Land, power, and the sacred : the estate system in medieval Japan /

Landed estates (shōen) produced much of the material wealth supporting all levels of late classical and medieval Japanese society. During the tenth through sixteenth centuries, estates served as sites of de facto government, trade network nodes, developing agricultural technology, and centers of re...

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Other Authors / Creators:Goodwin, Janet R., editor.
Piggott, Joan R., editor.
Format: eBook Electronic
Language:English
Language notes:In English.
Imprint: Honolulu : University of Hawaii Press, [2018]
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