Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2008 Online-Ressource
ISBN:
9781139055086
Content:
This is the fourth of six volumes designed to explore the history of Japan from prehistoric to modern times. Volume 4 covers the years from 1550 to 1800, a short but surprisingly eventful period in Japanese history commonly referred to as Japan's Early Modern Age. At the start, in the sixteenth century, much of the country was being pulled apart by local military lords engaged in a struggle for land and local hegemony. These daimyo succeeded in dividing Japan into nearly autonomous regional domains. This volume attempts to flesh out the historical tale with insights into the way that people lived and worked. It examines the relationship between peasant and local lord, and between the lord, as a unit of local government, and the emerging shogunate. It offers insights into the evolution of indigenous thought and religion and it also deals with Japan's foreign relations, particularly the impact of the Christian missionary movement
In:
4
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0521223555
Additional Edition:
Druckausg. The Cambridge history of Japan ; 4: Early modern Japan Cambridge : Cambridge Univ. Pr., 1991 ISBN 0521223555
Additional Edition:
Print version ISBN 9780521223553
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1017/CHOL9780521223553
Author information:
Hall, John Whitney 1916-1997
