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Book SynopsisA Stanford University Press classic.
Trade Review'A rich volume high in standards of scholarship ... All the conributions succeed in focusing on questions of importance and deal with them within a broad framework of historical analysis ... Reading this book, which courageously grapples with major historical issues, was truly an eye-opening experience.' Nagahara Keiji, Journal of Japanese Studies
Table of ContentsPreface; Introduction John W. Hall; Part I. Court and Shoen in Heian Japan: 1. Kyoto as historical background John W. Hall; 2. The structure of the Heian court: some thoughts on the nature of 'familial authority' in Heian Japan G. Cameron Hurst III; 3. The development of the Insei: a problem in Japanese history and historiography G. Cameron Hurst III; 4. The early development of the Shoen Elizabeth Sato; 5. Estate and property in the Late Heian period Cornelius J. Kiley; Part II. Bakufu Versus Court: 6. The emergence of the Kamakura Bakufu Jeffrey P. Mass; 7. Jito land possession in the thirteenth-century: the case of Shitaji Chubun Jeffrey P. Mass; 8. The economic and political effects of the Mongol Wars Kyotsu Hori; Part III. The Age of Military Dominance: 9. The early Muromachi Bakufu in Kyoto Prescott B. Wintersteen, Jr.; 10. The Muromachi Shugo and Hanzei Prescott B. Wintersteen, Jr.; 11. Ikki in Late Medieval Japan David L. Davis; Epilogue Jeffrey P. Mass; Glossary; Index.
