Peasant Protests and Uprisings in Tokugawa Japan
Format:Paperback
Publisher:University of California Press
Published:1st Jul '92
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The Japanese peasant has been thought of as an obedient and passive subject of the feudal ruling class. Yet Tokugawa villagers frequently engaged in unlawful and disruptive protests. Moreover, the frequency and intensity of the peasants' collective action increased markedly at the end of the Tokugawa period. Stephen Vlastos's examination of the changing patterns of peasant protest in the Fukushima area shows that peasant mobilization was restricted both ideologically and organizationally and that peasants did not become a prime moving force in the Meiji Restoration.
ISBN: 9780520072039
Dimensions: 216mm x 140mm x 13mm
Weight: 227g
184 pages