Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Contents VII
3. List of Illustrations IX
4. Abbreviations XI
5. Introduction XXV
6. PART ONE: BACKGROUND 1
7. Introduction 1
8. 1. Geography and Climate 3
9. 2. The Human Legacy 11
10. 3. Early Modern Japan: An Overview 29
11. PART TWO: THE ERA OF PACIFICATION, 1570-1630
12. Introduction 37
13. 4. The Politics of Pacification 39
14. 5. The Economics of Pacification 59
15. 6. Culture and Pacification 80
16. PART THREE: THE TOKUGAWA HEYDAY, 1630-1710 101
17. Introduction 101
18. 7. The Politics of Order 105
19. 8. Economic Growth and Change 140
20. 9. The Blossoming of Political Thought 160
21. 10. Aesthetics and the Rise of Ukiyo 184
22. 11. Ecological Trends: The Period of Growth 223
23. PART FOUR: STRUGGLING TO STAND STILL, 1710-1790 233
24. Introduction 233
25. 12. Ecological Trends: The Period of Stasis (I) 235
26. 13. Ecological Trends: The Period of Stasis (II) 260
27. 14. Yoshimune and the Kyoho Reform 280
28. 15. The Politics of Stasis, 1751-1790 316
29. 16. Thought and Society: The Eighteenth Century 348
30. 17. The Later Years of Early Tokugawa Arts and Letters 378
31. PART FIVE: THE EROSION OF STABILITY, 1790-1850
32. Introduction 397
33. 18. Later Tokugawa Arts and Letters 401
34. 19. Thought and Society, 1790-1850 428
35. 20. The Best of Times, 1790-1825 465
36. 21. The Worst of Times, 1825-1850 504
37. Epilogue: Breaking Up and Breaking Out, 1850-1870 540
38. Appendixes 553
39. Glossary of Japanese Terms 557
40. Suggestions for Further Reading in English 567
41. Index 579