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The Dog Shogun - The Personality and Policies of Tokugawa Tsunayoshi (Hardcover, illustrated edition annotated edition)
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The Dog Shogun - The Personality and Policies of Tokugawa Tsunayoshi (Hardcover, illustrated edition annotated edition)
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Tsunayoshi (1646-1709), the fifth Tokugawa shogun, is one of the
most notorious figures in Japanese history. Viewed by many as a
tyrant, his policies were deemed eccentric, extreme, and
unorthodox. His Laws of Compassion, which made the maltreatment of
dogs an offense punishable by death, earned him the nickname Dog
Shogun, by which he is still popularly known today. However,
Tsunayoshi's rule coincides with the famed Genroku era, a period of
unprecedented cultural growth and prosperity that Japan would not
experience again until the mid-twentieth century. It was under
Tsunayoshi that for the first time in Japanese history considerable
numbers of ordinary townspeople were in a financial position to
acquire an education and enjoy many of the amusements previously
reserved for the ruling elite. Based on a masterful re-examination
of primary sources, this exciting new work by a senior scholar of
the Tokugawa period maintains that Tsunayoshi's notoriety stems
largely from the work of samurai historians and officials who saw
their privileges challenged by a ruler sympathetic to commoners.
Beatrice Bodart-Bailey's insightful analysis of Tsunayoshi's
background sheds new light on his personality and the policies
associated with his shogunate. "The Dog Shogun" is a thoroughly
revisionist work of Japanese political history that touches on many
social, intellectual, and economic developments as well. As such it
promises to become a standard text on late-seventeenth and
early-eighteenth-century Japan.
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