Government by Mourning : : Death and Political Integration in Japan, 1603-1912 / / Atsuko Hirai.

• Superior document: Harvard East Asian Monographs ; 347
• VerfasserIn: Hirai, Atsuko,
• Place / Publishing House: Boston : : Harvard University Asia Center,, 2014.; Leiden; , Boston : : BRILL,, 2014.
• Year of Publication: 2014
• Language: English
• Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs ; 347.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xviii, 433 pages :); illustrations, maps

"Hirai reveals how the decrees on mourning played an important integrative part in the Tokugawa period through not only its comprehensive implementation, especially among major political figures, but also its codification of the religious beliefs and customs that the Japanese people had cherished for innumerable generations"--Provided by publisher.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material -- Introduction -- Pre-Tokugawa Mourning Laws -- The Tokugawa Mourning Edicts -- Mourning and the Shogun's Legitimacy -- Mourning and the Daimyo Houses -- The Mourning Edict and the Populace -- Portraits of Men and Women in Mourning -- Public Mourning of State Personages -- Public Mourning in the Daimyo Domains -- Public Mourning and the Imperial Family -- Public Mourning in Bakumatsu Politics -- Government by Mourning in the Meiji Period -- Conclusion -- Shogun Tokugawa Tsunayoshi's Bukkiryō (Edict on Mourning and Abstention), Genroku 6 (1693) -- Reference Lists -- Personal Names -- Japanese Terms -- Bibliography -- Index -- Harvard East Asian Monographs.