Shogunal Politics Arai Hakuseki and the Premises of Tokugawa Rule

Name: Shogunal Politics Arai Hakuseki and the Premises of Tokugawa Rule
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ISBN: 9780674806535

ISBN-10: 0674806530

ISBN-13: 9780674806535

Edition: 1988

Authors: Kate W. Nakai

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Arai Hakuseki, advisor to the sixth and seventh Tokugawa shogun, played an important role in politics between 1709 and 1716, during an era of large changes in the bakufu. He participated in major policy decisions on currency, foreign trade, and local administration, while simultaneously trying to enhance the shogun's authority both within the bakufu and as a national ruler. The following shogun retained Hakuseki's fiscal and trade policies, but promptly reversed those measures designed to make the shogun a king-like figure.Nakai examines these successes and failures against the background of the time, especially the bifurcated and ambiguous distribution of authority between the Tokugawa…

Book details

List price: $34.00
Copyright year: 1988
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Publication date: 7/28/1988
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 400
Size: 6.50" wide x 9.50" long x 1.50" tall
Weight: 1.738
Language: English

Kate Wildman Nakai is Professor of Japanese History at Sophia University, Tokyo.