Japan before Tokugawa : political consolidation and economic growth, 1500-1650 /

These papers by leading specialists on sixteenth-century Japan explore Japan's transition from medieval (Chusei) to early modern (Kinsei) society. During this time, regional lords (daimyo) first battled for local autonomy and then for national supremacy. Originally published in 1981. The Prince...

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Corporate Author: Sengoku Conference Lahaina, Hawaii
Other Authors: Hall, John Whitney, 1916-1997 (Editor), Nagahara, Keiji, 1922-2004 (Editor), Yamamura, Kōzō (Editor)
Format: Electronic Conference Proceeding eBook
Language:English
Japanese
Published: Princeton : Princeton University Press, [1981]
Series:Princeton legacy library
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • List of Illustrations
  • List of Maps
  • Acknowledgments
  • Maps
  • Introduction / Hall, John Whitney / Keiji, Nagahara / Yamamura, Kozo
  • Chapter 1. The Sengoku Daimyo and the Kandaka System / Keiji, Nagahara / Yamamura, Kozo
  • Chapter 2. The Sengoku Daimyo of Western Japan: The Case of the Ōuchi / Hisato, Matsuoka / Arnesen, Peter J.
  • Chapter 3. The Development of Sengoku Law / Shizuo, Katsumata / Collcutt, Martin
  • Chapter 4. Sengoku Daimyo Rule and Commerce / Gin'ya, Sasaki / Hauser, William B.
  • Chapter 5. The Political Posture of Oda Nobunaga / Hisashi, Fujiki / Elison, George
  • Chapter 6. Hideyoshi's Domestic Policies / Hall, John Whitney
  • Chapter 7. The Commercial and Urban Policies of Oda Nobunaga and Toyotomi Hideyoshi / Osamu, Wakita / McClain, James L.
  • Chapter 8. Shogun and Tennō / Naohiro, Asao / Jansen, Marius B.
  • Chapter 9. The Changing Rationale of Daimyo Control in the Emergence of the Bakuhan State / Junnosuke, Sasaki / Toby, Ronald P.
  • Chapter 10. Dimensions of Development: Cities in Fifteenth- and Sixteenth- Century Japan / Haruko, Wakita / Hanley, Susan B.
  • Chapter 11. Returns on Unification: Economic Growth in Japan, 1550-1650 / Yamamura, Kozo
  • Glossary
  • Notes on Contributors
  • Index
  • Backmatter