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Michigan Monograph Series in Japanese Studies: Lords of the Sea : Pirates, Violence, and Commerce in Late Medieval Japan by Peter D. Shapinsky (2014, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherUniversity of Michigan, Center for Japanese Studies
ISBN-101929280815
ISBN-139781929280810
eBay Product ID (ePID)219633993
Product Key Features
Number of Pages342 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameLords of the Sea : Pirates, Violence, and Commerce in Late Medieval Japan
Publication Year2014
SubjectEthnic Studies / General, Asia / Japan, Sociology / General, Commerce, Violence in Society, Maritime History & Piracy, Ships & Shipbuilding / General
TypeTextbook
AuthorPeter D. Shapinsky
Subject AreaTransportation, Social Science, Business & Economics, History
SeriesMichigan Monograph Series in Japanese Studies
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.7 in
Item Weight20 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN2014-016634
Dewey Edition23
Series Volume Number76
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal952/.023
SynopsisLords of the Sea revises our understanding of the epic political, economic, and cultural transformations of Japan's late medieval period (ca. 1300-1600) by shifting the conventional land-based analytical framework to one centered on the perspectives of seafarers who, though usually dismissed as "pirates," thought of themselves as sea lords. Over the course of these centuries, Japan's sea lords became maritime magnates who wielded increasing amounts of political and economic authority by developing autonomous maritime domains that operated outside the auspices of state authority. They played key roles in the operation of networks linking Japan to the rest of the world, and their protection businesses, shipping organizations, and sea tenure practices spread their influence across the waves to the continent, shaping commercial and diplomatic relations with Korea and China. Japan's land-based authorities during this time not only came to accept the autonomy of "pirates" but also competed to sponsor sea-lord bands who could administer littoral estates, fight sea battles, protect shipping, and carry trade. In turn, prominent sea-lord families expanded their dominion by shifting their locus of service among several patrons and by appropriating land-based rhetorics of lordship, which forced authorities to recognize them as legitimate lords over sea-based domains. By the end of the late medieval period, the ambitions, tactics, and technologies of sea-lord mercenary bands proved integral to the naval dimensions of Japan's sixteenth-century military revolution. Sea lords translated their late medieval autonomy into positions of influence in early modern Japan and helped make control of the seas part of the ideological foundations of the state., Reframes medieval Japan through the perspective of seafarers, a novel supplement to conventional land-based analyses
LC Classification NumberDS857.S49 2014
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