Hideyoshi (Harvard East Asian Monographs)

Hideyoshi (Harvard East Asian Monographs)

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Here Is The First Fulllength Biography In English Of The Most Important Political Figure In Premodern Japan.Hideyoshipeasant Turned General, Military Genius, And Imperial Regent Of Japanis The Subject Of An Immense Legendary Literature. He Is Best Known For The Conquest Of Japans Sixteenthcentury Warlords And The Invasion Of Korea. He Is Known, Too, As An Extravagant Showman Who Rebuilt Cities, Erected A Colossal Statue Of The Buddha, And Entertained Thousands Of Guests At Tea Parties. But His Lasting Contribution Is As Governor Whose Policies Shaped The Course Of Japanese Politics For Almost Three Hundred Years.In Japans First Experiment With Federal Rule, Hideyoshi Successfully Unified Two Hundred Local Domains Under A Central Authority. Mary Elizabeth Berry Explores The Motives And Forms Of This New Federalism Which Would Survive In Japan Until The Midnineteenth Century, As Well As The Philosophical Question It Raised: What Is The Proper Role Of Government? This Book Reflects Upon Both The Shifting Political Consciousness Of The Late Sixteenth Century And The Legitimation Rituals That Were Invoked To Place Change In A Traditional Context. It Also Reflects Upon The Architect Of That Changea Troubled Parvenu Who Acted Often With Moderation And Sometimes With Explosive Brutality.

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