The problem of women in early modern Japan / Marcia Yonemoto.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Yonemoto, Marcia, 1964- author.

Series:

Asia--local studies/global themes ; 31.

Asia: local studies/global themes ; 31

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women--Japan--History.

Women.

Women--Social conditions.

Japan.

History.

Women--Social conditions--17th century.

Women--Social conditions--18th century.

Women--Social conditions--19th century.

Japan--Civilization--To 1868.

Civilization.

Japan--History--Tokugawa period, 1600-1868.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xvi, 284 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2016]

Summary:

"Early modern Japan was a military-bureaucratic state governed by patriarchal and patrilineal principles and laws. During this time, however, women had considerable power to affect directly social structure, political practice, and economic production. This apparent contradiction between official norms and experienced realities lies at the heart of The Problem of Women in Early Modern Japan. Examining prescriptive literature and instructional manuals for women--as well as diaries, memoirs, and letters written by and about individual women from the late seventeenth century to the early nineteenth century--Marcia Yonemoto explores the dynamic nature of Japanese women's lives during the early modern era"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Filial piety

Self-cultivation

Marriage

Motherhood

Succession

Retirement.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-274) and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Yonemoto, Marcia, 1964- author. Problem of women in early modern Japan Marcia Yonemoto.

ISBN:

9780520292000

0520292006

OCLC:

945719004