Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Conventions xi
5. 1. Prologue 1
6. 2. The Inheritance 10
7. 3. When a Child’s Nurse Ought to Be Male 21
8. 4. Lord of Tatebayashi 37
9. 5. Confucian Governance 50
10. 6. A Great and Excellent Lord 69
11. 7. The First Year of Government 79
12. 8. The Rise and Fall of Hotta Masatoshi 90
13. 9. The Shogun’s New Men 103
14. 10. The Laws of Compassion 128
15. 11. The Dog Shogun 144
16. 12. The Forty-Seven Loyal Samurai 161
17. 13. Financial Matters 183
18. 14. Producing Currency 197
19. 15. The Two Wheels of a Cart 207
20. 16. The Apprenticeship of Ogyū Sorai 230
21. 17. The Final Years 255
22. 18. The Legacy 278
23. Abbreviations 299
24. Notes 301
25. Glossary 345
26. Bibliography 351
27. Index 371