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In April 1859, at age fifty, Shinohara Chūemon left his old life behind. Chūemon, a well-off farmer in his home village, departed for the new port city of Yokohama, where he remained for the next fourteen years. There, as a merchant trading with foreigners in the aftermath of Japan's 1853 "...
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Partner, Simon, author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut The Merchant's Tale : Yokohama and the Transformation of Japan / Simon Partner. New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [2018] ©2017 1 online resource : 20 b&w illustrations text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Asia Perspectives: History, Society, and Culture Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- List of Tables and Illustrations -- Notes on the Text -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Out of Thin Air (1859-1860) -- 2. Years of Struggle (1860-1864) -- 3. Prosperity (1864-1866) -- 4. Transformation (1866-1873) -- Conclusion: The Power of a Place -- Tables -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star In April 1859, at age fifty, Shinohara Chūemon left his old life behind. Chūemon, a well-off farmer in his home village, departed for the new port city of Yokohama, where he remained for the next fourteen years. There, as a merchant trading with foreigners in the aftermath of Japan's 1853 "opening" to the West, he witnessed the collapse of the Tokugawa shogunate, the civil war that followed, and the Meiji Restoration's reforms. The Merchant's Tale looks through Chūemon's eyes at the upheavals of this period.In a narrative history rich in colorful detail, Simon Partner uses the story of an ordinary merchant farmer and its Yokohama setting as a vantage point onto sweeping social transformation and its unwitting agents. Chūemon, like most newcomers to Yokohama, came in search of economic opportunity. His story sheds light on vital issues in Japan's modern history, including the legacies of the Meiji Restoration; the East Asian treaty port system; and the importance of everyday life-food, clothing, medicine, and hygiene-for national identity. Centered on an individual, The Merchant's Tale is also the story of a place. Created under pressure from aggressive foreign powers, Yokohama was the scene of gunboat diplomacy, a connection to global markets, the birthplace of new lifestyles, and the beachhead of Japan's modernization. Partner's history of a vibrant meeting place humanizes the story of Japan's revolutionary 1860s and their profound consequences for Japanese society and culture. Issued also in print. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 02. Mrz 2022) HISTORY / Asia / Japan. bisacsh Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Columbia University Press Complete eBook-Package 2017 9783110543308 print 9780231182928 https://doi.org/10.7312/part18292 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780231544467 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9780231544467/original |
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