Author: Jeffrey P. MassPublisher: Stanford University Press
ISBN: 9780804715409
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 380
Book Description
A Stanford University Press classic.
Lordship and Inheritance in Early Medieval Japan
Author: Jeffrey P. MassPublisher: Stanford University Press
ISBN: 9780804715409
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 380
Book Description
A Stanford University Press classic.
Lordship and Inheritance in Early Medieval Japan
Author: Jeffrey P. MassPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Inheritance and succession
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Lordship And Inheritance in Early Medieval Japan
Author: Jeffrey P. MassPublisher: Acls History E-Book Project
ISBN: 9781597402293
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
Samurai, Warfare and the State in Early Medieval Japan
Author: Karl F. FridayPublisher: Psychology Press
ISBN: 0415329620
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
Karl Friday, an internationally recognised authority on Japanese warriors, provides the first comprehensive study of the topic to be published in English. This work incorporates nearly twenty years of on-going research and draws on both new readings of primary sources and the most recent secondary scholarship. It overturns many of the stereotypes that have dominated views of the period. Friday analyzes Heian -, Kamakura- and Nambokucho-period warfare from five thematic angles. He examines the principles that justified armed conflict, the mechanisms used to raise and deploy armed forces, the weapons available to early medieval warriors, the means by which they obtained them, and the techniques and customs of battle. A thorough, accessible and informative review, this study highlights the complex casual relationships among the structures and sources of early medieval political power, technology, and the conduct of war.
Theatricalities of Power
Author: Steven T. BrownPublisher: Stanford University Press
ISBN: 9780804740708
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
Through an extended reading of the noh play Aoi ne Ue, as well as briefer examinations of several other plays, this book sheds new light on the circulation of power and desire in the middle and late medieval periods in Japan. It argues that these plays constituted an active force in the theater of the medieval cultural imaginary by engaging specific sociopolitical issues and problems.
Akutō and Rural Conflict in Medieval Japan
Author: Morten OxenboellPublisher: University of Hawaii Press
ISBN: 0824875338
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
This volume offers the first in-depth analysis in English of an understudied phenomenon in medieval Japanese history: the so-called akutō (literally, “evil bands”). Employing chronicles, laws, and legal documents from the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries, as well as recent Japanese scholarship, Morten Oxenboell examines the significance of akutō in legal proceedings to provide a nuanced understanding of how rural communities organized for and engaged in violent conflicts. He deconstructs the image of akutō as instigators of violence by underlining the significance of the term as a rhetorical device used by litigants to voice their grievances in Kamakura legal proceedings. The many instances in which akutō appear offer a clear example of the ways in which the new legal vocabulary concealed realities behind rhetorical flourishes and narratives of violence and predation. Violence was certainly a part of the negotiation for rights and privileges in the estate system, and Oxenboell demonstrates how conflicts developed and were untangled by local actors, who were rarely given a voice in sources from this period. By peeling away the rhetoric, he presents us a unique view of rural populations organizing their communities in the face of violence, whether as victims of outside aggression or as aggressors themselves against landlords or neighbors. The book therefore goes beyond the usual focus on elites in medieval Japanese history by concentrating on local mobilization schemes and strategies, which were often framed and defamed by central elites. Rural residents, who could not rely on the authorities for protection, handled their own security concerns via complex social mechanisms that tied together locals and absentee landlords in an uneasy relationship of mutual dependency. By examining the fissures in this relationship—in the form of akutō complaints—Oxenboell shows that violent activism was part of the daily management of estates and that such conflicts do not indicate an absence of order but rather a system of checks and balances that helped create a vibrant society.
Handbook to Life in Medieval and Early Modern Japan
Author: William E. DealPublisher: Infobase Publishing
ISBN: 0816074852
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 433
Book Description
Captures the essence of life in great civilizations of the past. Each volume in this series examines a single civilization, and covers everything from landmark events and monumental achievements to geography and everyday life.
Routledge Handbook of Premodern Japanese History
Author: Karl F. FridayPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351692011
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 621
Book Description
Scholarship on premodern Japan has grown spectacularly over the past four decades, in terms of both sophistication and volume. A new approach has developed, marked by a higher reliance on primary documents, a shift away from the history of elites to broader explorations of social structures, and a re-examination of many key assumptions. As a result, the picture of the early Japanese past now taught by specialists differs radically from the one that was current in the mid-twentieth century. This handbook offers a comprehensive historiographical review of Japanese history up until the 1500s. Featuring chapters by leading historians and covering the early Jōmon, Yayoi, Kofun, Nara, and Heian eras, as well as the later medieval periods, each section provides a foundational grasp of the major themes in premodern Japan. The sections will include: Geography and the environment Political events and institutions Society and culture Economy and technology The Routledge Handbook of Premodern Japanese History is an essential reference work for students and scholars of Japanese, Asian, and World History.
Premodern Japan
Author: Mikiso HanePublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 0429974442
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
Japanese historian Louis Perez brings Mikiso Hane's rich and beloved account of early Japanese history up-to-date in this thoroughly revised Second Edition of Premodern Japan. The text traces the key developments of Japanese history in the premodern period, including the establishment of the imperial dynasty, early influences from China and Korea, the rise of the samurai class and the establishment of feudalism, the culture and society of the long Tokugawa period, the rise of Confucianism and Shinto nationalism, and finally, the end of Tokugawa rule. While the text provides many political developments through the early modern period, it also integrates the social, cultural, and intellectual aspects of Japanese history as well. Perez's updates to the text provide a comprehensive overview of the major social, political, and religious trends in premodern Japan as well as offering the most current scholarship.
The Origins of Japan’s Medieval World
Author: Jeffrey P. MassPublisher: Stanford University Press
ISBN: 9780804743792
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 556
Book Description
This pioneering collection of 15 essays argues that Japan's medieval age began in the 14th century rather than the 12th, and marks the beginning of a fundamentally new debate about how Japan's lengthy classical period finally ended.