1st Edition
Everyday People in Early Modern Kyoto Family, Firm and Community
Introduction
Part 1: The Neighborhood Communities
Introduction to Part 1
Narrative 1: Fukui Sakuzaemon and the Kyoto Measures Guild
1. An Era of Crisis with Kiyoshi Hamano
2. City and Neighborhood Administration
Narrative 2: Tsutaya Mohachi, Pillar of Kankiji Neighborhood
3. Property Relations, Family and Community
Part 2: Population and the Life Course
Introduction to Part 2
4. Paths to Marriage and to the City
Narrative 3: Hoteiya Gohei’s Blended Family
5. Fertility and Adoption
Narrative 4: The Household of Omiya Seibei
6. Was Kyoto an Urban Graveyard?: Mortality, Mobility, and Population Change
Part 3: Household and Family Practice
Introduction to Part 3
7. Married Men and Household Structure
Narrative 5: Yamatoya Kane’s Lawsuit: Just Because I’m a Woman!
8. Headship, Succession and Household Division
Narrative 6: Kondaya Nihei: Headship Succession and Devolution of Property
9. Gender and the Family Business Network
Conclusion: Everyday People in Early Modern Kyoto
Biography
Mary Louise Nagata is Professor Emeritus of History at Francis Marion University, associate member of EHESS/CRH, and co-editor of Continuity and Change. She is the author of Labor Contracts and Labor Relations in Early Modern Central Japan (2005) and numerous articles.
"The book gives unique insights into the life of families and individuals of Japan in the past."
Beatrice Moring, University of Helsinki, Finland
“Professor Nagata’s study illustrates the vibrant lives of urban residents: high mobility, diversity of their life course, multiple choices, and extensive family business networks, all of which are clear and accessible to a non-specialist. It addresses interesting aspects regarding patriarchy, arranged marriages, headship succession, and the impact of economic issues on the urban population dynamics in Kyoto. This book provides a very good insight into the everyday life of people during a period of political and social transformation in Japan.”
Hiroshi Kawaguchi, Waseda University, Japan
