Hagi - A Feudal Capital in Tokugawa Japan

Peter Armstrong

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2019
• Print ISBN:
  9781138477292
• eBook ISBN:
  9781351105224
• Topic: Social Sciences
• Subtopic: Regional Studies
• Index: Social Sciences

The western Japanese city of Hagi is the town in Japan which has preserved the greatest level of Tokugawa period (1600-1868) urban and architectural fabric. As such it is a major tourist destination for both Japanese and non-Japanese visitors. The city is also very important historically in that it was the capital of the feudal daimyo domain – Ch?sh? – which spearheaded the reform movement from the 1850s onwards which led to the overthrow of the Tokugawa shogunate and the foundation of Japan in its modern form. This book, rich in detail and very well illustrated, is both an urban and social history of this important town. It outlines the development of the layout of the city and its castle, relates this to the history of its lords, the M?ri family, and their place in Japanese history; and sets Hagi in the context of the wider Ch?sh? domain. The book includes a discussion of contemporary arrangements aimed at preserving Hagi's historical heritage.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half Title
• Series Page
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Dedication Page
• Table of Contents
• List of figures
• List of tables
• Acknowledgements
• Prologue
• Introduction
• 1 The genesis of the Mōri family
• 2 The site and its setting
• 3 The precedent of Ōsaka
• 4 The construction of the castle
• 5 Reclaiming the site: the struggle with water
• 6 Laying out the town
• 7 The road system
• 8 Land use in Hagi
• 9 The social organisation of the Chōshū domain
• 10 The national regulation of architecture
• 11 The regulation of architecture in the Chōshū domain
• Conclusions
• Epilogue
• Appendix 1
• Appendix 2
• Appendix 3
• Appendix 4
• Appendix 5
• Glossary of Japanese terms
• Bibliography
• Index