Four Years in Izumi

Four Years in Izumi takes an in-depth and critical approach to understanding Japanese village life through analysis of the diary of Kujō Masamoto, the former chancellor of the imperial court who resided briefly in one of his provincial estates from 1501 to 1504. For a high ranking courtier to travel...

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description Four Years in Izumi takes an in-depth and critical approach to understanding Japanese village life through analysis of the diary of Kujō Masamoto, the former chancellor of the imperial court who resided briefly in one of his provincial estates from 1501 to 1504. For a high ranking courtier to travel to the countryside and manage a family estate was unheard of during the era of Sengoku , the “country at war.” The diary Masamoto kept offers a remarkably rich and vivid portrait of village Japan, which has seen no significant study in English-language scholarship. Through extensive examination of the diary and close and critical reading of it and complementary sources, Lee Butler provides a window into the inner workings of late-medieval village life that challenges typical portrayals of the period. In Four Years in Izumi , we see the complexity of relations between commoners and elites in action. We also see the ways in which an estate functioned in practice at the heart of the medieval economy and local social structure.
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Sengoku Japan
Hine Estate
Kujo Masamoto
Hosokawa Masamoto
Hineno
Iriyamada
Shoen
Estate system
Samurai
Warriors
Medieval community
Buddhism
Shinto
Famine
Drought
Annual tax
Tansen
Japanese law codes
Courtiers
Courtier debt
Negoroji
Shinto shrines
Buddhist temples
Buddhist monks
Izumi
Mary Elizabeth Berry
Kuroda Toshio
William Wayne Farris
David Spafford
Hitomi Tonomura
Thomas Keirstead
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topic Late medieval Japan
Sengoku Japan
Hine Estate
Kujo Masamoto
Hosokawa Masamoto
Hineno
Iriyamada
Shoen
Estate system
Samurai
Warriors
Medieval community
Buddhism
Shinto
Famine
Drought
Annual tax
Tansen
Japanese law codes
Courtiers
Courtier debt
Negoroji
Shinto shrines
Buddhist temples
Buddhist monks
Izumi
Mary Elizabeth Berry
Kuroda Toshio
William Wayne Farris
David Spafford
Hitomi Tonomura
Thomas Keirstead
thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History
thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHF Asian history
thema EDItEUR::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::DS Literature: history and criticism
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Sengoku Japan
Hine Estate
Kujo Masamoto
Hosokawa Masamoto
Hineno
Iriyamada
Shoen
Estate system
Samurai
Warriors
Medieval community
Buddhism
Shinto
Famine
Drought
Annual tax
Tansen
Japanese law codes
Courtiers
Courtier debt
Negoroji
Shinto shrines
Buddhist temples
Buddhist monks
Izumi
Mary Elizabeth Berry
Kuroda Toshio
William Wayne Farris
David Spafford
Hitomi Tonomura
Thomas Keirstead
thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History
thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHF Asian history
thema EDItEUR::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::DS Literature: history and criticism
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