Japan in Transition: From Tokugawa to Meiji

Published by Princeton University Press 1986

Japan in Transition

From Tokugawa to Meiji

Edited by: Marius B. Jansen and Gilbert Rozman

Volume 83 in the series Princeton Legacy Library

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781400854301

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In this book social scientists scrutinize the middle decades of the nineteenth century in Japan. That scrutiny is important and overdue, for the period from the 1850s to the 1880s has usually been treated in terms of politics and foreign relations. Yet those decades were also of pivotal importance in Japan's institutional modernization. As the Japanese entered the world order, they experienced a massive introduction of Western-style organizations. Sweeping reforms, without the class violence or the Utopian appeal of revolution, created the foundation for a modern society. The Meiji Restoration introduced a political transformation, but these chapters address the more gradual social transition.

Originally published in 1986.

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In this collection of seventeen essays, leading scholars address the question of what kind and what degree of change accompanied the political events known as the Meiji Restoration. The authors make use of quantitative data and recent Japanese scholarship to add substantially to the understanding of this major historical transition. This volume, with its essays of uniformly high quality, is essential reading for anyone with a scholarly interest in the Meiji Period.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
CONTENTS Publicly Available Download PDF	v
FIGURES AND MAPS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	vii
TABLES Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	viii
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	xi
1. Overview Marius B. Jansen and Gilbert Rozman Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Part One: Administration
1. Introduction o Part One Marius B. Jansen Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	29
2. The Central Government Albert M. Craig Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	36
3. The Ruling Class Marius B. Jansen Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	68
4. From Domain to Prefecture Michio Umegaki Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	91
5. Local Administration: The Example of Awa-Tokushima Andrew Fraser Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	111
Part Two: Organizations
Introduction to Part Two Eleanor Westney Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	133
6. Buddhism: The Threat of Eradication Martin Collcutt Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	143
7. The Military Eleanor Westney Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	168
8. Education: From One Room to One System Richard Rubinger Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	195
9. The Press Albert A. Altman Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	231
10. Shipping: From Sail to Steam William D. Wray Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	248
Part Three: Cities ànd Population
Introduction to Part Three Gilbert Rozman Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	273
11. Population Changes Akira Hayami Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	280
12. Castle Towns in Transition Gilbert Rozman Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	318
13. The Edo-Tokyo Transition: In Search of Common Ground Henry D. Smith Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	347
Part Four: Rural Economy And Material Conditions
Introduction to Part Four Kozo Yamamura Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	377
14. The Meiji Land Tax Reform and its Effects Kozo Yamamura Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	382
15. The Rural Economy: Commercial Agriculture, Byemployment, and Wage Work Osamu Saito Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	400
16. Grain Consumption: The Case of Choshu Shunsaku Nishikawa Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	421
17. The Material Culture: Stability in Transition Susan B. Hanley Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	447
About the Contributors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	471
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	475

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