Tsumi - Offence and Retribution in Early Japan
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Author_Yoko Williams
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Central Clans
Early Japan
Early Japanese
early Japanese legal concepts
Emperor Bidatsu
Emperor Jinmu
Emperor Kinmei
Emperor Nintoku
Emperor Sujin
Emperor Tenchi
Emperor Tenmu
Empress Suiko
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Heavenly Sovereign
Imperial Prince
indigenous law Japan
Inoue Mitsusada
Japanese political history
Kinai Area
Mononobe Clan
myth and ritual studies
Nihon Shoki
Prince Shotoku
Prince Toneri
Queen Himiko
ritsuryo legal system
Shoku Nihongi
Soga Clan
state formation East Asia
Taika Reform
unwritten legal traditions
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- ISBN 9781138863477
- Weight: 340g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 09 Jun 2015
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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Covering the period from before the emergence of the first political units through to the formation of the Japanese ritsuryo state in the 8th century, this book offers a ground-breaking scholarly diachronic analysis of tsumi (offence and retribution) from a politico-historical perspective. Taking as its starting point the native forms of tsumi in the realms of myth and prayer, the study traces their development through the periods of the formation of the state and the centralization of the governing structure, to the introduction of a written-law system of governing. Through detailed and logical analysis this study illuminates early Japanese political thought, written and unwritten law and the essentially political notion of tsumi.
Yoko Williams holds a doctorate from the Faculty of Oriental Studies, University of Oxford, and has held lecturing positions at the Faculty of Law, Waseda University, and other universities in Japan. Her main area of specialization is the philosophy and politics of early Japan. Dr Williams currently resides in Austria.
