This paper brings the tumultuous events of Japan’s medieval and early modern history—roughly 1185 to 1600--into conversation with comparative theorizing about war and politics. We take as our starting point that in Japan as elsewhere, military lords offered security of property and person against marauders in exchange for taxes. But the extent to which peasants were willing to contract with warlords depended on the value they placed on protection. Our analysis suggests that this calculation varied considerably by topography. Mountain or island communities were plausible self-defenders for much of human history, making them reluctant to pay others for their protection. Communities made remote by elevation or water placed relatively low value...
This study reassesses the politics of religious institutions from the late medieval to the early Tok...
This study reassesses the politics of religious institutions from the late medieval to the early Tok...
The Japanese economy expanded rapidly during the course of the seventeenth century, as indicated by ...
This paper brings the tumultuous events of Japan’s medieval and early modern history—roughly 1185 to...
Defensive Positions focuses on the role of regional domains in early modern Japan’s coastal defense,...
Defensive Positions focuses on the role of regional domains in early modern Japan’s coastal defense,...
On the eve of the Meiji Restoration in 1868, the nearly 300 semi-autonomous domains across Japan had...
Defensive Positions focuses on the role of regional domains in early modern Japan’s coastal defense,...
ABSTRACTWind, Forest, Fire, and Mountain 風林火山: The Evolution of Environmental Management and Local S...
Contrary to the predictions of balance of power theory that the balancing mechanism prevents the eme...
How much war was there in early modern East Asia? This article empirically corroborates characteriza...
On the eve of the Meiji Restoration in 1868, the nearly 300 semi-autonomous domains across Japan had...
This dissertation elaborates on a comparative analysis of late medieval local realities, between som...
Thesis (M.A.)--University of Hawaii at Manoa, 2008.Includes bibliographical references (leaves 110-1...
During the feudal Edo period (1603-1868) in Japan, the shogunate government relied for regional cont...
This study reassesses the politics of religious institutions from the late medieval to the early Tok...
This study reassesses the politics of religious institutions from the late medieval to the early Tok...
The Japanese economy expanded rapidly during the course of the seventeenth century, as indicated by ...
This paper brings the tumultuous events of Japan’s medieval and early modern history—roughly 1185 to...
Defensive Positions focuses on the role of regional domains in early modern Japan’s coastal defense,...
Defensive Positions focuses on the role of regional domains in early modern Japan’s coastal defense,...
On the eve of the Meiji Restoration in 1868, the nearly 300 semi-autonomous domains across Japan had...
Defensive Positions focuses on the role of regional domains in early modern Japan’s coastal defense,...
ABSTRACTWind, Forest, Fire, and Mountain 風林火山: The Evolution of Environmental Management and Local S...
Contrary to the predictions of balance of power theory that the balancing mechanism prevents the eme...
How much war was there in early modern East Asia? This article empirically corroborates characteriza...
On the eve of the Meiji Restoration in 1868, the nearly 300 semi-autonomous domains across Japan had...
This dissertation elaborates on a comparative analysis of late medieval local realities, between som...
Thesis (M.A.)--University of Hawaii at Manoa, 2008.Includes bibliographical references (leaves 110-1...
During the feudal Edo period (1603-1868) in Japan, the shogunate government relied for regional cont...
This study reassesses the politics of religious institutions from the late medieval to the early Tok...
This study reassesses the politics of religious institutions from the late medieval to the early Tok...
The Japanese economy expanded rapidly during the course of the seventeenth century, as indicated by ...