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Title 18th century Japan : culture and society / edited by C. Andrew Gerstle
Published Richmond : Curzon, 2000, ©1989

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Description 1 online resource (220 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, map
Contents The pleasure quarters and Tokugawa culture / Teruoka Yasutaka -- Flowers of Edo : Kabuki and its patrons / C. Andrew Gerstle -- Edo Jōruri / Torigoe Bunzō -- The development of Edo language / H.B.D. Clarke -- Edo and Tokyo dialects / Hiroko C. Quackenbush -- Group portrait with artist : Yosa Buson and his patrons / Mark Morris -- The Tale of Genji in the eighteenth century : Keichū, Mabuchi, Norinaga / Thomas J. Harper -- The role of traditional aesthetics / Nakano Mitsutoshi -- Matsudaira Sadanobu and samurai education / Robert L. Backus
Summary "The essays in this collection show the social context behind the development of aesthetics, drama, language, painting and philosophy, whether it be the world of the pleasure quarters or the Shogun's court." "All the contributors are specialists in their areas, bringing years of experience to their topics."--Jacket
Notes Originally published: St. Leonards, N.S.W.: Allen & Unwin, 1989
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject HISTORY -- Asia -- Japan.
Tokugawa period, Japan, 1600-1868
Civilization
Manners and customs
SUBJECT Japan -- Civilization -- 1600-1868. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85069370
Japan -- History -- Tokugawa period, 1600-1868. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85069473
Japan -- Social life and customs -- 1600-1868. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85069582
Subject Japan
Japan -- Civilization -- 18th century.
Japan -- Social conditions -- 18th century.
Japon -- Civilisation -- Jusqu'à 1868.
Japon -- Vie intellectuelle -- 1600-1868.
Japon -- Conditions sociales -- 1600-1868.
Japon -- Moeurs et coutumes -- 1600-1868.
Japon -- 1600-1868 (Époque des Tokugawa)
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
Author Gerstle, C. Andrew, 1951-
ISBN 9781136613821
113661382X
9780203462492
0203462491
9781136613814
1136613811
Other Titles Eighteenth century Japan