Japan: A Documentary History

A Documentary History

David J. Lu

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2016
• ISBN:
  9781317467144
• Edition: 2
• Topic: Politics & International Relations
• Subtopic: Democracy
• Index: Politics & International Relations

An updated edition of David Lu's acclaimed "Sources of Japanese History", this book presents in a student-friendly format original Japanese documents from Japan's mythological beginnings through 1995. Covering the full spectrum of political, economic, diplomatic as well as cultural and intellectual history, this classroom resource offers insight not only into the past but also into Japan's contemporary civilisation. Three major criteria used in the document selection were that: the selection avoids duplication with other collections - 75% of the documents presented here are newly translated; a document accurately reflects the spirit of the times and the life-styles of the people; and emphasis is on the development of social, economic and political institutions.

Index

Abe Isoo, 365–366

Abe Masahiro, 295

Academic freedom, 347, 472

Administrative system

deregulation, 571–577

reform, 27–28, 550–555, 567–568

waste in government, 554

Administratively designated cities, 583

See also seirei toshi in the glossary

Adultery, 183, 217

Agriculture

ancient, 11, 12, 17–18

communes and cooperative farms, 376, 399–401

feudal development and, 81–84, 95–100

in Heian period, 73

irrigation, 148, 160, 184

modernization of, 528

nengu (annual rent), 83, 151

nengu-mai (annual tax), 193n.18, 210

occupation reform policy, 459, 491–496

peasant uprisings, 163, 165–166

rice, special significance, 597, 598

rice riots and, 387

Shintō rituals and, 4, 17–18

survey, 184; see also Cadastral surveys

technology, 82, 148, 160

Tokugawa reforms, 175, 299

village communities and, 1...