LEADER 05390nam 22007815 450 001 9910298471703321 005 20200919033639.0 010 $a4-431-55142-5 024 7 $a10.1007/978-4-431-55142-3 035 $a(CKB)3710000000414330 035 $a(EBL)2096111 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001500749 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11771801 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001500749 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11520995 035 $a(PQKB)11105872 035 $a(DE-He213)978-4-431-55142-3 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC2096111 035 $a(PPN)186029136 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000414330 100 $a20150514d2015 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aJapan?s Industrious Revolution$b[electronic resource] $eEconomic and Social Transformations in the Early Modern Period /$fby Akira Hayami 205 $a1st ed. 2015. 210 1$aTokyo :$cSpringer Japan :$cImprint: Springer,$d2015. 215 $a1 online resource (145 p.) 225 1 $aStudies in Economic History,$x2364-1797 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a4-431-55141-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $aPart I Socio-Economic Development in Modern Japan -- 1. Analyzing Japanese Economic History -- 2. Before the Formulation of a Socio-Economic History -- 3. The Formulation of a Economic Society -- 4. Economy and Society in the Edo Era -- 5. The Industrialization of Modern Japan.- Part II Characteristics of the Economic Society in the Edo Era.- Part III Economic Development in Modern Japan -- 6. Economic Development in Modern Japan -- 7. Industrious Revolution and Economic Development -- 8. Industrious Revolution v.s. Industrial Revolution. 330 $aThis book explains in fascinating detail how economic and social transformations in pre-1600 Japan led to an industrious revolution in the early modern period, and how the fruits of the Industrious Revolution are what have supported Japan since the eighteenth century, improving living standards and leading to the formation of the work ethic of modern Japan. The arrival of the Sengoku Period in the sixteenth century saw the emergence and domination of government by the warrior class. It was Tokugawa Ieyasu who unified the realm. Yet this unity did not give rise to an autocratic state, as the shogun was recognized merely as a main pillar of the warrior class. Economically, however, from the fourteenth century, currency payments for sh?en nengu (taxes paid to the proprietor) became standard, and currency circulation began, primarily in the central region. Under Tokugawa rule, organized domestic coinage of currency began, opening the way to establishing a national economic society. Also, agricultural land was surveyed through cadastral surveys known as kenchi. Land values were converted in terms of rice, so the expected rice yields for each village were assessed, and the lords used this as a benchmark for imposing taxes. In the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, Japan experienced a ?great transition,? and conditions for peasants, agriculture, and farming villages underwent great changes. Inefficient traditional agriculture using peasants in a state of servitude was transformed into highly efficient small-sized farming operations which relied on family labor. As production yields increased due to labor-intensive agriculture, the profits obtained by the peasants improved their living standards. The stem-family system became the norm through which work ethics and even literacy were transmitted. This very change was the result of the ?industrious revolution? in Japan.           The book thus presents the framework of the facts of pre-industrial Japanese history and depicts pre-modern Japan from a macroscopic point of view, showing how the industrious revolution came about. It is certain to be of great interest to economists and historians alike. 410 0$aStudies in Economic History,$x2364-1797 606 $aEconomic growth 606 $aHistory 606 $aDemography 606 $aFamilies 606 $aFamilies?Social aspects 606 $aEconomic Growth$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/W44000 606 $aHistory, general$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/700000 606 $aDemography$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/X25000 606 $aFamily$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/X27000 607 $aJapan$xEconomic conditions$xHistory 607 $aJapan$xSocial conditions$xHistory 607 $aJapan$2fast 608 $aHistory.$2fast 615 0$aEconomic growth. 615 0$aHistory. 615 0$aDemography. 615 0$aFamilies. 615 0$aFamilies?Social aspects. 615 14$aEconomic Growth. 615 24$aHistory, general. 615 24$aDemography. 615 24$aFamily. 676 $a330.952 700 $aHayami$b Akira$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut$0251073 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910298471703321 996 $aJapan?s Industrious Revolution$92532933 997 $aUNINA