Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. List of Figures, Plates, and Tables xi
4. Acknowledgments xv
5. Abbreviations xvii
6. Periods of Premodern Japanese History xix
7. Premodern Provinces and Modern Prefectures xxi
8. Introduction xxv
9. Part I. The Big Picture
10. 1. Estates: Their History and Historiography 3
11. 2. Medieval Japan’s Commercial Economy and the Estate System 37
12. Part II. How Do We Know about Estates?
13. 3. Ōbe Estate in the Archaeological Record 61
14. 4. Tōdaiji’s Estates in Its Documentary Record: Perspectives on Ōbe Estate 81
15. 5. Hine Estate in Izumi Province: Archaeology, Landscape Reconstruction, and Village Structures 105
16. Part III. Making the Land Productive
17. 6. Agricultural Expansion and Irrigation in the Early Medieval Age 143
18. 7. Loggers and Cultivators of Nabari: Tōdaiji’s Kuroda Estate in Heian Times 164
19. Part IV: Secular and Sacred
20. 8. Hijiri and Temple Monks: Contrasting Styles of Estate Management 197
21. 9. Beyond the Secular: Villages, Estates, and the Ideology behind Chōgen’s Land Reclamation Projects 211
22. 10. Claiming the Land: Chōgen and the Development of Ōbe Estate 231
23. 11. The Jōdoji Amida Triad: How Its Iconography Advanced Chōgen’s Mission 253
24. Part V: Power, Space, and Trade
25. 12 Nyoin Power, Estates, and the Taira Influence: Trading Networks within and beyond the Archipelago 281
26. 13. Networks of Wealth and Influence: Spatial Power and Estate Strategy of the Saionji Family in Early Medieval Japan 319
27. 14. As Estates Faded: Late Medieval Maritime Shipping in the Seto Inland Sea 351
28. Part VI: Power: Challenges and Conflicts
29. 15. Bad Neighbors and Monastic Influence: Border Disputes in Medieval Kii 377
30. 16. The Akutō on Ōbe Estate: Lawsuits, Evidence, and Participation in the Late Kamakura Legal System 403
31. 17. Warriors and Estates in Muromachi-Period Harima 427
32. Part VII: Getting the Word Out
33. 18. Teaching Japanese Estates: Old Challenges and New Opportunities 441
34. Some Afterthoughts 457
35. Glossary 461
36. Bibliography 473
37. Contributors 511
38. Index 517