ABSTRACT

Originally published by Allen & Unwin in 1930 this 3-volume collection brings together writings on the economic aspects of Japan's history. Covering the period from the 1600s until the 1920s this work offers the reader, not only an economic history of the Japanese, but also a social and political history. By explaining the realities of daily life during the periods covered, this collection allows the economic aspects to be fully appreciated.

chapter I|10 pages

Conditions of Life in the Early Periods

chapter II|9 pages

The Reformation of Taika

chapter IV|6 pages

Land System Prior to the Taika Reforms

chapter V|17 pages

Land System in the Statutes of Taiho

chapter VI|16 pages

The Period of Slave Economy

chapter VII|12 pages

Nara Age

chapter VIII|16 pages

Monasteries Establish a State Within the State

chapter IX|20 pages

Early Phase of the Heian Dynasty

chapter X|22 pages

Age of the Manorial System

chapter XI|15 pages

Decay of the Fujiwara Clan

chapter XII|8 pages

Rise and Fall of Taira and Minamoto Clans

chapter XIV|12 pages

Jito System in Minamoto and Hojo Regimes

chapter XV|18 pages

The Hojo Epoch

chapter XVI|9 pages

Outline of the Ashikaga Epoch

chapter XIX|36 pages

The Ashikaga Epoch

chapter XX|13 pages

The Arrival of the Portuguese

chapter XXII|11 pages

The Fall of the Ashikaga Clan

chapter XXIII|8 pages

Appearance of the Great Feudal Lords

chapter XXV|7 pages

Nobunaga the Destroyer

chapter XXVI|15 pages

The Ports of Sakai and Hakata, Etc.

chapter XXVIII|4 pages

Gold and Silver Coins in the Oda Age

chapter XXIX|30 pages

Unification by Hideyoshi

chapter XXX|14 pages

Distribution of Land in the Toyotomi Age

chapter XXXI|12 pages

Land Surveying by Hideyoshi

chapter XXXII|15 pages

Beginning of the Persecution of the Catholics

chapter XXXIII|24 pages

Invasion of Korea

chapter XXXIV|24 pages

Japanese Expand Abroad

chapter XXXV|13 pages

Foundation of Tokugawa Family

chapter XXXVI|19 pages

Beginning of Edo Age

chapter XXXVII|6 pages

Early Phase of the Tokugawa Age

chapter XXXVIII|14 pages

Financial Basis of the Tokugawa Shogunate

chapter |2 pages

Half Title

chapter |1 pages

Title Page

chapter |1 pages

Copyright Page

chapter |2 pages

Original Title Page

chapter |12 pages

Table of Contents

chapter XXXIX|29 pages

Power of Tokugawa Family Established

chapter XLII|18 pages

Persecution of Catholic Christianity

chapter XLIII|20 pages

Catholic Rebellion in Shimabara

chapter XLIV|86 pages

Foreign Trade and the Port of Nagasaki

chapter XLV|9 pages

Age of Yiyetsuna, the Fourth Tokugawa Shogun

chapter XLVI|41 pages

The Luxurious Age of Genroku

chapter XLVIII|18 pages

The Kamigata People and Their Economic Talent

chapter LIII|18 pages

Peaceful Progress in the Time of Yoshimune

chapter LIV|48 pages

Foreign Trade and Movement of Gold and Silver

chapter LVI|18 pages

The Gold and Silver Recoin Age in Genbun Era

chapter LVII|23 pages

Economic Feudalism

chapter LVIII|17 pages

The Za System in the Tokugawa Period

chapter LIX|16 pages

Rise of Tonya (Middleman)

chapter LXI|19 pages

Decadence and Fall of the Tokumi Tonyas

chapter |2 pages

Half Title

chapter |2 pages

Original Title Page

chapter |1 pages

Title Page

chapter |1 pages

Copyright Page

chapter |12 pages

Table of Contents

chapter LXII|8 pages

Summarized List of Edo Tonyas

chapter LXIII|9 pages

The Trade System in the Port of Niigata

chapter LXIV|43 pages

From the Exchange House to the Bank

chapter LXV|25 pages

Fudasashi

chapter LXVI|16 pages

The Kuramoto, Financiers of The Daimyo

chapter LXVII|23 pages

Marine Transportation

chapter LXX|12 pages

The Restoration under Rakuo Shirakawa

chapter LXXI|13 pages

Age of Debauchery

chapter LXXIII|5 pages

The Appearance of English Ships

chapter LXXIV|10 pages

The Later Period of Foreign Trade at Nagasaki

chapter LXXVI|19 pages

The Political Reform of Tempo

chapter LXXVII|32 pages

Workmen's Guilds in the Tokugawa Period

chapter LXXXIII|9 pages

Agrarian Administration of the Tokugawa Shogunate