Japan's Renaissance: The Politics of the Muromachi Bakufu - Brossura

Grossberg, Kenneth Alan

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ISBN 10: 1885445083 ISBN 13: 9781885445087

Casa editrice: Cornell Univ East Asia Program, 2010

Riassunto

First published in 1981, Japan’s Renaissance is a detailed and exhaustively researched account of the regime of Japan’s second shogunate, and also an agile comparative analysis of the political economy of the period with other Renaissance systems. The book argues that the development of shogunal power in fourteenth- and fifteenth-century Japan was similar to the evolution of monarchic power in France and England during the same period. Contrary to the received wisdom that the government of the Ashikaga shoguns was the low point of premodern Japan, this book demonstrates that it was the incubator for many developments and the administrative technology which reached their maturity in the Tokugawa period. Applying the ideas of political economy to medieval Japanese history makes this book an essential companion for all Japan and East Asia specialists, students of comparative feudalism and monarchical development, as well as educated generalists who are interested in premodern Japan. The book is illustrated with antique maps and Japanese paintings of the period which add to the reader's understanding of this dramatic age in Japan’s history.

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Book by Grossberg Kenneth Alan

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Cornell Univ East Asia Program
• Data di pubblicazione: 2010
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1885445083
• ISBN 13: 9781885445087
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 224
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
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