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Author Moriyama, Takeshi.

Title Crossing boundaries in Tokugawa society : Suzuki Bokushi, a rural elite commoner / by Takeshi Moriyama.

Publication Info. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2013.

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Description 1 online resource.
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Brill's Japanese studies library, 0925-6512 ; v. 41
Brill's Japanese studies library ; v. 41. 0925-6512
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary Crossing Boundaries in Tokugawa Society presents a vivid picture of the life of Suzuki Bokushi (1770-1842), an elite villager in a snowy province of Japan, focusing on his interaction with the changing social and cultural environment of the late Tokugawa period (1603-1868).
Contents Machine generated contents note: 1. Beyond the Locality: Bokushi's Life in a Rural Post-Town -- Bokushi's Home Region -- The Rural Town of Shiozawa -- Bokushi's Access to Information -- Bokushi's Travels -- 2. The Farmer-Merchant: Bokushi's Rural Business -- The Rural Economy in Uonuma -- Bokushi as Landlord -- Bokushi as Rural Pawnbroker -- Bokushi's Business Values: the Merchant Code -- 3. In a Rural Elite House: Bokushi's Family Documents -- Bokushi's Family History -- Marriage and the `Household' -- Domestic Disputes -- 4. Cultured Provincials: Bokushi in the Diffusion of the Arts -- Bokushi's Education -- Bokushi and His Local Intellectual Environment -- Meetings with Visiting Artists and Writers -- Books in the Provinces -- Haikai Poetry in the Uonuma Region -- Bokushi's Haikai Contests -- 5. Correspondence and the Cultural Elite: Bokushi's Communication Network -- Bokushi's Communication Network -- Methods and Context of Bokushi's Network-Building -- Bokushi's Use of the Mail System -- Letter-Writing Habits -- Bokushi, Bakin and Kyozan -- Contents of Letters -- Bokushi and His Correspondents -- 6. Publishing Hokuetsu Seppu: Bokushi and His Urban Collaborators -- The Development of Bokushi's Literary Interest in His Region -- The Provincial Literati and Print Culture -- Bokushi's Negotiations with Urban Authors -- Bokushi, Bakin and Kyozan -- Bokushi, the Edo Publishing World, and Hokuetsu seppu.
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Subject Suzuki, Bokushi, 1770-1842.
Suzuki, Bokushi, 1770-1842.
Social mobility -- Japan -- History -- 18th century.
Social mobility.
Japan.
History.
Chronological Term 18th century
Subject Social mobility -- Japan -- History -- 19th century.
Chronological Term 19th century
Subject Social structure -- Japan -- History -- 18th century.
Social structure.
Social structure -- Japan -- History -- 19th century.
Social status -- Japan -- History -- 18th century.
Social status.
Social status -- Japan -- History -- 19th century.
Chronological Term 1600-1899
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Biographies.
History.
Other Form: Print version: Moriyama, Takeshi. Crossing boundaries in Tokugawa society. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2013 9789004236233 (DLC) 2012041305 (OCoLC)815383371
ISBN 9789004243798 (electronic book)
9004243798 (electronic book)
9781283979184 (MyiLibrary)
1283979187 (MyiLibrary)
9789004236233
9004236236