The eleven chapters in this volume explore the process of
carving out, in discourse and in practice, the boundaries
delineating the state, the civil sphere, and the family in Japan
from 1600 to 1950. One of the central themes in the volume is the
demarcation of relations between the central political authorities
and local communities. The early modern period in Japan is marked
by a growing sense of a unified national society, with a long,
common history, that existed in a coherent space. The growth of
this national community inevitably raised questions about
relationships between the imperial government and local groups and
interests at the prefectural and village levels. Moves to demarcate
divisions between central and local rule in the course of
constructing a modern nation contributed to a public discourse that
drew on longstanding assumptions about political legitimacy,
authority, and responsibility as well as on Western political
ideas.
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