The Dog Shogun: The Personality and Policies of Tokugawa Tsunayoshi 9780824864682
Tsunayoshi (1646–1709), the fifth Tokugawa shogun, is one of the most notorious figures in Japanese history. Viewed by m
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English Pages 390 [392] Year 2006
Table of contents :
Contents
Acknowledgments
Conventions
1. Prologue
2. The Inheritance
3. When a Child’s Nurse Ought to Be Male
4. Lord of Tatebayashi
5. Confucian Governance
6. A Great and Excellent Lord
7. The First Year of Government
8. The Rise and Fall of Hotta Masatoshi
9. The Shogun’s New Men
10. The Laws of Compassion
11. The Dog Shogun
12. The Forty-Seven Loyal Samurai
13. Financial Matters
14. Producing Currency
15. The Two Wheels of a Cart
16. The Apprenticeship of Ogyū Sorai
17. The Final Years
18. The Legacy
Abbreviations
Notes
Glossary
Bibliography
Index
Contents
Acknowledgments
Conventions
1. Prologue
2. The Inheritance
3. When a Child’s Nurse Ought to Be Male
4. Lord of Tatebayashi
5. Confucian Governance
6. A Great and Excellent Lord
7. The First Year of Government
8. The Rise and Fall of Hotta Masatoshi
9. The Shogun’s New Men
10. The Laws of Compassion
11. The Dog Shogun
12. The Forty-Seven Loyal Samurai
13. Financial Matters
14. Producing Currency
15. The Two Wheels of a Cart
16. The Apprenticeship of Ogyū Sorai
17. The Final Years
18. The Legacy
Abbreviations
Notes
Glossary
Bibliography
Index
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- Beatrice M. Bodart-Bailey
