regional port with a growing population & a host of temples & shrines. The family was unique in claiming ethnic descent from Korean kings, & such claims were recognized in both Korea & Japan. Their position, coupled with dominance over strategic ports & mines, allowed them to facilitate trade throughout East & Southeast Asia. They also played a key cultural role in disseminating Confucian texts, Buddhist sutras, ink paintings, & pottery, & in creating a distinctive, hybrid culture that fused Japanese, Korean, & Chinese beliefs, objects, & customs. This book shows how Japan was an ethnically diverse state from the 14th through the 16th centuries |
| Notes |
Also issued in print: 2024 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Audience |
Specialized |
| Notes |
Description based on online resource and publisher information; title from PDF title page (viewed on November 27, 2023) |
| Subject |
Ōuchi family.
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Daimyo -- Japan
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Mines and mineral resources -- Japan -- History
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Asian history.
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History.
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Japan -- History -- 1333-1600. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85069462
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Yamaguchi-shi (Japan) -- History
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Japan -- Foreign relations -- 1185-1600.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2003003263
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Japan -- Religion -- 1185-1600.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2006007294
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780197677360 |
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0197677363 |
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