Publication

1955 - Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts

Language

English

Word Count

52,000 words, Guess

Page Count

208 pages

Identifiers

Classifications

  • LCCDS871 .H3

Description

The author has used Japanese sources almost exclusively in this study of Tanuma, who rose from being a page to become a feudal lord of wealth and influence. His state policies were based on practical and progressive reasoning. His liberal policies might have brought an end to a long period of national seclusion and hastened Japan on the path toward modernization. However he failed, and instead went down in disgrace.

Subjects

Topics

HistoryBiographyOfficials and employeesTanuma, Okitsugu, 1719-1788

Series Statement

  • Harvard-Yenching Institute. Monograph series,

Other Editions

  • Tanuma Okitsugu, 1719-1788, forerunner of modern Japan.Harvard University Press1955-01-01

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