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Tour of Duty: Samurai, Military Service in EDO, and the Culture of Early Modern Japan
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Description for Tour of Duty: Samurai, Military Service in EDO, and the Culture of Early Modern Japan
Paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages, 30 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HBJF; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 567.
Alternate attendance (sankin kotai) was one of the central institutions of Edo-period (1603–1868) Japan and one of the most unusual examples of a system of enforced elite mobility in world history. It required the daimyo to divide their time between their domains and the city of Edo, where they waited upon the Tokugawa shogun. Based on a prodigious amount of research in both published and archival primary sources, Tour of Duty renders alternate attendance as a lived experience, for not only the daimyo but also the samurai retainers who accompanied them. Beyond exploring the nature of travel to and from ... Read more
Alternate attendance (sankin kotai) was one of the central institutions of Edo-period (1603–1868) Japan and one of the most unusual examples of a system of enforced elite mobility in world history. It required the daimyo to divide their time between their domains and the city of Edo, where they waited upon the Tokugawa shogun. Based on a prodigious amount of research in both published and archival primary sources, Tour of Duty renders alternate attendance as a lived experience, for not only the daimyo but also the samurai retainers who accompanied them. Beyond exploring the nature of travel to and from ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University of Hawaii Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
Weight
566g
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
Honolulu, HI, United States
ISBN
9780824834708
SKU
V9780824834708
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