Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. CONTRIBUTORS AND COLLABORATORS VII
3. Editorial Assistants VII
4. CONTENTS IX
5. List of Illustrations XI
6. Preface XIII
7. Introduction: The Muromachi Age in Japanese History 1
8. PART ONE. Time and Place
9. 1. Muromachi Japan: A Note on Periodization 11
10. 2. Kyoto in the Muromachi Age 15
11. PART TWO. Political Organization
12. 3. The Muromachi Power Structure 39
13. 4. The Ashikaga Shogun and the Muromachi Bakufu Administration 45
14. 5. The Bugyönin System: A Closer Look 53
15. 6. Shogun and Shugo: The Provincial Aspects of Muromachi Politics 65
16. PART THREE. Lordship arid Village
17. Introduction 87
18. 7. From Shöen to Chigyö: Proprietary Lordship and the Structure of Local Power 89
19. 8. Village Communities and Daimyo Power 107
20. PART FOUR. Commercial Economy and Social Change
21. Introduction 125
22. 9. The Growth of Commerce and the Trades 129
23. 10. Sakai: From Shoen to Port City 145
24. 11. Japan's Relations with Overseas Countries 159
25. PART FIVE. Cultural Life
26. Introduction 179
27. 12. Ashikaga Yoshimitsu and the World of Kitayama: Social Change and Shogunal Patronage in Early Muromachi Japan 183
28. 13. The Unity of the Three Creeds: A Theme in Japanese Ink Painting of the Fifteenth Century 205
29. 14. The Development of Shoin-Style Architecture 227
30. 15. The Comic Tradition in Renga 241
31. 16. Medieval Jongleurs and the Making of a National Literature 279
32. PART SIX. Religious Life
33. Introduction 311
34. 17. Muromachi Zen and the Gozan System 313
35. 18. Rennyo and the Shinshu Revival 331
36. Glossary 359
37. List of Contributors 365
38. Index 369