Caron's Japan: Tokugawa State and Society through a European Lens
Dutch East India Company (VOC) merchant François Caron describes Tokugawa Japan as a rigid political hierarchy controlled by the Shogun, similar to the governments established by absolute monarchs in Europe. Caron understands and insightfully describes Tokugawa society by emphasizing perceived and real similarities between Tokugawa Japan and Early Modern Europe. He struggles to understand religious differences between these societies, but his description of Japanese religious practices still reflects how the Shogunate utilized Buddhism and anti-Christian policies to uphold their rule. Caron al... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | honors |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2023 |
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Eagle Scholar
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Schlagwörter: | Tokugawa Japan / Dutch East India Company / Tokugawa Shogunate / Japan / Seventeenth Century / Foreign Relations / Comparative History / Asian History / Diplomatic History / European History / European Languages and Societies / Japanese Studies / Quantitative / Qualitative / Comparative / and Historical Methodologies |
Sprache: | unknown |
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Link(s) : | https://scholar.umw.edu/student_research/542 |