Book
Government and local power in Japan 500 to 1700: a study based on Bizen Province
Princeton University Press • Princeton, N.j. • Published In 1970 • Pages:
By: Hall, John Whitney.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This source contains a survey of Japanese political power and organization from prehistory to the late Tokugawa era. The focus of the book shifts back and forth from political events and organization at the national level to those at the local level. The author has chosen to discuss Bizen Province (an area that is presently part of Okayama Prefecture) '...as a case study through which we can observe at close range the functioning of political institutions common to most of the rest of Japan' (p. 15). Topical coverage is largely limited to political authority, governmental organization, military organization, land tenure, and the ruling classes. As may be expected in a work that encompasses such a broad sweep of history, the depth with which topics are covered is limited. The researcher will find that some previous knowledge of Japanese history is necessary to understanding this work.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Provinces
- Territorial hierarchy
- History
- Real property
- Military organization
- Revolution
- Executive household
- History and culture change
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Okayama
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2010
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Asia
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- East Asia
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Historian
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Eleanor C. Swanson ; 1979: John Beierle; 2009
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- no date
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 500-1700
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Bizen Province, Okayama Prefecture, Japan
- NotesAdditional notes
- [by] John Whitney Hall
- Categories 635 and 631 were used for discussions of vassals unless discussion was specific to military; Category 423 was often used for land units (e.g. SHOEN) that eventually became fiefs
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 65014307
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Japan--Okayama Prefecture--History