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Crossing boundaries in Tokugawa society [electronic resource] : Suzuki Bokushi, a rural elite commoner / by Takeshi Moriyama.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Moriyama, Takeshi.
- Series:
- Brill's Japanese Studies Library 41.
- Brill's Japanese studies library, 0925-6512 ; v. 41
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Social mobility--Japan--History--18th century.
- Social mobility.
- Social mobility--Japan--History--19th century.
- 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.
- Japan--Social conditions--1600-1868.
- Japan.
- Japan--History--Tokugawa period, 1600-1868--Biography.
- Suzuki, Bokushi, 1770-1842.
- Suzuki, Bokushi.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (311 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2013.
- Summary:
- Suzuki Bokushi (1770-1842) was an elite villager in Echigo, a snowy province of Japan. Crossing Boundaries in Tokugawa Society presents a vivid picture of the life and world of this rural commoner, focusing on his interaction with the changing social and cultural environment of the late Tokugawa period (1603-1868). Bokushi's life and texts challenge notions of the rigidity of social boundaries between the urban and the rural, between social statuses, and between cultural and intellectual communities. However, his activities were still restrained by the external environment because of geographical remoteness, infrastractural limitations, political restrictions, cultural norms and the complexities of human relationships. His life exemplifies both the potentiality and the restraint of his historical moment for a well-placed member of the rural elite.
- Contents:
- Preliminary Material
- Introduction
- 1 Beyond the Locality: Bokushi’s Life in a Rural Post-Town
- 2 The Farmer-Merchant: Bokushi’s Rural Business
- 3 In a Rural Elite House: Bokushi’s Family Documents
- 4 Cultured Provincials: Bokushi in the Diffusion of the Arts
- 5 Correspondence and the Cultural Elite: Bokushi’s Communication Network
- 6 Publishing Hokuetsu Seppu: Bokushi and His Urban Collaborators
- Conclusion
- Appendix
- Works Cited
- Index.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 90-04-24379-8
- OCLC:
- 826804036
- Publisher Number:
- 10.1163/9789004243798 DOI
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