Voices of early modern Japan contemporary accounts of daily life during the age of the Shoguns Vaporis, Constantine Nomikos 1957- creator author. ProQuest (Firm) text bibliography Electronic books. nyu 2021 Second edition. monographic eng remote 1 online resource ( liv, 281 pages) : illustrations (black and white). Part I The domestic sphere -- Part II Material life -- Part III The political sphere -- Part IV Foreign relations -- Part V Social and economic life -- Part VI Recreational life -- Part VII Religion, morality, and ethics -- Part III Visual documents. Getting Married: "Agreement Regarding a Dowry" (1815) -- Obtaining a Divorce: An Appeal for Assistance (1850) and Letters of Divorce (1857, Undated) -- The Consequences of Adultery: "The Eavesdropper Whose Ears Were Burned" (1686) -- A Woman's Place: Onna Daigaku (The Greater Learning for Women, 1716) and Tadano Makuzu's Hitori Kangae (Solitary Thoughts, 1818) -- Fashion and Sumptuary Legislation: Ihara Saikaku's The Japanese Family Storehouse (Nippon eitai gura, 1688); List of Clothing Prohibitions for Edo Townsmen (1719) -- Samurai Dress and Grooming Standards: Prohibitions of 1615 and 1645 -- Lunisolar Calendar: Calendar for Seventh Year of Kaei (1854): Samurai in Armor -- Japanese Foodways and Diet: The Accounts of Joao Rodrigues (1620-21), Yamakawa Kikue (1943), and Terakada Seiken (1832-36) -- The Communal Bath: Shikitei Sanba's "The Women's Bath" (Ukiyoburo, 1810) Information Classification: General -- The Japanese Home: Carl Peter Thunberg's Travels in Europe, Asia and Africa Made During the Years 1770 1779 -- A Foreigner's View of the Battle of Osaka: Richard Cocks's Account of the Fall of Osaka Castle (1615) -- Forging Political Order: "Laws for the Military Houses" (1615, 1635) -- The Emperor and the Kyoto Aristocracy: "Regulations for the Imperial Palace and the Court Nobility" (1615) -- Weapons Control in Japanese Society: Toyotomi Hideyoshi's "Sword Hunt" (1588) and "A Local Ordinance Regarding Swords" (1648) -- Self-Governance in Villages: Goningumi (Five-Household Group) Laws (1640) -- Regulating Townspeople in Two Cities: City Code from Kanazawa (1642) and Notice Board in Edo (1711) -- Regulating Foreign Relations: The "Closed Country Edicts" (sakoku rei, 1635, 1639) -- Tokugawa Japan and Choson Korea: Record of a Journey Across the Sea (1719) -- Leaving a Window Open to the Western World: Letter from a Nagasaki Official to the Dutch Governor-General (1642) -- A Dutch Audience with the Shogun: Englebert Kaempfer's The History of Japan (1692) -- Sizing Up the Foreign Threat: Aizawa Seishisai's Shinron (New Theses, 1825) -- The Social Estates: Yamaga SokoÌ‚ on "The Way of the Samurai" (shidoÌ‚) -- Trying to Get by on a Fixed Income: The Economic Problems Facing the Samurai, as Seen in a Letter from Tani Tannai to Saitaniya HachiroÌ‚bei Naomasu (1751) and a Statement from Three Village Leaders to a Tokugawa Bannerman (1856) -- The Samurai and Death: An Account of Junshi from FrancÌ§ois Caron's A True Description of the Mighty Kingdoms of Japan and Siam (1636) -- Private Vengeance Among the Samurai: A Letter from a Daimyo's Official in Echigo Province to an Official of the Tokugawa Shogunate and A Letter of Authorization (1828) -- Rules of Merchant Houses: "The Testament of Shima SoÌ‚shitsu" (1610) and "The Code of the Okaya House" (1836) -- Dealing with Deviant Behavior: "A Letter of Apology" (1866) -- Loans Among the Peasantry: "A Loan of Rice" (1702) -- Unrest in the Countryside: A Song in Memory of a Protest (1786) and Petition to the Lord of Sendai from the Peasants of the Sanhei (1853) -- Outcastes in Tokugawa Society: A Report from the Head of All Eta and Hinin (Undated) and an Inquiry by the Edo City Magistrates to the Tokugawa Council of State Regarding the Forfeiture of the Property of an Eta Who Assumed the Status of a Commoner (1799) -- Advice to Travelers in the Edo Period: RyokoÌ‚ YoÌ‚jinshuÌ‚ (Precautions for Travelers), 1810 -- Documentation for Travel: "Sekisho Transit Permit" (1706) and "A Passport" (1782) -- Children and Their Amusements: The Japan Journal of Francis Hall (1859) -- The Tea Ceremony: Chikamatsu Shigenori's Stories from a Tearoom Window (1804) -- Archery and the Martial Arts: Hinatsu ShiroÌ‚zaemon Shigetaka's HonchoÌ‚ Bugei ShoÌ‚den (A Short Tale of the Martial Arts in Our Country), 1714 -- Courtesans and the Sex Trade: Ihara Saikaku's The Life of an Amorous Man (Koshoku ichidai otoko, 1682) and BuyoÌ‚ Ishi's An Account of Worldly Affairs (Seji kenmonroku, 1816) -- A Hero for the Masses: The Kabuki Play Sukeroku: Flower of Edo (1713) -- Preaching to the People: A Sermon by Hosoi Heishu (1783) -- Anti-Christian Propaganda: Kirishitan monogatari (Tale of the Christians, 1639) -- Controlling the Populace: Registers of Religious Affiliation (1804) -- Religious Views of the Japanese: Sir Rutherford Alcock's The Capital of the Tycoon (1863) -- The Teachings of Zen Buddhism: Suzuki ShoÌ‚san's RoankyoÌ‚ (Donkey-Saddle Bridge,1648) and Hakuin Ekaku's SokkoÌ‚-roku Kaien-fusetsu (Talks Given Introductory to Zen Lectures on the Records of SokkoÌ‚, 1740) -- Nisshinkan School Injunction (Nisshinkan DoÌ‚jikun), 1803 -- The Battle of Abeno, Siege of Osaka Castle (1615) -- Map of Edo in Toshima County, Musashi Province (1630-31) -- The Territories of Japan in 1664 -- Painting of the Korean Embassy's Visit to Our Country [Japan], 1748 / by Hanegawa ToÌ‚ei -- Anatomy of a Ukiyo-e (Woodblock Print): The RoÌ‚nin Takebayashi Takashige. Constantine N. Vaporis. Previous edition: Boulder: Westview Press, 2014. Includes bibliographical references and index. Constantine Nomikos Vaporis teaches Japanese history at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. He is the author of five books, including Tour of Duty: Samurai, MilitaryService in Edo and the Culture of Early Modern Japan and Samurai: An Encyclopedia of Japan's Cultured Warriors. a-ja--- Japan History Tokugawa period, 1600-1868 Sources Japan Social life and customs 1600-1868 Sources Tokugawa period, Japan, 1600-1868 Manners and customs Japan HISTORY / Asia / Japan HISTORY / World HISTORY / General 1600-1868 fast DS870 .V36 2021 952.025 9781003005292 1003005292 9781000280913 1000280918 9781000280951 1000280950 9781000280937 1000280934 9780367427931 (hbk.) 9780367437244 (pbk.) 9781000280951 Ingram Content Group 9781003005292 Taylor & Francis https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/tamucs/detail.action?docID=6379688 UKMGB 200903 20210203183538.3 in00004566724 eng