Format:
Online-Ressource (497 p)
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
ISBN:
9780231166447
Series Statement:
Translations from the Asian Classics
Content:
〈DIV〉By 1816, Japan had recovered from famines and political reforms and seemed to be approaching a new period of growth. No one questioned the shogunate, yet, in this same year, an anonymous author wrote one of the most detailed critiques of Edo society Japan had ever seen. Writing as Buyo Inshi, ?a retired gentleman of Edo," this experienced observer exposed the corruption of samurai officials, the suffering of the poor, the operation of brothels, the dealings of moneylenders, the selling of temples, and many other offenses. Specialists on Edo society oversee this annotated translation〈/DIV〉
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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Table of Contents; Preface; Maps; Part 1: Buyo Inshi and His Times; Part 2: Matters of the World: An Account of What I Have Seen and Heard; Prologue; Chapter 1; Chapter 2; Chapter 3; Chapter 4; Chapter 5; Chapter 6; Chapter 7; Glossary; Editions and References; Contributors; Index
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780231535977
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780231166447
Additional Edition:
Print version Lust, Commerce, and Corruption : An Account of What I Have Seen and Heard, by an Edo Samurai
Language:
English
Keywords:
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