Handbook to Life in Medieval and Early Modern Japan

by William E. Deal

Book Overview

andbook to Life in Medieval and Early Modern Japan spans the beginning of the Kamakura period in 1185 through the end of the Edo (Tokugawa) period in 1868. The medieval and early modern eras in Japan were largely shaped by the rise of the warrior class. After 1603, with the founding of the Tokugawa shogunate, Japanese culture changed dramatically, but as cities grew and merchants thrived, the warrior class became less dominant. By the end of the Edo...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195331265
• ISBN13: 9780195331264
• Release Date: October 2007
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 432 Pages
• Weight: 1.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 7.5" x 9.2"