ABSTRACT
In this newly revised and updated 2nd edition of Voices of Early Modern Japan, Constantine Nomikos Vaporis offers an accessible collection of annotated historical documents of an extraordinary period in Japanese history, ranging from the unification of warring states under Tokugawa Ieyasu in the early seventeenth century to the overthrow of the shogunate just after the opening of Japan by the West in the mid- nineteenth century.
Through close examination of primary sources from "The Great Peace," this fascinating textbook offers fresh insights into the Tokugawa era: its political institutions, rigid class hierarchy, artistic and material culture, religious life, and more, demonstrating what historians can uncover from the words of ordinary people. New features include:
• An expanded section on religion, morality and ethics;
• A new selection of maps and visual documents;
• Sources from government documents and household records to diaries and personal correspondence, translated and examined in light of the latest scholarship;
• Updated references for student projects and research assignments.
The first edition of Voices of Early Modern Japan was the winner of the 2013 Franklin R. Buchanan Prize for Curricular Materials. This fully revised textbook will prove a comprehensive resource for teachers and students of East Asian Studies, history, culture, and anthropology.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|22 pages
The Domestic Sphere
chapter 2|6 pages
Obtaining a Divorce
chapter 4|8 pages
A Woman’s Place
part II|30 pages
Material Life
chapter 5|5 pages
Fashion and Sumptuary Legislation
chapter 8|7 pages
Japanese Foodways and Diet
chapter 10|3 pages
The Japanese Home
part III|32 pages
The Political Sphere
chapter 11|5 pages
A Foreigner’s View of the Battle of Osaka
chapter 13|4 pages
The Emperor and the Kyoto Aristocracy
chapter 14|5 pages
Weapons Control in Japanese Society
chapter 16|6 pages
Regulating Townspeople in Two Cities
part IV|23 pages
Foreign Relations
chapter 19|5 pages
Leaving a Window Open to the Western World
part V|35 pages
Social and Economic Life
chapter 23|5 pages
Trying to Get by on a Fixed Income
chapter 24|4 pages
The Samurai and Death
chapter 25|4 pages
Private Vengeance Among the Samurai
chapter 26|4 pages
Rules of Merchant Houses
chapter 29|4 pages
Unrest in the Countryside
chapter 30|4 pages
Outcastes in Tokugawa Society
part VI|33 pages
Recreational Life
chapter 31|5 pages
Advice to Travelers in the Edo Period
chapter 35|3 pages
Archery and the Martial Arts
chapter 36|6 pages
Courtesans and the Sex Trade
part VII|29 pages
Religion, Morality, and Ethics
chapter 41|4 pages
Religious Views of the Japanese
chapter 42|5 pages
The Teachings of Zen Buddhism
part VIII|24 pages
Visual Documents