Lust, Commerce, and Corruption
An Account of What I Have Seen and Heard, by an Edo Samurai
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Publication
2014 - Columbia University Press
Language
English
Word Count
124,000 words, Guess
Page Count
496 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL28511420M
- ISBN-139780231166447
- OCLC Control Number827852467
- Library of Congress Control Number2013002109
Classifications
- LCCDS822.2.B8813 2014
Description
By 1816, Japan had recovered from the famines of the 1780s and moved beyond the political reforms of the 1790s. Despite persistent economic and social stresses, the country seemed to be approaching a new period of growth. The idea that the shogunate would not last forever was far from anyone's mind. Yet, in that year, an anonymous samurai author completed one of the most detailed critiques of Edo society known today. Buyō shows a familiarity with many corners of Edo life that one might not expect in a samurai.
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