Lust, commerce, and corruption : an account of what I have seen and heard, by an Edo Samurai

Publication Data

• Title Lust, commerce, and corruption : an account of what I have seen and heard, by an Edo Samurai
• Alternative Title Seji kenbunroku. English
• Author Buyō Inshi
• Contributors Mark Teeuwen, Kate Wildman Nakai, Miyazaki Fumiko, Anne Walthall, John Breen
• Publisher Columbia University Press
• Publication date 2014
• Publication location New York
• Language English

Contents

Era Names
Measures
Currencies
Maps
Part 1. Buyō Inshi and His Times
Part 2. Matters of the World : An Account of What I Have Seen and Heard / Buyō Inshi
Prologue
Warriors
Farmers
Temple and Shrine Priests
The Medical Profession
The Way of Yin and Yang
The Blind
Lawsuits
Townspeople
Lower Townspeople
Pleasure Districts and Prostitutes
Kabuki
Pariahs and Outcasts
Rice, Grain, and Other Products
Mountains and Forests
On Japan Being Called a Divine Land
Untimely Deaths
The Land, People, and Ruler
List of Japanese Terms.

Topics

• Social classes :: Japan :: History :: 19th century
• Japan :: Economic conditions :: 1600-1868
• Japan :: Moral conditions :: History :: 19th century
• Japan :: Social life and customs :: 1600-1868
• Japan :: Social conditions :: 1600-1868
• Japan

Lust, commerce, and corruption : an account of what I have seen and heard, by an Edo Samurai by Buyō Inshi. ISBN 9780231166447. Published by Columbia University Press in 2014. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.