Kita Ikki and the Making of Modern Japan
Title | Kita Ikki and the Making of Modern Japan PDF eBook |
Author | Brij Tankha |
Publisher | BRILL |
Total Pages | 288 |
Release | 2021-11-22 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 9004213651 |
This study of Kita Ikki, one of Japan’s influential pre-war idealogues, focuses on the twin poles of nationalism and socialism that inform his three principal works, located always in the context of the dominance of Western imperialism at that time. The second half of the book contains the first complete English translation of The Fundamental Principles for the Reorganization of Japan.
Ikki
Title | Ikki PDF eBook |
Author | James W. White |
Publisher | Cornell University Press |
Total Pages | 368 |
Release | 2016-03-24 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1501704583 |
The reign of the Tokugawa shoguns was a time of statebuilding and cultural transformation, but it was also a period of ikki: peasant rebellion. James W. White reconstructs the pattern of social conflict in early modern Japan, both among common people and between the populace and the government. Ikki is the first book to cover popular protest in all regions of Japan and to encompass nearly three centuries of history, from the beginnings of the Tokugawa shogunate in the 1590s to the Meiji restoration. White applies contemporary sociological theory to evidence previously unavailable in English. He draws on the long historical record of peasant uprisings, using narrative interpretation and sophisticated quantitative analysis. By linking the texture of conflict to the political and economic regime the shoguns created, he casts doubt on competing interpretations of a contained, orderly society.
Baby Art Museum
Title | Baby Art Museum PDF eBook |
Author | Michael Smith |
Publisher | Whitney Museum of American Art |
Total Pages | 0 |
Release | 2012 |
Genre | Artists' books |
ISBN | 9780300181043 |
Baby Ikki first appeared in 1975, created by the performance artist Michael Smith. Since that time, the baby has appeared on the streets, in museums, in store windows, at children's birthday parties, and in newspapers and other media around the world. Baby Ikki first crawled across Whitney's floors before a live audience in 1976. Now Ikki is back at the museum, alone, toddling and experiencing art in his own unique way
War and Faith
Title | War and Faith PDF eBook |
Author | Carol Richmond Tsang |
Publisher | BRILL |
Total Pages | 334 |
Release | 2020-03-23 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1684174570 |
"During the sengoku era--the period of ""warring provinces"" in fifteenth- and sixteenth-century Japan--warlords vied for supremacy and sought to expand their influence over the realm. Powerful religious institutions also asserted their military might by calling upon their adherents to do battle against forces that threatened their spiritual and secular interests.The Honganji branch of Jodo Shinshu (True Pure Land Sect) Buddhism was one such powerhouse that exercised its military will by fanning violent uprisings of ikko ikki, loosely structured ""leagues of one mind"" made up of mostly commoners who banded together to fight for (or against) any number of causes--usually those advanced by the Honganji’s Patriarch.Carol Richmond Tsang delves into the complex and often contradictory relationship between these ikko leagues and the Honganji institution. Moving beyond the simplistic characterization of ikki as peasant uprisings, the author argues cogently for a fuller picture of ikko ikki as a force in medieval Japanese history. By exploring the political motivations and machinations of the Honganji and the diverse aims and allegiances of its ikko followers, Tsang complicates our understanding of ikko ikki as a multifaceted example of how religion and religious belief played out in a society in conflict."
Medieval Japan
Title | Medieval Japan PDF eBook |
Author | John Whitney Hall |
Publisher | Stanford University Press |
Total Pages | 294 |
Release | 1988 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780804715119 |
A collection of essays tackles a neglected field of Japan's history.
The Moneylenders of Late Medieval Kyoto
Title | The Moneylenders of Late Medieval Kyoto PDF eBook |
Author | Suzanne Gay |
Publisher | University of Hawaii Press |
Total Pages | 316 |
Release | 2001-09-30 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 0824864883 |
The Moneylenders of Late Medieval Kyoto examines the large community of sake brewer-moneylenders in Japan's capital city, focusing on their rise to prominence from the mid-1300s to 1550. Their guild tie to overlords, notably the great monastery Enryakuji, was forged early in the medieval period, giving them a protected monopoly and allowing them to flourish. Demand for credit was strong in medieval Kyoto, and brewers profitably recirculated capital for loans. As the medieval period progressed, the brewer-lenders came into their own. While maintaining overlord ties, they engaged in activities that brought them into close contact with every segment of Kyoto's population. The more socially prominent brewers served as tax agents for religious institutions, the shogunate, and the imperial court, and were actively involved in a range of cultural pursuits including tea and linked verse. Although the merchants themselves left only the faintest record, Suzanne Gay has fully and convincingly depicted this important group of medieval commoners.
The Early Life and Thought of Kita Ikki
Title | The Early Life and Thought of Kita Ikki PDF eBook |
Author | Harris Inwood Martin |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 486 |
Release | 1959 |
Genre | Japan |
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