che-chandler.de
The Dog Shogun
The Personality and Policies of Tokugawa Tsunayoshi
Sofort lieferbar | Lieferzeit: Sofort lieferbar I
Alle Preise inkl. MwSt. | Versandkostenfrei
ISBN-13:
9780824829780
Veröffentl:
2006
Erscheinungsdatum:
30.04.2006
Seiten:
390
Autor:
Beatrice M Bodart-Bailey
Gewicht:
671 g
Format:
236x156x30 mm
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
Beatrice M. Bodart-Bailey is professor of Japanese history and a founding member of the Department of Comparative Culture, Otsuma Women's University, Tokyo.
Tsunayoshi (1646-1709), the fifth Tokugawa shogun, is one of the most notorious figures in Japanese history. Viewed by many as a tyrant, his policies were deemed eccentric, extreme, and unorthodox. His Laws of Compassion, which made the maltreatment of dogs an offense punishable by death, earned him the nickname Dog Shogun, by which he is still popularly known today. However, Tsunayoshi's rule coincides with the famed Genroku era, a period of unprecedented cultural growth and prosperity that Japan would not experience again until the mid-twentieth century. It was under Tsunayoshi that for the first time in Japanese history considerable numbers of ordinary townspeople were in a financial position to acquire an education and enjoy many of the amusements previously reserved for the ruling elite.