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This thoughtfully organized survey of Japan's early modern period (1568-1868) is a remarkable blend of political, economic, intellectual, literary, and cultural history. The only truly comprehensive study in English of the Tokugawa period, it also introduces a new ecological per…
This book demonstrates how Japan's so-called harmonious collective culture is paradoxically connected with a history of conflict. Ikegami contends that contemporary Japanese culture is based upon two remarkably complementary ingredients, honorable competition and honorable colla…
"In 1829, three women and three men were paraded through Osaka and crucified. Placards set up at the execution ground proclaimed their crime: they were devotees of the "pernicious creed" of Christianity. Middle-aged widows, the women made a living as mediums, healers, and fortun…
"In 1829, three women and three men were paraded through Osaka and crucified. Placards set up at the execution ground proclaimed their crime: they were devotees of the "pernicious creed" of Christianity. Middle-aged widows, the women made a living as mediums, healers, and fortun…
"In 1829, three women and three men were paraded through Osaka and crucified. Placards set up at the execution ground proclaimed their crime: they were devotees of the "pernicious creed" of Christianity. Middle-aged widows, the women made a living as mediums, healers, and fortun…
Antony Cummins and Yoshie Minami have brought the teachings of the famed samurai school Natori-Ry back to life through The Book of Samurai series, and present the lost arts of the samurai in the English language for the first time. This book is a translation of two secret scroll…
Antony Cummins and Yoshie Minami have brought the teachings of the famed samurai school Natori-Ry back to life through The Book of Samurai series, and present the lost arts of the samurai in the English language for the first time. This book is a translation of two secret scroll…
Antony Cummins and Yoshie Minami have brought the teachings of the famed samurai school Natori-Ry back to life through The Book of Samurai series, and present the lost arts of the samurai in the English language for the first time. This book is a translation of two secret scroll…
