LEADER 04342nam 2200721 450 001 9910463986303321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-231-53597-X 024 7 $a10.7312/teeu16644 035 $a(CKB)2670000000528885 035 $a(EBL)1603590 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001112582 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11642199 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001112582 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11160850 035 $a(PQKB)10565414 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000744853 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1603590 035 $a(DE-B1597)458525 035 $a(OCoLC)872624199 035 $a(OCoLC)967257776 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780231535977 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1603590 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10860255 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL608766 035 $a(OCoLC)870946749 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000528885 100 $a20140424h20142014 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aLust, commerce, and corruption $ean account of what I have seen and heard, by an Edo Samurai /$ftranslated by Mark Teeuwen [and four others] ; edited and with an introduction by Mark Teeuwen and Kate Wildman Nakai ; Noah Arlow, jacket design ; contributors John Breen [and four others] 210 1$aNew York :$cColumbia University Press,$d2014. 210 4$dİ2014 215 $a1 online resource (497 p.) 225 1 $aTranslations from the Asian classics 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-231-16644-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tPreface --$tEra Names, Measures, Currencies --$tMaps --$tPart 1. Buy? Inshi and His Times --$tPart 2. Matters of the World: An Account of What I Have Seen and Heard --$tPrologue /$rInshi, Buy? --$tChapter 1 /$rInshi, Buy? --$tChapter 2 /$rInshi, Buy? --$tChapter 3 /$rInshi, Buy? --$tChapter 4 /$rInshi, Buy? --$tChapter 5 /$rInshi, Buy? --$tChapter 6 /$rInshi, Buy? --$tChapter 7 /$rInshi, Buy? --$tGlossary --$tEditions and References --$tContributors --$tIndex 330 $aBy 1816, Japan had recovered from the famines of the 1780's and moved beyond the political reforms of the 1790's. Despite persistent economic and social stresses, the country seemed to be approaching a new period of growth. The idea that the shogunate would not last forever was far from anyone's mind. Yet, in that year, an anonymous samurai author completed one of the most detailed critiques of Edo society known today. Writing as Buyo Inshi, "a retired gentleman of Edo," he expresses a profound despair with the state of the realm and with people's behavior and attitudes. He sees decay wherever he turns and believes the world will soon descend into war. Buyo shows a familiarity with many corners of Edo life that one might not expect in a samurai. He describes the corruption of samurai officials; the suffering of the poor in villages and cities; the operation of brothels; the dealings of blind moneylenders; the selling and buying of temple abbotships; and the dubious strategies townspeople use in the law courts. Perhaps the frankness of his account, which contains a wealth of concrete information about Edo society, made him prefer to remain anonymous. This volume contains a full translation of Buyo's often-"ed but rarely studied work by a team of specialists on Edo society. Together with extensive annotation of the translation, the volume includes an introduction that situates the text culturally and historically. 410 0$aTranslations from the Asian classics. 606 $aSocial classes$zJapan$xHistory$y19th century 607 $aJapan$xSocial life and customs$y1600-1868 607 $aJapan$xSocial conditions$y1600-1868 607 $aJapan$xEconomic conditions$y1600-1868 607 $aJapan$xMoral conditions$xHistory$y19th century 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aSocial classes$xHistory 676 $a952/.025 702 $aTeeuwen$b Mark 702 $aKate Wildman Nakai 702 $aArlow$b Noah 702 $aBreen$b John 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910463986303321 996 $aLust, commerce, and corruption$92455374 997 $aUNINA