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Routledge Handbook of Premodern Japanese History book cover

1st Edition

Routledge Handbook of Premodern Japanese History

Edited By Karl F. Friday Copyright 2017
432 Pages
by Routledge

432 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

432 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge
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Scholarship on premodern Japan has grown spectacularly over the past four decades, in terms of both sophistication and volume. A new approach has developed, marked by a higher reliance on primary documents, a shift away from the history of elites to broader explorations of social structures, and a re-examination of many key assumptions. As a result, the picture of the early Japanese past now... Read more

Introduction



Part I. Geography & the Environment



1.Geography & History and Geography in History



2. Climate & Environment in History



3: Classical Japan & the Continent



Part II. Political Events & Institutions



4. The Jōmon & Yayoi Ages



5. The Kofun era & Early State Formation



6. The Ritsuryō State



7. From Classical to Medieval? Ōchō Kokka, Kenmon Taisei & the Heian Court



8. The Court and Its Provinces: Producing and Distributing Wealth in Classical Society, 700–1200



9. Court & Countryside 1200-1600: The Articulation of Local Autonomy



10. The Imperial Court in Medieval Japan



11. The 16th Century: Identifying a New Group of "Unifiers" & Reevaluating the Myth of "Reunification"



Part III. Society & Culture



12. Religion in Archaic Japan



13. Gender and Family in the Archaic & Classical Ages



14. Heian-kyō: from Royal Center to Metropole



15. Religion in Nara & Heian Japan



16. The Historical Demography of Japan to 1700



17. Village and Rural Life in Medieval Japan



18. Family, Women, and Gender in Medieval Society



19. Outcasts & Marginals In Medieval Japan



20. Medieval Warriors & Warfare



21. Religion in Medieval Japan



Part IV. Economy & Technology



22. Coins & Commerce in Classical Japan



23. Knowledge of Nature & Craft: Researching the History of Science, Mathematics & Technology in Japan before 1600



24. Agriculture & Food Production



25. Commerce & Towns in Medieval Japan



Bibliography



Index

Biography

Karl F. Friday is Professor in the Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences at Saitama University and Professor Emeritus at the University of Georgia, USA.

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