Government by mourning : death and political integration in Japan, 1603-1912 / Atsuko Hirai.

Cambridge (Massachusetts) : Harvard University Asia Center, 2014.

Cambridge (Massachusetts) : Harvard University Press, 2014.

xviii, 433 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 24 cm.

Primarily in English with some translated Japanese characters.

"Hirai reveals how the decrees on mourning played an important integrative part in the Tokugawa period through not only its comprehensive implementation, especially among major political figures, but also its codification of the religious beliefs and customs that the Japanese people had cherished for innumerable generations"--Provided by publisher.

English; Japanese

October 02, 2014

Includes bibliographical references and index.