Thinking like a man : : Tadano Makuzu (1763-1825) / / by Bettina Gramlich-Oka.

• Superior document: Brill's Japanese studies library, v. 24
• Author: Gramlich-Oka, Bettina.
• Year of Publication: 2006
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Brill's Japanese studies library ; v. 24.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (335 p.)
• Notes: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

This book, which deals with the life and ideas of the poet and philosopher Tadano Makuzu (1763-1825), presents insights into gender discourses of the late Tokugawa period (1600-1868), and thereby opens a way to break away from conventional intellectual history.

Table of Contents

Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Conventions and Abbreviations -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Makuzu's Place in Japanese Literature -- Makuzu's Place in Intellectual History -- Contents -- Part One Makuzu's Life -- Chapter One Remnants of Legends -- Legends of Samurai and Scholars: The Nagai Family -- Legends of Samurai and Scholars: Kudō Grandparents -- Makuzu's Parents: Superior Man and Poet -- Heisuke -- Heisuke's Education -- Makuzu's Mother -- Among Lords, Scholars, and Poets -- Chapter Two Heisuke's Legacy -- Makuzu's Education -- Heisuke's Proposal -- The Ezo Affair -- Gods of Misfortune -- Chapter Three The Crafting of the Author Makuzu -- Departure to Married Life -- The Poet Makuzu -- The Victim Makuzu -- Mukashibanashi -- From Victim to Activist -- Chapter Four Makuzu and Bakin -- Epistolary Intrusion -- Producing a New Form of Filial Piety -- Bakin's Empathy -- Promoting the Agenda -- Bakin's Dilemma -- The End of the Relationship -- Work of Regret -- Part Two Hitori Kangae (Solitary Thoughts) -- Chapter Five Critique of the Masculine Way -- The Masculine Way -- Defining Gender -- The Body Beneath the Skin -- Woman's Place in Society -- Transcending Gender by Enlightenment -- Confucius and Women -- Chapter Six The Rhythm as Guide -- The Rhythm between Heaven and Earth -- The Rhythm's Genealogy -- The Dimension of Time -- The Dimension of Space -- The Rhythm and Japan-centeredness -- Chapter Seven The Human Condition and Society -- Decoupling the Individual from Heaven -- Human Nature and Morality -- Good and Evil -- Human Competition -- Human Agency and Ikioi -- Accommodation of Human Nature -- Chapter Eight The Rhythm Applied Will Benefit All -- Kokueki (Benefit to the Country) -- To Order the Country and Save its People (Keisei Saimin) -- The Ikioi of Money.

The Lord Who Knows Arithmetic -- Kokueki by Means of Knowledge -- Makuzu's Vision -- Epilogue -- List of Works Cited -- Works by Makuzu -- Other Sources -- Index -- BRILL'S JAPANESE STUDIES LIBRARY.