Book contents
- Reading Medieval Ruins
- Reading Medieval Ruins
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Maps
- Tables
- Acknowledgments
- Note on the Text
- Prologue
- 1 A Provincial Palace City as an Urban Space
- 2 The Material Culture of Urban Life
- 3 Late Medieval Warlords and the Agglomeration of Power
- 4 The Material Foundations of Faith
- 5 Culture and Sociability in the Provinces
- 6 Urban Destruction in Late Medieval Japan
- Epilogue
- Bibliography
- Index
Prologue
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 31 March 2022
Book contents
- Reading Medieval Ruins
- Reading Medieval Ruins
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Maps
- Tables
- Acknowledgments
- Note on the Text
- Prologue
- 1 A Provincial Palace City as an Urban Space
- 2 The Material Culture of Urban Life
- 3 Late Medieval Warlords and the Agglomeration of Power
- 4 The Material Foundations of Faith
- 5 Culture and Sociability in the Provinces
- 6 Urban Destruction in Late Medieval Japan
- Epilogue
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
The prologue provides an introduction to the history of Ichijōdani, as well as an overview of the three primary methodological interventions of the book. It reviews the scholarly literature on medieval urban life in Japan and explains this study’s distinctive contributions. The chapter also provides details on the theoretical literature in material culture studies and their articulations in this book. The Prologue ends with a discussion of ruins and the emphasis this study places on the violent destruction of Ichijōdani as a central and defining feature of the site.
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- Reading Medieval RuinsUrban Life and Destruction in Sixteenth-Century Japan, pp. 1 - 26Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022