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Multilingual Version of Pictopedia of Everyday Life in Medieval Japan, compiled from picture scrolls. Vol. 2. Yokohama: Kanagawa University 21st Century COE Program. pp. 71– 75. ISBN 978-4-9903017-3-6. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 April 2014. Umezu, Jirō (1977). 粉和寺緣起絵 吉備大臣入唐絵 [Kibi Daijin Nittō Emaki ...
Mukotorikon (婿取婚 むことりこん）refers to a system of uxorilocal marital structure in Japan, particularly in Japan's medieval period [1] which was largely superseded by a system of patrilocal marriage, as some men became in charge of units ie or za following changes in society such as the decline of the ritsuryo system.
Shukuba (宿場) were staging post stations during the Edo period in Japan, generally located on one of the Edo Five Routes or one of its sub-routes. They were also called shuku-eki (宿駅). These stage stations, or "stage station towns ( 宿場町 , shukuba-machi ) " developed around them, were places where travelers could rest on their ...
Tsurezuregusa (徒然草, Essays in Idleness, also known as The Harvest of Leisure) is a collection of essays written by the Japanese monk Kenkō (兼好) between 1330 and 1332. The work is widely considered a gem of medieval Japanese literature and one of the three representative works of the zuihitsu genre , along with The Pillow Book and the ...
The jōkamachi (城下町, lit. ' castle city ') were centres of the domains of the feudal lords in medieval Japan. [1] The jōkamachi represented the new, concentrated military power of the daimyo in which the formerly decentralized defence resources were concentrated around a single, central citadel. [2]
Similarly, the Chinese placed a high value of Japanese silver, creating a commerce market that the Portuguese were able to navigate with financial success. The civil war in Japan during the late 16th century also benefited Portuguese merchants, as daimyos competed with each other to offer more attractive trading conditions in their farms. [12]
The kuge (公家) was a Japanese aristocratic class that dominated the Japanese Imperial Court in Kyoto. [1] The kuge were important from the establishment of Kyoto as the capital during the Heian period in the late 8th century until the rise of the Kamakura shogunate in the 12th century, at which point it was eclipsed by the bushi.
The Kitano Tenjin Engi Emaki (北野天神縁起絵巻, "Scroll on the foundation of the Kitano temple and the life of Sugawara no Michizane", "Illuminated scroll on the history of the god of Kitano", or more simply "Legends of Kitano Tenjin Shrine") is an emakimono or emaki (painted narrative handscroll) from the beginning of the 13th century, in the Kamakura period of Japanese history (1185 ...