| Description |
xxviii, 295 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Osaka across the ages / James L. McClain and Wakita Osamu -- Ports, markets, and medieval urbanism in the Osaka region / Wakita Haruko -- Space, power, wealth, and status in seventeenth-century Osaka / James L. McClain -- Protest and the tactics of direct remonstration : Osaka's merchants make their voices heard / Uchida Kusuo -- Takemoto Gidayū and the individualistic spirit of Osaka theater / C. Andrew Gerstle -- Five men of Naniwa : gang violence and popular culture in Genroku Osaka / Gary P. Leupp -- Osaka's brotherhood of mendicant monks / Yoshida Nobuyuki -- Inari worship in early modern Osaka / Nakagawa Sugane -- Ambiguous encounters : Ogata Kōan and international studies in late Tokugawa Osaka / Tetsuo Najita -- Osaka as a center of regional governance / Murata Michihito -- Distinguishing characteristics of Osaka's early modern urbanism / Wakita Osamu. |
| Subject |
Osaka Region (Japan) -- History.
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| Added Author |
McClain, James L., 1944-
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Wakita, Osamu, 1931-2018.
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| ISBN |
0801436303 cloth alkaline paper |
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9780801436307 cloth alkaline paper |
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