Peasant Uprisings in Japan
A Critical Anthology of Peasant Histories
Translated by Anne Walthall
276 pages
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5-1/2 x 8-1/2
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© 1991
Combining translations of five peasant narratives with critical commentary on their provenance and implications for historical study, this book illuminates the life of the peasantry in Tokugawa Japan.
Assoc of American University Presses: Hiromi Arisawa Memorial Award
Won
Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. The Sakura Sogoro Story
2. A Record of How the Four Orders of People in Mimasaka Ran Riot
3. A Thousant Spears at Kitsunezuka
4. A Tale of a Dream from the Fox Woman Plain
5. A Tale Told in a Dream of a Eulogy to Filial Piety
6. Rereading Peasant Histories of Peasant Uprisings
Notes
Index
Introduction
1. The Sakura Sogoro Story
2. A Record of How the Four Orders of People in Mimasaka Ran Riot
3. A Thousant Spears at Kitsunezuka
4. A Tale of a Dream from the Fox Woman Plain
5. A Tale Told in a Dream of a Eulogy to Filial Piety
6. Rereading Peasant Histories of Peasant Uprisings
Notes
Index
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