CONTENTS

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. PREFACE v
3. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS viii
4. CONTENTS ix
5. DESCRIPTIVE LIST OF PLATES xi
6. LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS IN TEXT xiii
7. CHAPTER I THE NATURE OF THE TOKUGAWA GOVERNMENT 1
8. CHAPTER II HIDETADA AND IEMITSU 25
9. CHAPTER III THE FEUDAL SOCIETY 29
10. CHAPTER IV FOREIGN RELATIONS 35
11. CHAPTER V THE GOVERNMENT OF THE FIEFS 46
12. CHAPTER VI IETSUNA, SHOGUN 1651-80 53
13. CHAPTER VII LEARNING AND THE ARTS 69
14. CHAPTER VIII RURAL LIFE 96
15. CHAPTER IX URBAN LIFE 111
16. CHAPTER X THE EXPANDING ECONOMY 120
17. CHAPTER XI THE SHOGUNATE, 1680-1716 130
18. CHAPTER XII GENROKU 151
19. CHAPTER XIII A NEW REGIME 154
20. CHAPTER XIV THE BAKUFU IN DECLINE 173
21. CHAPTER XV ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE 181
22. CHAPTER XVI THE KANSEI REFORM 193
23. CHAPTER XVII THE FURTHER DECLINE OF THE BAKUFU 207
24. CHAPTER XVIII BREACHES IN THE SECLUSION POLICY 228
25. APPENDIX THE VILLAGE AND THE FAMILY 245
26. BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE 249
27. INDEX 251