Land and Lordship in Early Modern Japan by Mark Ravina (1999, Hardcover)

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Author: Ravina, Mark (Author). Number of Pages: 306. Weight: 1.18 lbs. Publication Date: 1999-08-01. Publisher: STANFORD UNIV PR.

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PublisherStanford University Press

ISBN-100804728984

ISBN-139780804728980

eBay Product ID (ePID)740873

Product Key Features

Number of Pages304 Pages

Publication NameLand and Lordship in Early Modern Japan

LanguageEnglish

SubjectAsia / Japan, World / Asian

Publication Year1999

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaPolitical Science, History

AuthorMark Ravina

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height1 in

Item Weight19.1 Oz

Item Length8.8 in

Item Width5.8 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

LCCN97-051268

Reviews"This fine piece of distinctive and creative scholarship substantially enhances our understanding of Tokugawa Japan. Ravina redefines the early modern Japanese polity in terms which enable better comparisons with European states in their transitions to unitary states in the nineteenth century. The book will stimulate considerable discussion, both for the idea of the 'compound state' it advances and for its new approach to the interpretation of the Meiji restoration." —William B. Hauser,University of Rochester, "This fine piece of distinctive and creative scholarship substantially enhances our understanding of Tokugawa Japan. Ravina redefines the early modern Japanese polity in terms which enable better comparisons with European states in their transitions to unitary states in the nineteenth century. The book will stimulate considerable discussion, both for the idea of the 'compound state' it advances and for its new approach to the interpretation of the Meiji restoration." --William B. Hauser,University of Rochester, "This fine piece of distinctive and creative scholarship substantially enhances our understanding of Tokugawa Japan. Ravina redefines the early modern Japanese polity in terms which enable better comparisons with European states in their transitions to unitary states in the nineteenth century. The book will stimulate considerable discussion, both for the idea of the 'compound state' it advances and for its new approach to the interpretation of the Meiji restoration." -William B. Hauser,University of Rochester

Dewey Edition21

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal952/.025

SynopsisExamining local politics in three Japanese domains (Yonezawa, Tokushima, and Hirosaki), this book shows how warlords adapted the theory and practice of warrior rule to the peacetime challenges of demographic change and rapid economic growth in the mid-Tokugawa period., Examining local politics in three Japanese domains (Yonezawa, Tokushima, and Hirosaki), this book shows how warlords (daimyo) and their samurai adapted the theory and practice of warrior rule to the peacetime challenges of demographic change and rapid economic growth in the mid-Tokugawa period. The author has a dual purpose. The first is to examine the impact of shogunate/domain relations on warlord legitimacy. Although the shogunate had supreme power in foreign and military affairs, it left much of civil law in the hands of warlords. In this civil realm, Japan resembled a federal union (or "compound state"), with the warlords as semi-independent sovereigns, rather than a unified kingdom with the shogunate as sovereign. The warlords were thus both vassals of the shogun and independent lords. In the process of his analysis, the author puts forward a new theory of warlord legitimacy in order to explain the persistence of their autonomy in civil affairs. The second purpose is to examine the quantitative dimension of warlord rule. Daimyo, the author argues, struggled against both economic and demographic pressures. It is in these struggles that domains manifested most clearly their autonomy, developing distinctive regional solutions to the problems of protoindustrialization and peasant depopulation. In formulating strategies to promote and control economic growth and to increase the peasant population, domains drew heavily on their claims to semisovereign authority and developed policies that anticipated practices of the Meiji state.

LC Classification NumberDS871