The Enigma of Japanese Power: People and Politics in a Stateless NationA full-scale examination of the inner workings of Japan's political and industrial system. From the Trade Paperback edition. |
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... samurai , an etiquette summed up in the famous Hagakure , written in 1716 , which says in its first paragraphs that ' the Way of the samurai is found in death ' . 11 The work is both humdrum and extremist . Various stories and aphorisms ...
... samurai , an etiquette summed up in the famous Hagakure , written in 1716 , which says in its first paragraphs that ' the Way of the samurai is found in death ' . 11 The work is both humdrum and extremist . Various stories and aphorisms ...
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... samurai with inherited privileges guaranteed political continuity . Beneath it , a layer of educated and disciplined lower samurai existed ; these were early ' technocrats ' entrusted with the daily manage- ment of a fairly rapidly ...
... samurai with inherited privileges guaranteed political continuity . Beneath it , a layer of educated and disciplined lower samurai existed ; these were early ' technocrats ' entrusted with the daily manage- ment of a fairly rapidly ...
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... samurai who sold their services to the highest bidder . After the consolidation of the Tokugawa regime , such samurai mobility was largely out of the question . To facilitate their control , the bakufu power - holders designed rules ...
... samurai who sold their services to the highest bidder . After the consolidation of the Tokugawa regime , such samurai mobility was largely out of the question . To facilitate their control , the bakufu power - holders designed rules ...
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The Elusive State | 25 |
An Inescapable Embrace | 50 |
Servants of the System | 82 |
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