Tour of duty : Samurai, military service in Edo, and the culture of early modern Japan /
"Aternate attendance (sankin kotai) was one of the central institutions of Edo-period (1603-1868) Japan and one of the most unusual examples of a system of enforced elite mobility in world history. It required the daimyo to divide their time between their domains and the city of Edo, where they...
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| Format: | eBook Electronic |
| Language: | English |
| Language notes: | English. |
| Imprint: | Honolulu : University of Hawaiʻi Press, ©2008. |
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