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Condition
Very Good: A book that has been read and does not look new, but is in excellent condition. No ...
ISBN
9780824830304
Publication Year
2006
Type
Textbook
Format
Perfect
Language
English
Publication Name
Dog Shogun : the Personality and Policies of Tokugawa Tsunayoshi
Item Height
1in
Author
Beatrice M. Bodart-Bailey
Item Length
8.9in
Publisher
University of Hawaii Press
Item Width
6.3in
Item Weight
22.4 Oz
Number of Pages
390 Pages

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Tsunayoshi (1646-1709), the fifth Tokugawa shogun, is one of the most notorious figures in Japanese history. Viewed by many as a tyrant, his policies were deemed eccentric, extreme, and unorthodox. His Laws of Compassion, which made the maltreatment of dogs an offense punishable by death, earned him the nickname Dog Shogun, by which he is still popularly known today. However, Tsunayoshi's rule coincides with the famed Genroku era, a period of unprecedented cultural growth and prosperity that Japan would not experience again until the mid-twentieth century. It was under Tsunayoshi that for the first time in Japanese history considerable numbers of ordinary townspeople were in a financial position to acquire an education and enjoy many of the amusements previously reserved for the ruling elite. Based on a masterful re-examination of primary sources, this exciting new work by a senior scholar of the Tokugawa period maintains that Tsunayoshi's notoriety stems largely from the work of samurai historians and officials who saw their privileges challenged by a ruler sympathetic to commoners. Beatrice Bodart-Bailey's insightful analysis of Tsunayoshi's background sheds new light on his personality and the policies associated with his shogunate. Tsunayoshi was the fourth son of Tokugawa Iemitsu (1604-1651) and left largely in the care of his mother, the daughter of a greengrocer. Under her influence, Bodart-Bailey argues, the future ruler rebelled against the values of his class. As evidence she cites the fact that, as shogun, Tsunayoshi not only decreed the registration of dogs, which were kept in large numbers by samurai and posed a threat to the populace, but also the registration of pregnant women and young children to prevent infanticide. He decreed, moreover, that officials take on the onerous tasks of finding homes for abandoned children and caring for sick travelers. In the eyes of his detractors, Tsunayoshi's interest in Confucian and Buddhist studies and his other intellectual pursuits were merely distractions for a dilettante. Bodart-Bailey counters that view by pointing out that one of Japan's most important political philosophers, Ogyû Sorai, learned his craft under the fifth shogun. Sorai not only praised Tsunayoshi's government, but his writings constitute the theoretical framework for many of the ruler's controversial policies. Another salutary aspect of Tsunayoshi's leadership that Bodart-Bailey brings to light is his role in preventing the famines and riots that would have undoubtedly taken place following the worst earthquake and tsunami as well as the most violent eruption of Mount Fuji in history--all of which occurred during the final years of Tsunayoshi's shogunate. The Dog Shogun is a thoroughly revisionist work of Japanese political history that touches on many social, intellectual, and economic developments as well. As such it promises to become a standard text on late-seventeenth and early-eighteenth-century Japan.

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Publisher
University of Hawaii Press
ISBN-10
082483030x
ISBN-13
9780824830304
eBay Product ID (ePID)
7038703603

Product Key Features

Author
Beatrice M. Bodart-Bailey
Publication Name
Dog Shogun : the Personality and Policies of Tokugawa Tsunayoshi
Format
Perfect
Language
English
Publication Year
2006
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
390 Pages

Dimensions

Item Length
8.9in
Item Height
1in
Item Width
6.3in
Item Weight
22.4 Oz

Additional Product Features

Lc Classification Number
Ds872.T634b63 2006
Reviews
"Bodart-Bailey's account ... is so brilliantly researched and so sincerely persuasive that Tsunayoshi is not only rehabilitated but resuscitated as well." -- Donald Richie, This is a dense, rich study, the result of many years of meticulous research, which will be of great interest to anyone interested in Tokugawa history and culture or political biography. Although the latter has not been much in vogue in Japanese studies of late, it is hoped that scholars will be inspired by this excellent study to tackle some of the other major figures in Tokugawa history., An unabashedly revisionist study. . . . Using thorough research and novel analysis, the author argues that Tsunayoshi's personality and upbringing (he was raised by his commoner mother) influenced his reign as shogun. . . . This thought-provoking study will be controversial, but cannot be ignored. Highly recommended.
Copyright Date
2006
Topic
Asia / Japan, Personal Memoirs, World / Asian
Lccn
2005-036471
Dewey Decimal
952/.025092 B
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
Dewey Edition
22
Illustrated
Yes
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, History, Political Science

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