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Regional Feudal Society in Modern Japanese History - Establishment, Reformation, and Evolution of the Administration of the Kumamoto Domain
Regional Feudal Society in Modern Japanese History - Establishment, Reformation, and Evolution of the Administration of the Kumamoto Domain
Tsuguharu Inaba, Naoki Imamura Ed. (Yoshikawa Kobunkan February, 2015)
A collection of essays examining the administration of the Kumamoto Domain from the various viewpoints of 10 researchers in economics, ranging from up-and-coming new faces to experienced veterans.
This work uncovers the actual state of life in Kumamoto in its modern period through the lens of the study of the Eisei Bunko Hosokawa Clan Collection, which continues to build its reputation as an invaluable set of historical materials regarding regional government administration.
＜Excerpt from an article in the Kumamoto Nichi Nichi Newspaper:＞
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- Regional Feudal Society refers to a society that simultaneously established an elaborate feudal administration system around its daimyo lord class, including the Higo Hosokawa Clan, while also being politically organized around its developing peasant class.
Drawing freely from the Eisei Bunko Hosokawa Clan Collection passed down from the Kumamoto Domain itself, this volume traces 11 different discourses regarding the growth of the feudal regional society over a 200-year period (from the 17th century, to the historical turning point of the Horeki reform, on to the Meiji Restoration), and analyzes the distinguishing characteristics of Japanese society in its modern period.
