A Malleable Map: Geographies of Restoration in Central Japan, 1600-1912 Volume 17
(Part of the Asia: Local Studies / Global Themes Series)
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Kären Wigen probes regional cartography, choerography, and statecraft to redefine restoration ( ishin ) in modern Japanese history. As developed here, that term designates not the quick coup d'état of 1868 but a three-centuries-long project of rehabilitating an ancient map for modern purposes. Drawing on a wide range of geographical documents from Shinano (present-day Nagano Prefecture), Wigen argues that both the founder of the Tokugawa Shogunate (1600-1868) and the reformers of the Meiji era (1868-1912) recruited the classical map to serve the cause of administrative reform. Nor were they alone; provincial men of letters played an equally critical role in bringing imperial geography back to life in the countryside. To substantiate these claims, Wigen traces the continuing career of the classical court's most important unit of governance--the province--in central Honshu.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0520272765
ISBN13:9780520272767
Release Date:April 2012
Publisher:University of California Press
Length:340 Pages
Weight:1.05 lbs.
Dimensions:0.9" x 5.9" x 8.9"
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