"Early modern Japan was a military-bureaucratic state governed by patriarchal and patrilineal principles and laws. During this time, however, women had considerable power to affect directly social structure, political practice, and economic production. This apparent contradiction between official norms and experienced realities lies at the heart of The Problem of Women in Early Modern Japan. Examining prescriptive literature and instructional manuals for women--as well as diaries, memoirs, and letters written by and about individual women from the late seventeenth century to the early nineteenth century--Marcia Yonemoto explores the dynamic nature of Japanese women's lives during the early modern era"--Provided by publisher
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bureaucracy
bureaucratic
early modern
economy
feminist
government
instruction manual
japan
japanese culture
japanese economy
japanese government
japanese history
japanese law
japanese literature
japanese politics
japanese society
japanese women
laws
legal issues
letter
literary analysis
literature
memoir
military
morals
patriarchy
patrilineal
politics
social norms
social structure
social studies
womens issues
womens lives
womens rights
womens studies
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index
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