| Author |
Moriyama, Takeshi.
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| Series |
Brill's Japanese studies library, 0925-6512 ; v. 41. |
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Brill's Japanese studies library ;
v. 41.
0925-6512.
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| Subject |
Suzuki, Bokushi, 1770-1842.
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Social mobility -- Japan -- History -- 18th century.
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Social mobility -- Japan -- History -- 19th century.
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Social structure -- Japan -- History -- 18th century.
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Social structure -- Japan -- History -- 19th century.
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Social status -- Japan -- History -- 18th century.
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Social status -- Japan -- History -- 19th century.
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Japan -- Social conditions -- 1600-1868.
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Japan -- History -- Tokugawa period, 1600-1868 -- Biography.
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| Description |
1 online resource. |
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polychrome rdacc |
| Bibliography Note |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Note |
Print version record. |
| Summary |
Crossing Boundaries in Tokugawa Society presents a vivid picture of the life of Suzuki Bokushi (1770-1842), an elite villager in a snowy province of Japan, focusing on his interaction with the changing social and cultural environment of the late Tokugawa period (1603-1868). |
| Contents |
Acknowledgements; Notes; Abbreviations; Maps, Tables and Figures; Introduction; 1 Beyond the Locality: Bokushi's Life in a Rural Post-Town; Bokushi's Home Region; The Rural Town of Shiozawa; Bokushi's Access to Information; Bokushi's Travels; 2 The Farmer-Merchant: Bokushi's Rural Business; The Rural Economy in Uonuma; Bokushi as Landlord; Bokushi as Rural Pawnbroker; Bokushi's Business Values: The Merchant Code; 3 In a Rural Elite House: Bokushi's Family Documents; Bokushi's Family History; Marriage and the 'Household'; Domestic Disputes |
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4 Cultured Provincials: Bokushi in the Diffusion of the ArtsBokushi's Education; Bokushi and His Local Intellectual Environment; Meetings with Visiting Artists and Writers; Books in the Provinces; Haikai Poetry in the Uonuma Region; Bokushi's Haikai Contests; 5 Correspondence and the Cultural Elite: Bokushi's Communication Network; Bokushi's Communication Network; Methods and Context of Bokushi's Network-Building; Bokushi's Use of the Mail System; Letter-Writing Habits-Bokushi, Bakin and Kyōzan; Contents of Letters-Bokushi and His Correspondents |
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6 Publishing Hokuetsu Seppu: Bokushi and His Urban CollaboratorsThe Development of Bokushi's Literary Interest in His Region; The Provincial Literati and Print Culture; Bokushi's Negotiations with Urban Authors; Bokushi, Bakin and Kyōzan; Bokushi, the Edo Publishing World, and Hokuetsu seppu; Conclusion; Appendix; Works Cited; Index |
| ISBN |
9789004243798 (electronic bk.) |
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9004243798 (electronic bk.) |
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9781283979184 (MyiLibrary) |
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1283979187 (MyiLibrary) |
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9789004236233 |
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9004236236 |
| ISBN/ISSN |
10.1163/9789004243798 |
| OCLC # |
826804036 |
| Additional Format |
Print version: Moriyama, Takeshi. Crossing boundaries in Tokugawa society. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2013 9789004236233 (DLC) 2012041305 (OCoLC)815383371. |
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