What Is a Family? Answers from Early Modern Japan
Mary Elizabeth Berry and Marcia Yonemoto
Essays on family life in Tokugawa Japan, from samurai households and village farmers to merchants, outcastes and artists. A close look at everyday society in the Edo period.
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