Colophon title: Meiji chihō jichi taisei no kigen : kinsei shakai no kiki to seido hen'yō
Colophon title: 明治地方自治体制の起源 : 近世社会の危機と制度変容
English title on t.p. verso: Origins of the Meiji-era local government system : hegemonic crisis and institutional changes in modernizing Japan