Peasant Protests and Uprisings in Tokugawa Japan
Peasant Protests and Uprisings in Tokugawa Japan

Author: Stephen Vlastos

Publisher: Univ of California Press

Published: 1986

Total Pages: 199

ISBN-13: 0520072030

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The Japanese peasant has been thought of as an obedient and passive subject of the feudal ruling class. Yet Tokugawa villagers frequently engaged in unlawful and disruptive protests. Moreover, the frequency and intensity of the peasants' collective action increased markedly at the end of the Tokugawa period. Stephen Vlastos's examination of the changing patterns of peasant protest in the Fukushima area shows that peasant mobilization was restricted both ideologically and organizationally and that peasants did not become a prime moving force in the Meiji Restoration.

Peasant Uprisings in Japan
Peasant Uprisings in Japan

Author: Anne Walthall

Publisher: University of Chicago Press

Published: 1991-12-15

Total Pages: 284

ISBN-13: 9780226872346

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Combining translations of five peasant narratives with critical commentary on their provenance and implications for historical study, this book illuminates the life of the peasantry in Tokugawa Japan.

Peasant Protests and Uprisings in Tokugawa Japan
Peasant Protests and Uprisings in Tokugawa Japan

Author: Stephen Vlastos

Publisher: Univ of California Press

Published: 1986

Total Pages: 204

ISBN-13: 9780520072039

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The Japanese peasant has been thought of as an obedient and passive subject of the feudal ruling class. Yet Tokugawa villagers frequently engaged in unlawful and disruptive protests. Moreover, the frequency and intensity of the peasants' collective action increased markedly at the end of the Tokugawa period. Stephen Vlastos's examination of the changing patterns of peasant protest in the Fukushima area shows that peasant mobilization was restricted both ideologically and organizationally and that peasants did not become a prime moving force in the Meiji Restoration.

The Meiji Restoration
The Meiji Restoration

Author: Robert Hellyer

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2020-05-07

Total Pages: 301

ISBN-13: 1108478050

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This volume examines the Meiji Restoration through a global history lens to re-interpret the formation of a globally-cast, Japanese nation-state.

Mirror of Modernity
Mirror of Modernity

Author: Stephen Vlastos

Publisher: Univ of California Press

Published: 1998-05

Total Pages: 362

ISBN-13: 9780520206373

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This collection of essays challenges the notion that Japan's present cultural identity is the simple legacy of its pre-modern and insular past. Scholars examine "age-old" Japanese cultural practices and show these to be largely creations of the modern era.