Leaders and leadership in Japan / / edited by Ian Neary

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910824343003321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London : , : Routledge, , 2013
• ISBN: 1-134-24425-8; 1-315-07328-5; 1-134-24418-5
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (316 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): NearyIan
• Disciplina: 303.34
• Soggetti: Political leadership - Japan; Japan Social conditions
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: "First published in 1996 by Japan Library"--T.p. verso.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface; About the Contributors; 1. Leaders and Leadership in Japan; Bibliography; 2. Leadership in the Medieval Japanese Warrior Family; Introduction; Material; The Shibuya Family and Iriki Estate; The Family Council of the Shibuya in Iriki; The Family Council and the Sōryō System; Generality of the Family Council; The Principles of the SōryōSystem; The SōryōSystem and Higher Authority; Dissolution of the SōryōSystem; Conclusion; Bibliography; 3. The Creation of Self-Government and LocalLeadership in Central Japan from the Fourteenth tothe Sixteenth CenturiesIntroduction; Terminology; Preconditions,Theoretical Background and Subject; Settlements, Estates and the Structure of the VillageCommunity; Topography; Territory, Estates, Settlements; The Structure of the Village Community; Case Studies on Conflict and Cooperation for Water; Cooperation on irrigation; Conflict for Irrigation; Conclusion; Bibliography; 4. Le Comte des Cantons Charles de Montblanc -Agent for the Lord of Satsuma; The Shogunal Mission of 1864; The Satsuma Mission of 1865The Bakufu Mission Led by Tokugawa Akitake; Montblanc Visits Japan; Back to Paris; Writings; The Bakufu View of the Events; Note; Bibliography; 5. Mikado -From Spiritual Emperor to Enlightened Sovereign; Bibliography; 6. The Russian ; Occupation of Tsushima -a Stepping-stone to British Leadership in Japan; Introduction; The Russian Attack; The International Response; The Occupation of Tsushima; Conclusion; Bibliography; 7. The Paradox ofProgressive Conservative Leadership in Early Meiji Japan; Introduction; Progressive Conservatism and Nation-State Building; Progressive Conservatism and EducationMori Arinori as Progressive Conservative; Conclusion; Bibliography; 8. Leaders in Change: the Way to Official Language Reform; The Intellectual Élite; Script simplification; Colloquialization; Standardization; The Writers of Prose Literature; The Spoken Model; Conclusion; Bibliography; 9. The Meiji Élite and Western Culture; The Civilizing Process and the Modern Individual of Norbert Elias and the Meiji Élite; Dress and Grooming; Western Culture in the Home Interior; Meiji Etiquette and Ethics; The Meiji Civilizing Process and the Modern Individual; Bibliography10. The 'Unique' Character of the Emperor - the Main Leaders of ModernJapan?; Bibliography; 11. The Imperial House Law and its Meaning for the Position of the Tennō in the Meiji State; Aims and Methods; The Relationbetween the Constitution and Imperial House Law; Succession to the Throne; The Advisory Organs of the Court; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; 12. The Leadership of Admiral Katō Tomosaburō; Bibliography; 13. Anarchist Communism and Leadership: the case of Iwasa Sakutarō; Formative Influences; The American Years; House Arrest; Archetypal Pure Anarchist; Postwar Years; Conclusion
• Sommario/riassunto: Shows Japan's group-orientated society may have had fewer so-called 'leaders', but has excelled as a society of king-makers. On the other hand, the way leadership is expressed derives from different values and perceptions of hierarchy.