The Geography of Power in Medieval Japan.
In this reevaluation of the estate system, which has long been recognized as the central economic institution of medieval Japan, Thomas Keirstead argues that estates, or shoen, constituted more than a type of landownership. Through an examination of rent rolls, land registers, maps, and other data d...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Princeton :
Princeton University Press,
2014.
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| ISBN: | 9781400862719 140086271X |
| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
Table of Contents:
- Cover; Contents; 1 In Go-Sanjo's Archive: Discovering the System of the Estates; 2 Hyakusho and the Rhetoric of Identity; 3 Offical Transcripts: Myo, Maps, Surveys, and the Entitlement of the Estate ; 4 The Theater of Protest; 5 Conclusion: The Debate About Decline; Glossary; Bibliography; Index.