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History of civilization --- Japan --- #gsdb8 --- J4000.70 --- J4150.70 --- Japan: Social history, history of civilization -- Kindai (1850s- ), bakumatsu, Meiji, Taishō --- Japan: Sociology and anthropology -- cultural history -- Kindai (1850s- ), bakumatsu, Meiji, Taishō

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Mediated by Gifts is a collection of essays by top scholars on gifts, giving and the social and political forces that shaped these practices in medieval and early modern Japan. The international assemblage of authors provides new insights into these deeply ingrained practices. The essays focus on topics such as shogunal visits to shrines and temples, exchanges between the imperial house and the shogun, a physician and his patients, the shogun, his vassals his and his ladies, the merchant class and the shogunal government, and between scholars and their cosmopolitan circle of contacts. This virtually unexplored view of Japanese history provides new tools to better elucidate both historical and modern Japan. Contributors are Lee Butler, Andrew Goble, Kaneko Hiraku, Laura Nenzi, Ozawa Emiko, Cecilia Segawa Siegle, and Margarita Winkel.

Gifts --- Ceremonial exchange --- Gift exchange --- Exchange --- Rites and ceremonies --- Donations --- Presents --- Generosity --- Manners and customs --- Free material --- Political aspects --- History. --- Social aspects --- J4158 --- J4150.50 --- J4150.60 --- History --- Japan: Sociology and anthropology -- customs, folklore and culture -- gifts and offerings --- Japan: Sociology and anthropology -- cultural history -- Muromachi, Sengoku and Azuchi-Momoyama periods (1392-1615) --- Japan: Sociology and anthropology -- cultural history -- Kinsei, Edo, Tokugawa period, early modern (1600-1867)

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J4196 --- J4140.90 --- Japan: Sociology and anthropology -- rural communities --- Japan: Sociology and anthropology -- cultural history -- postwar Shōwa (1945- ), Heisei period (1989- ), contemporary --- Villages --- Japan --- Rural conditions. --- Plattelandsleven. Japan. --- Paysans. Japon. --- Vie rurale. Japon. --- Landbouwers. Japan. --- J4000.90 --- Japan: Social history, history of civilization -- postwar Shōwa (1945- ), Heisei period (1989- ), contemporary

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The last 120 years have seen great social change and development in Japan. In the early 1870s Japan was still a third world country--a newly unified island nation with a highly agrarian economy and an insecure and weak government. By 1914 Japan had progressed towards the beginnings of an industrial economy, it had established a small empire for itself and the government had gained full and effective control over the entire country. Now, at the end of the twentieth century, Japan is an economic giant, with a massive export economy and considerable clout in the international world community.Ann Waswo outlines the role of the 'ordinary' Japanese citizen in this extraordinary history. One of the continuous themes in this history has been the steady relationship which the state has had with the people since the late nineteenth century, but this relationship has not been without change. Waswo focuses attention upon these developments, together with the many historical explanations for events in Japanese history--events which have too often been explained by the 'unique and enduring' quality of Japanese cultural traditions.Most accounts of Japanese history concentrate on politics and economics. In this comprehensive--yet accessible--study, Waswo shows how these forces shaped modern Japanese society.

Japan --- Japon --- History --- Social conditions --- Histoire --- Conditions sociales --- J4140.70 --- J4000.70 --- J4100 --- Japan: Sociology and anthropology -- cultural history -- Kindai (1850s- ), bakumatsu, Meiji, Taishō --- Japan: Social history, history of civilization -- Kindai (1850s- ), bakumatsu, Meiji, Taishō --- Japan: Sociology, anthropology and culture in general --- J4150.70 --- Japan: Social history, history of civilization -- Kindai (1850s- ), bakumatsu, Meiji, Taishō

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J4000 --- J4140 --- J3300 --- J4600 --- 308 <520> --- 952.0 "-01/19" --- Japan: Social sciences in general, social history --- Japan: Sociology and anthropology -- cultural history --- Japan: History -- general histories --- Japan: Politics and law -- general and history --- Japan --- History. --- J4150 --- Japan: Sociology and anthropology -- customs, folklore and culture