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Lords of the Sea revises our understanding of the epic political, economic, and cultural transformations of Japan’s late medieval period (ca. 1300–1600) by shifting the conventional land-based analytical framework to one centered on the perspectives of seafarers who, though usually dismissed as "pirates," thought of themselves as sea lords. Over the course of these centuries, Japan’s sea lords became maritime magnates who wielded increasing amounts of political and economic authority by developing autonomous maritime domains that operated outside the auspices of state authority. They played key roles in the operation of networks linking Japan to the rest of the world, and their protection businesses, shipping organizations, and sea tenure practices spread their influence across the waves to the continent, shaping commercial and diplomatic relations with Korea and China. Japan's land-based authorities during this time not only came to accept the autonomy of "pirates" but also competed to sponsor sea-lord bands who could administer littoral estates, fight sea battles, protect shipping, and carry trade. In turn, prominent sea-lord families expanded their dominion by shifting their locus of service among several patrons and by appropriating land-based rhetorics of lordship, which forced authorities to recognize them as legitimate lords over sea-based domains. By the end of the late medieval period, the ambitions, tactics, and technologies of sea-lord mercenary bands proved integral to the naval dimensions of Japan’s sixteenth-century military revolution. Sea lords translated their late medieval autonomy into positions of influence in early modern Japan and helped make control of the seas part of the ideological foundations of the state.

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Sociology of environment --- Political sociology --- Japan --- Farmers --- Environmental protection --- Eminent domain --- Japon --- --Politique --- --Environnement --- --Political activity --- Citizen participation --- Environmental aspects --- Shin Tokyo Kokusai Kuko --- -Environmental protection --- -Farmers --- -#SBIB:328H53 --- #SBIB:324H73 --- Farm operators --- Operators, Farm --- Planters (Persons) --- Agriculturists --- Rural population --- Environmental quality management --- Protection of environment --- Environmental sciences --- Applied ecology --- Environmental engineering --- Environmental policy --- Environmental quality --- Compulsory purchase (Eminent domain) --- Condemnation of land --- Domain, Eminent --- Expropriation --- Land, Condemnation of --- Takings (Eminent domain) --- Land use --- Right of property --- Angary, Right of --- -Citizen participation --- Political activity --- Instellingen en beleid: Japan --- Politieke verandering: oppositie en minderheid, protest, politiek geweld --- Law and legislation --- Narita Kūkō --- New Tokyo International Airport --- 新東京国際空港 --- Narita Kokusai Kūkō --- #SBIB:328H53 --- Shin Tōkyō Kokusai Kūkō. --- J4010 --- J4000.90 --- J4430 --- J4476 --- J4419 --- Japan: Social sciences in general -- ideology, socio-political and socio-economic movements --- Japan: Social history, history of civilization -- postwar Shōwa (1945- ), Heisei period (1989- ), contemporary --- Japan: Economy and industry -- agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting --- Japan: Economy and industry -- transportation and infrastructure -- air --- Japan: Economy and industry -- industrial organization and relations -- industry and society and environment --- Farmers - Japan - Narita-shi - Political activity --- Environmental protection - Japan - Narita-shi - Citizen participation --- Eminent domain - Environmental aspects - Japan - Narita-shi --- Politique --- Environnement