Tour of Duty: Samurai, Military Service in Edo, and the Culture of Early Modern Japan

By Constantine Nomikos Vaporis

Book Overview

Alternate attendance was one of the central institutions of Edo-period (1603-1868) Japan and one of the most unusual examples of a system of enforced elite mobility in world history. This text renders alternate attendance as a lived experience, for not only the daimyo but also the samurai retainers who accompanied them.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0824832051
• ISBN13: 9780824832056
• Release Date: August 2008
• Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.5" x 1.0" x 6.5"