Culture of Civil War in Kyoto
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A01=Mary Elizabeth Berry
asia
asian history
Author_Mary Elizabeth Berry
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chaos
civil war
commoner neighborhoods
diaries
early modern polity
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japan
japanese history
kyoto
lawlessness
lotus sectarians
medieval order
misrule
onin bunmei war
onin war
organization of power
organization of work
outlawry
popular insurrection
popular uprising
prestige
private justice
rebellion
social transformation
structures of order
upheaval of onin
urban conflict
urban geography
urban records
violence of war
warring states
warring states period
wartime culture
Product details
- ISBN 9780520208773
- Weight: 590g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 20 Mar 1997
- Publisher: University of California Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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How do ordinary people respond to prolonged terror? The convulsion of Japan's "Warring States" period between 1467 and 1568 destroyed the medieval order and exposed the framework of an early modern polity. Mary Elizabeth Berry investigates the experience of upheaval in Kyoto during this time. Using diaries and urban records (extensively quoted in the text), Berry explores the violence of war, misrule, private justice, outlawry, and popular uprising. She also examines the structures of order, old and new, that abated chaos and abetted social transformation. The wartime culture of Kyoto comes to life in a panoramic study that covers the rebellion of the Lotus sectarians, the organization of work and power in commoner neighborhoods, the replotting of urban geography, and the redefinition of authority and prestige in the arena of play.
Mary Elizabeth Berry is Professor of History at the University of California, Berkeley. She is the author of Hideyoshi (1982).
