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Tsumi-- offence and retribution in early Japan

Title: Tsumi-- offence and retribution in early Japan / Yoko Williams.
Author: Williams, Yoko, 1955-
Publication: London ; New York : RoutledgeCurzon, 2003.

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Description

ix, 230 p. : ill., maps; 25 cm.

Summary

"Covering the period from before the emergence of the first political units through to the formation of the Japanese ritsuryo state in the eighth century, this book offers a ground-breaking scholarly diachronic analysis of tsumi (offence and retribution) from a politico-historical perspective." "Taking as its starting point the native forms of tsumi in the realms of myth and prayer, the study traces their development through the periods of the formation of the state and the centralization of the governing structure, to the introduction of a written law system of governing. Through detailed and logical analysis this study illuminates early Japanese political thought, written and unwritten law, and the essentially political notion of tsumi."--Jacket.

Subject

Genre/Form

History.

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (p. 212-224) and index.

Contents

1. Introduction -- 2. Developments in the political structure of early Japanese society -- 3. The earliest forms of tsumi: kunitsutsumi and amatsutsumi -- 4. Tsumi during the development of kingship -- 5. Tsumi during the transformation from okimi to tenno -- 6. Tsumi under the early ritsuryo state -- 7. Conclusion: the resolution of tsumi.

ISBN

0700717080
9780700717088

LCCN

2002068061

OCLC

ocm50023048
50023048
SCSB-1271451

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library