Japanizing Japanese families : : regional diversity and the emergence of a national family model through the eyes of historical demography / / edited by Ochiai Emily and Hirai Shoko.

• TeilnehmendeR: Ochiai, Emiko, 1958-; Hirai, Shōko, 1970-
• Place / Publishing House: Netherlands : : Brill,, [2022]; ©2022.
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English

"This book draws on historical demography to elucidate the regional diversity of the Japanese family and its convergence toward an integrated national family model that heralded the modern era, providing a new image of the family in pre-industrial Japan. The volume challenges the idea of early modern (1600-1870) Japan as a monolithic nation based on the ie, - the stem-family household so often mentioned as the fundamental form of Japanese social organization and enshrined in the Meiji Civil Code - which, in fact, came into being at various locales, at various speeds in the latter half of the 18th and the earlier half of the 19th centuries. In addition, there are several chapters which examine the role of women, either centrally or tangentially"-- Provided by publisher.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Regional diversity and the emergence of a national family model at the verge of modernity / Ochiai Emiko -- Emergence of the Ie in North-Eastern Japan, 1720-1870 / Hirai Shoko -- Balancing family strategies with individual choice : name changing in North-Eastern and Central villages /Mary Louise Nagata -- Absolute prmogeniture (anekatoku)in demographic perspective / Yamamoto Jun, Hiroko Constantini and Stephen Robertson -- Marriage and childbirth among female servants in a North-Eastern village : reconciliation between work and reproduction in Japanese labour history / Ochiai Emiko -- Tsumadoi : visiting marriage and household structure on Yakushima Island / Mizoguchi Tsunetoshi -- Population, marriage, and extramarital births in a South-Western maritime village / Nakajima Mitsuhiro -- The love and life a centenarian woman : historical demography meets oral history in a coastal village in South-Western Japan / Ochiai Emiko -- Samurai children's prospects : evidence from Tokuyama domain / Tsubouchi Yoshihiro -- From farmer to samurai : the effect of status change on demographic behaviour and family life / Yamamoto Jun