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.
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Tokugawa period, Japan, 1600-1868
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Civilization
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Manners and customs
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SUBJECT |
Japan -- Civilization -- 1600-1868.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85069370
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Japan -- History -- Tokugawa period, 1600-1868.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85069473
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Japan -- Social life and customs -- 1600-1868. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85069582
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Japan
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Japan -- Civilization -- 18th century.
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Japan -- Social conditions -- 18th century.
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Japon -- Civilisation -- Jusqu'à 1868.
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Japon -- Vie intellectuelle -- 1600-1868.
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Japon -- Conditions sociales -- 1600-1868.
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Japon -- Moeurs et coutumes -- 1600-1868.
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Japon -- 1600-1868 (Époque des Tokugawa)
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Genre/Form |
History
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Form |
Electronic book
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Author |
Gerstle, C. Andrew, 1951-
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ISBN |
9781136613821 |
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113661382X |
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9780203462492 |
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0203462491 |
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9781136613814 |
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1136613811 |
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