Front Matter
pp. i
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The Ideal Ruler and the Domain-bounded State
Katsumi, Fukaya pp. 1-9
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A Study of the Early Modern Samurai Honorary Ranking System: The Movement to Promote Ikeda Tsunamasa
Shin, Hori pp. 10-16
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Central Control or Parallel Evolution: Samurai Landholding in Tokugawa Japan
Morris, J.F.; Daigaku, Miyagi Gakuin Joshi pp. 17-26
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Whose Village? Whose State? Negotiating Taxes in the Bakufu Domain in the Late Eighteenth Century
Sippel, Patricia pp. 27-30
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Some Observations
Bolitho, Harold pp. 31-35
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Academic News
Saeki, Junko pp. 36-39
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Male Colors: The Construction of Homosexuality in Tokugawa Japan (Book Review)
Childs, Margaret H.;Leupp, Gary pp. 40-42
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Edo Craftsmen: Master Artisans of Old Tokyo (Book Review)
Graham, Patricia J.;Judge, Thomas F. pp. 42-44
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Shisendo: Hall of the Poetry Immortals (Book Review)
Pollack, David ;Rimer, J. Thomas ;Chaves, Jonathan;Addiss, Stephen;Suzuki, Hiroyuki;Kato, Shuichi pp. 44-49
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Edo and Paris: Urban Life and the State in the Early Modern Era (Book Review)
Wigen, Karen ;McClain, James L. ;Merriman, John M. ;Kaoru, Ugawa pp. 49-54
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Complete Issue
pp. i-54
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