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The World Turned Upside Down. Medieval Japanese Society.
Pierre Francois Souyri
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Description for The World Turned Upside Down. Medieval Japanese Society.
In the late twelfth century, Japanese people called the transitional period in which they were living the "age of warriors." This book provides an account of the religious, intellectual, and literary practices of medieval Japan in order to reveal the era's own cultural creativity and enormous economic potential. Translator(s): Roth, Kathe. Series: Asia Perspectives: History, Society and Culture. Num Pages: 336 pages, 8 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3H; 3J; HBJF; HBLC; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 178 x 229 x 23. Weight in Grams: 544.
In the late twelfth century, Japanese people called the transitional period in which they were living the "age of warriors." Feudal clans fought civil wars, and warriors from the Kanto Plain rose up to restore the military regime of their shogun, Yoritomo. The whole of this intermediary period came to represent a gap between two stable societies: the ancient period, dominated by the imperial court in Heian (today's Kyoto), and the modern period, dominated by the Tokugawa bakufu based in Edo (today's Tokyo). In this remarkable portrait of a complex period in the evolution of Japan, Pierre F. Souyri uses ... Read more
In the late twelfth century, Japanese people called the transitional period in which they were living the "age of warriors." Feudal clans fought civil wars, and warriors from the Kanto Plain rose up to restore the military regime of their shogun, Yoritomo. The whole of this intermediary period came to represent a gap between two stable societies: the ancient period, dominated by the imperial court in Heian (today's Kyoto), and the modern period, dominated by the Tokugawa bakufu based in Edo (today's Tokyo). In this remarkable portrait of a complex period in the evolution of Japan, Pierre F. Souyri uses ... Read more
Product Details
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
Series
Asia Perspectives: History, Society and Culture
Number of Pages
336
Format
Hardback
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231118422
SKU
V9780231118422
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About Pierre Francois Souyri
Pierre F. Souyri is Directeur des Etudes at the Ecole Francais d'Extreme-Orient.Kathe Roth is coeditor of Judaism: Myth, Legend, History, and Custom, from the Religious to the Secular.
Reviews for The World Turned Upside Down. Medieval Japanese Society.
A masterful synthesis of current scholarship... brilliant... excellent.
Herman Ooms Journal of Asian Studies Souryi dexterously handles historiographical controversies with a light and kindly touch. Choice Thought provoking... Whoever wants to get a broad picture of the current state of the art in the field of Japanese medieval history should read this book.
Reinhard Zollner (of the French ... Read more
Herman Ooms Journal of Asian Studies Souryi dexterously handles historiographical controversies with a light and kindly touch. Choice Thought provoking... Whoever wants to get a broad picture of the current state of the art in the field of Japanese medieval history should read this book.
Reinhard Zollner (of the French ... Read more