Research Catalog

Title

Lust, commerce, and corruption [electronic resource] : an account of what I have seen and heard, by an Edo Samurai / translated by Mark Teeuwen, Kate Wildman Nakai, Miyazaki Fumiko, Anne Walthall, and John Breen; edited and with an introduction by Mark Teeuwen and Kate Wildman Nakai.

Author

Buyō Inshi, 19th century.

Publication

New York : Columbia University Press, [2014]

Details

Additional Authors

• Teeuwen, Mark.
• Nakai, Kate Wildman.
• Miyazaki, Fumiko.
• Walthall, Anne.
• Breen, John.

Description

1 online resource (xi, 473 pages)

Series Statement

Translations from the Asian classics

Uniform Title

Seji kenbunroku. English (Online)

Alternative Title

Seji kenbunroku.

Subject

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

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 441-455) and index.

Access (note)

• Access restricted to authorized users.

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.

LCCN

2013002109

OCLC

ssj0001112582

Author

Buyō Inshi, 19th century.

Title

Lust, commerce, and corruption [electronic resource] : an account of what I have seen and heard, by an Edo Samurai / translated by Mark Teeuwen, Kate Wildman Nakai, Miyazaki Fumiko, Anne Walthall, and John Breen; edited and with an introduction by Mark Teeuwen and Kate Wildman Nakai.

Imprint

New York : Columbia University Press, [2014]

Series

Translations from the Asian classics

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 441-455) and index.

Access

Access restricted to authorized users.

Connect to:

Available from home with a valid library card

Available onsite at NYPL

Added Author

Teeuwen, Mark.

Nakai, Kate Wildman.

Miyazaki, Fumiko.

Walthall, Anne.

Breen, John.