1st Edition
Caste in Early Modern Japan Danzaemon and the Edo Outcaste Order
By Timothy Amos
Copyright 2020
220 Pages
by
Routledge
220 Pages
by
Routledge
220 Pages
by
Routledge
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"Caste", a word normally used in relation to the Indian subcontinent, is rarely associated with Japan in contemporary scholarship. This has not always been the case, and the term was often used among earlier generations of scholars, who introduced the Buraku problem to Western audiences. Amos argues that time for reappraisal is well overdue and that a combination of ideas, beliefs, and practices... Read more
LIST OF MAP AND TABLES
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
EXPLANATORY NOTE ON STYLE
INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER 1 THE CASTE EXPERIENCE OF EARLY MODERN JAPANESE OUTCASTES
CHAPTER 2 THE EMERGENCE OF THE EDO OUTCASTE ORDER AND DANZAEMON RULE
CHAPTER 3 THE IDEOLOGICAL CONSTRUCTION OF ETA
CHAPTER 4 DANZAEMON AND THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF CRUCIFIXION
CHAPTER 5 ETA GOVERNANCE, HININ, AND POLICING OF THE POOR
CHAPTER 6 TRANSFORMATIONS IN URBAN OUTCASTE SPACE IN EDO / TOKYO
CHAPTER 7 OUTCASTE STATUS AND THE LEATHER MONOPOLY
Conclusions
EPILOGUE
REFERENCES
INDEX
Biography
Timothy D. Amos is Associate Professor in the Department of Japanese Studies, National University of Singapore.
