Edo period history

[Adam L. Kern]

Dear Alex,

I second Michael's recommendation.  As someone interested in Edo-period
culture and literary history, though, I?m especially partial to the
following:

Gerstle, C. Andrew.   Eighteenth-Century Japan: Culture and Society. Sydney:
Allen & Unwin, 1989.  [Solid collection of essays on a variety of topics.]

Hall, John Whitney, ed.  The Cambridge History of Japan Volume 4: Early
Modern Japan.  Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1991.  [Great
collection of essays, including one by Shively on popular culture.]

Hibbett, Howard. The Floating World in Japanese Fiction.  Rutland: Charles
E. Tuttle, 1959.  [Provides a lively and rich cultural history of Genroku,
especially w.r.t. authors Ihara Saikaku and Ejima Kiseki.]

Nakane, Chie and ?ishi, Shinzabur?, eds.  Tokugawa Japan: The Social and
Economic Antecedents of Modern Japan.  Tokyo: University of Tokyo Press,
1991.  [Good collection of essays.]

Yours,

Adam



On 8/8/05 12:57, "CH?N, Sh?h-P'?ng" <mstchin at yahoo.com> wrote:

> 
> I recommended *Early Modern Japan*, by Prof. Conrad [D]
> TOTMAN, as a starter.  I believe that University Of
> California Press publishes *Early Modern Japan*.
> 
> Michael
> 
> 
> 
> --- Alexander Jacoby <a_p_jacoby at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
> 
>> 
>> I wonder if anyone can recommend a reliable factual book about the Edo
>> period. I am
>> particularly interested in the period around the Genroku era (c.1700) and I
>> am
>> concerned to find out primarily about the social aspects, customs and
>> lifestyles of
>> the period. Especially I need to know about life at court, but a history
>> providing a
>> good cross section of Edo period social milieux would be ideal. My Japanese
>> is simply
>> not good enough to read a history book in the language, but if any Japanese
>> historians have been well translated into English, this would be my first
>> port of
>> call. Otherwise, I would content myself with an English-language writer's
>> account. If
>> any of these books are not generally available, suggestions for where I can
>> get them
>> will also be appreciated (I am currently based in London).
>>  
>> Thanks in advance,
>>  
>> ALEX
>> 
>> 
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