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Government by mourning : death and political integration in Japan, 1603-1912 / Atsuko Hirai

Author
Hirai, Atsuko
Published
Cambridge (Massachusetts) : Harvard University Asia Center, 2014.
Cambridge (Massachusetts) : Harvard University Press, 2014.
Physical Description
xviii, 433 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 24 cm.

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Language Note
Primarily in English with some translated Japanese characters.
Contents
Introduction -- Part I: Mourning laws the pre-Tokugawa foundation and Tokugawa political implications -- Pre-Tokugawa mourning laws -- The Tokugawa mourning edicts -- Mourning and the Shogun's legitimacy -- Mourning and the Daimyo houses -- The mourning edict and the populace -- Portraits of men and women in mourning -- Part II: Public mourning in Edo and the Daimyo domains -- Public mourning of state personages -- Public mourning in the Daimyo domains -- Public mourning and the imperial family -- Public mourning in Bakumatsu politics -- Part III: Mourning in the Meiji period -- Government by mourning in the Meiji period -- Conclusion.
Summary
"Hirai reveals how the decrees on mourning played an important integrative part in the Tokugawa period through not only its comprehensive implementation, especially among major political figures, but also its codification of the religious beliefs and customs that the Japanese people had cherished for innumerable generations"--Provided by publisher.
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ISBN
9780674066823 (hardcover : alk. paper)
0674066820 (hardcover : alk. paper)
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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