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Book SynopsisThis study contains twenty-two essays by leading historians on the Tokugawa Period (1600-1868), eight of which have never before been published. The Tokugawa Period has long been seen as one of Eastern feudalism, awaiting the breakthrough that came with the Meiji enlightenment and the opening of Japan to the West. The general thrust of these papers
Table of Contents*Frontmatter, pg. i*FOREWORD, pg. vii*CONTENTS, pg. ix*CHAPTER ONE. THE TOKUGAWA PERIOD AND JAPANESE FEUDALISM, pg. 3*CHAPTER TWO. FEUDALISM IN JAPAN-A REASSESSMENT, pg. 15*CHAPTER THREE. THE NEW LOOK OF TOKUGAWA HISTORY, pg. 55*CHAPTER FOUR. FOUNDATIONS OF THE MODERN JAPANESE DAIMYO, pg. 65*CHAPTER FIVE. THE IKEDA HOUSE AND ITS RETAINERS IN BIZEN, pg. 79*CHAPTER SIX. TOSA IN THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY: THE 100 ARTICLE CODE OF CHOSOKABE MOTOCHIKA, pg. 89*CHAPTER SEVEN. TOSA IN THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY: THE ESTABLISHMENT OF YAMAUCHI RULE, pg. 115*CHAPTER EIGHT. THE CONSOLIDATION OF POWER IN SATSUMA-HAN, pg. 131*CHAPTER NINE. MATERIALS FOR THE STUDY OF LOCAL HISTORY IN JAPAN: PRE-MEIJI DAIMYO RECORDS, pg. 143*CHAPTER TEN. THE CASTLE TOWN AND JAPAN'S MODERN URBANIZATION, pg. 169*CHAPTER ELEVEN. CHANGES IN JAPANESE COMMERCE IN THE TOKUGAWA PERIOD, pg. 189*CHAPTER TWELVE. THE EVOLUTION OF TOKUGAWA LAW, pg. 203*CHAPTER THIRTEEN. BAKUFU VERSUS KABUKI, pg. 231*CHAPTER FOURTEEN. THE JAPANESE VILLAGE IN THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY, pg. 263*CHAPTER FIFTEEN. THE LAND TAX IN THE TOKUGAWA PERIOD, pg. 283*CHAPTER SIXTEEN. VILLAGE AUTONOMY AND ARTICULATION WITH THE STATE, pg. 301*CHAPTER SEVENTEEN. TOKUGAWA AND MODERN JAPAN, pg. 317*CHAPTER EIGHTEEN. TOSA DURING THE LAST CENTURY OF TOKUGAWA RULE, pg. 331*CHAPTER NINETEEN. TALENT AND THE SOCIAL ORDER IN TOKUGAWA JAPAN, pg. 349*CHAPTER TWENTY. THE RESTORATION MOVEMENT IN CHOSHU, pg. 363*CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE. FROM TOKUGAWA TO MEIJI IN JAPANESE LOCAL ADMINISTRATION, pg. 375*INDEX, pg. 389
