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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Page 36
... shogunate , and the long period of relative peace named after his family began peace , but not political unity . No truly centralised government was ever attempted , since both shoguns and daimyo were preoccupied with safeguarding what ...
... shogunate , and the long period of relative peace named after his family began peace , but not political unity . No truly centralised government was ever attempted , since both shoguns and daimyo were preoccupied with safeguarding what ...
Page 280
... shogun saw the priests as the forerunners of colonisation by the Portuguese or Spaniards . More important , probably , was the Tokugawa shogunate's fear that the less loyal domains might receive military backing from the foreigners ...
... shogun saw the priests as the forerunners of colonisation by the Portuguese or Spaniards . More important , probably , was the Tokugawa shogunate's fear that the less loyal domains might receive military backing from the foreigners ...
Page 281
... shogunate officials that they did not worship the same God as the Portuguese . Following the expulsion of the missionaries , Japanese Christians were tortured , crucified and sent into exile.12 To prove that they had apostatised , they ...
... shogunate officials that they did not worship the same God as the Portuguese . Following the expulsion of the missionaries , Japanese Christians were tortured , crucified and sent into exile.12 To prove that they had apostatised , they ...
Contents
The Elusive State | 25 |
An Inescapable Embrace | 50 |
Servants of the System | 82 |
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