Government by Mourning : Death and Political Integration in Japan, 1603-1912
by
Atsuko Hirai
Book Details
Format
Hardback or Cased Book
Book Series
Harvard East Asian Monographs
ISBN-10
0674066820
ISBN-13
9780674066823
Publisher
Harvard University, Asia Center
Imprint
Harvard University, Asia Center
Country of Manufacture
US
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Aug 18th, 2014
Print length
464 Pages
Weight
800 grams
Dimensions
15.90 x 23.10 x 3.60 cms
Product Classification:
Asian historySociology: customs & traditionsSociology: death & dyingLegal history
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Strict decrees on the observance of death were part of the myriad laws enacted under the Tokugawa shogunate to control nearly every aspect of Japanese life. Hirai explores how this class of legislation played an integrative part in Japanese society by codifying religious beliefs and customs the Japanese people had cherished for generations.
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