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Book Synopsis
The blind of Tokugawa period Japan were prominent across a wide range of professions, and through a strong guild structure were able to exert contractual monopolies over certain trades. Blind in Early Modern Japan illustrates the breadth and depth of those occupations, and the power and respect that accrued to the guild members.

Table of Contents
  • Table of Contents
  • List of Illustrations
  • List of Tables
  • Map of Japan in the Tokugawa (Edo) Period (1600–1868)
  • Map of Japan: Modern Regions and Prefectures
  • Abbreviated List of Historical Periods
  • A Note on Japanese Terminology and Names
  • Acknowledgments
  • Preface: A Personal Note
  • Introduction
  • Chapter 1
  • Japanese Ophthalmology: Medical Studies of Eye Conditions
  • Chapter 2
  • Eye Medicines: The Popular Culture of Cure
  • Chapter 3
  • The Blind Guild: Status and Power
  • Chapter 4
  • Non-Membership and the Challenge of Authority
  • Chapter 5
  • Texts and Performances: The Significance of One Blind Musician’s Career
  • Chapter 6
  • Healing by Touch: Blind Acupuncturists and Masseurs
  • Epilogue
  • Onward to the Meiji Period
  • Bibliography
  • Index

Blind in Early Modern Japan

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      Publisher The University of Michigan Press
      Published 9/30/2022 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN-13 9780472075485
      978-0472075485
      ISBN-10 0472075489
      Also in:
      Asian history History of medicine Disability: social aspects

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      The blind of Tokugawa period Japan were prominent across a wide range of professions, and through a strong guild structure were able to exert contractual monopolies over certain trades. Blind in Early Modern Japan illustrates the breadth and depth of those occupations, and the power and respect that accrued to the guild members.

      Table of Contents
      • Table of Contents
      • List of Illustrations
      • List of Tables
      • Map of Japan in the Tokugawa (Edo) Period (1600–1868)
      • Map of Japan: Modern Regions and Prefectures
      • Abbreviated List of Historical Periods
      • A Note on Japanese Terminology and Names
      • Acknowledgments
      • Preface: A Personal Note
      • Introduction
      • Chapter 1
      • Japanese Ophthalmology: Medical Studies of Eye Conditions
      • Chapter 2
      • Eye Medicines: The Popular Culture of Cure
      • Chapter 3
      • The Blind Guild: Status and Power
      • Chapter 4
      • Non-Membership and the Challenge of Authority
      • Chapter 5
      • Texts and Performances: The Significance of One Blind Musician’s Career
      • Chapter 6
      • Healing by Touch: Blind Acupuncturists and Masseurs
      • Epilogue
      • Onward to the Meiji Period
      • Bibliography
      • Index

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