Uncertain Powers. Sen'yomon-in and Landownership by Royal Women in Early Medieval Japan.
Cambridge, Massachusetts. Harvard University Asia Center. 2021. Stock ID #217103 Sachiko Kawai questions the traditional view of twelfth- and thirteenth-century Japan as one dominated by male retired monarchs and a warrior government, instead explores royal wives and daughters who held the title of premier royal lady (nyoin) and owned extensive estates across the Japanese archipelago.This book presents a nuanced and groundbreaking study of the relationship between a nyoin's authority (her acknowledged rights) and her actual power (the ability to enforce those rights), demonstrating how, as members of political factions, as landlords, and as religious and cultural patrons, nyoin struggled to transform authority into power by means of cooperation, persuasion, compromise, and coercion. (Adapted from publisher's description) When referring to this item please quote stockid 217103.
Coloured and black and white maps and illustrations, xviii + 364pp, glossary, bibliography, index. As new hardback in dustjacket.
Price: $44.00 AU