Land, Power, and the Sacred
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Land, Power, and the Sacred

The Estate System in Medieval Japan

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Land, Power, and the Sacred

The Estate System in Medieval Japan

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Publisher
University of Hawaii Press
Year
2018
eBook ISBN
9780824875466
Edition
1
Topic
History
Subtopic
Japanese History
Index
History

Table of contents

  1. Contents
  2. List of Figures, Plates, and Tables
  3. Acknowledgments
  4. Abbreviations
  5. Periods of Premodern Japanese History
  6. Premodern Provinces and Modern Prefectures
  7. Introduction
  8. Part I. The Big Picture
  9. 1. Estates: Their History and Historiography
  10. 2. Medieval Japanā€™s Commercial Economy and the Estate System
  11. Part II. How Do We Know about Estates?
  12. 3. Ōbe Estate in the Archaeological Record
  13. 4. Tōdaijiā€™s Estates in Its Documentary Record: Perspectives on Ōbe Estate
  14. 5. Hine Estate in Izumi Province: Archaeology, Landscape Reconstruction, and Village Structures
  15. Part III. Making the Land Productive
  16. 6. Agricultural Expansion and Irrigation in the Early Medieval Age
  17. 7. Loggers and Cultivators of Nabari: Tōdaijiā€™s Kuroda Estate in Heian Times
  18. Part IV: Secular and Sacred
  19. 8. Hijiri and Temple Monks: Contrasting Styles of Estate Management
  20. 9. Beyond the Secular: Villages, Estates, and the Ideology behind Chōgenā€™s Land Reclamation Projects
  21. 10. Claiming the Land: Chōgen and the Development of Ōbe Estate
  22. 11. The Jōdoji Amida Triad: How Its Iconography Advanced Chōgenā€™s Mission
  23. Part V: Power, Space, and Trade
  24. 12 Nyoin Power, Estates, and the Taira Influence: Trading Networks within and beyond the Archipelago
  25. 13. Networks of Wealth and Influence: Spatial Power and Estate Strategy of the Saionji Family in Early Medieval Japan
  26. 14. As Estates Faded: Late Medieval Maritime Shipping in the Seto Inland Sea
  27. Part VI: Power: Challenges and Conflicts
  28. 15. Bad Neighbors and Monastic Influence: Border Disputes in Medieval Kii
  29. 16. The Akutō on Ōbe Estate: Lawsuits, Evidence, and Participation in the Late Kamakura Legal System
  30. 17. Warriors and Estates in Muromachi-Period Harima
  31. Part VII: Getting the Word Out
  32. 18. Teaching Japanese Estates: Old Challenges and New Opportunities
  33. Some Afterthoughts
  34. Glossary
  35. Bibliography
  36. Contributors
  37. Index