Acknowledgements; Notes; Abbreviations; Maps, Tables and Figures; Introduction; 1 Beyond the Locality: Bokushi's Life in a Rural Post-Town; Bokushi's Home Region; The Rural Town of Shiozawa; Bokushi's Access to Information; Bokushi's Travels; 2 The Farmer-Merchant: Bokushi's Rural Business; The Rural Economy in Uonuma; Bokushi as Landlord; Bokushi as Rural Pawnbroker; Bokushi's Business Values: The Merchant Code; 3 In a Rural Elite House: Bokushi's Family Documents; Bokushi's Family History; Marriage and the 'Household'; Domestic Disputes, 4 Cultured Provincials: Bokushi in the Diffusion of the ArtsBokushi's Education; Bokushi and His Local Intellectual Environment; Meetings with Visiting Artists and Writers; Books in the Provinces; Haikai Poetry in the Uonuma Region; Bokushi's Haikai Contests; 5 Correspondence and the Cultural Elite: Bokushi's Communication Network; Bokushi's Communication Network; Methods and Context of Bokushi's Network-Building; Bokushi's Use of the Mail System; Letter-Writing Habits-Bokushi, Bakin and Kyōzan; Contents of Letters-Bokushi and His Correspondents, and 6 Publishing Hokuetsu Seppu: Bokushi and His Urban CollaboratorsThe Development of Bokushi's Literary Interest in His Region; The Provincial Literati and Print Culture; Bokushi's Negotiations with Urban Authors; Bokushi, Bakin and Kyōzan; Bokushi, the Edo Publishing World, and Hokuetsu seppu; Conclusion; Appendix; Works Cited; Index
Summary
Crossing Boundaries in Tokugawa Society presents a vivid picture of the life of Suzuki Bokushi (1770-1842), an elite villager in a snowy province of Japan, focusing on his interaction with the changing social and cultural environment of the late Tokugawa period (1603-1868).
