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Author:   Emiko Ochiai ,  Shoko Hirai
Publisher:   Brill
Imprint:   Brill
Volume:   15
Weight:   0.903kg
ISBN:  

9789004499638

ISBN 10:   9004499636
Pages:   448
Publication Date:   23 March 2023
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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List of Illustrations List of Original Publications Notes on Contributors Introduction: Regional Diversity and the Emergence of a National Family Model at the Verge of Modernity   Ochiai Emiko (落合 恵美子) part 1 The Revival of North-Eastern Japan 1 Emergence of the Ie in North-Eastern Japan, 1720–1870   Hirai Shoko (平井 晶子) 2 Balancing Family Strategies with Individual Choice: Name Changing in North-Eastern and Central Villages   Mary Louise Nagata (永田 メアリー) 3 Absolute Primogeniture (Anekatoku) in Demographic Perspective   Yamamoto Jun (山本 準), Hiroko Costantini and Stephen Robertson 4 Marriage and Childbirth among Female Servants in a North-Eastern Village: Reconciliation between Work and Reproduction in Japanese Labour History   Ochiai Emiko (落合 恵美子) part 2 Maritime Populations of South-Western Japan 5 Tsumadoi: Visiting Marriage and Household Structure on Yakushima Island   Mizoguchi Tsunetoshi (溝口常俊) 6 Population, Marriage, and Extramarital Births in a South-Western Maritime Village   Nakajima Mitsuhiro (中島 満大) 7 The Love and Life of a Centenarian Woman: Historical Demography Meets Oral History in a Coastal Village in South-Western Japan   Ochiai Emiko (落合 恵美子) part 3 Samurai Norms and Life Courses 8 Samurai Children’s Prospects: Evidence from Tokuyama Domain   Tsubouchi Yoshihiro (坪内 良博) 9 From Farmer to Samurai: The Effect of Status Change on Demographic Behaviour and Family Life   Yamamoto Jun (山本 準), Hiroko Costantini and Stephen Robertson part 4 Registration Systems and the Creation of the Ie 10 The Notional View of the Family Expressed in Population Registers: Shūmon aratame-chō and Ninbetsu aratame-chō   Hirai Shoko (平井 晶子) 11 Ancestral Worship and Women: From “Split-Parish Households” to “Single-Temple Households”   Morimoto Kazuhiko (森本 一彦) Index

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OCHIAI Emiko is a Japanese sociologist and professor of sociology at Kyoto University, specializing in family and gender studies from historical and comparative perspectives. Her English publications include Asian Families and Intimacies, 4 vols. (2021). HIRAI Shoko is a demographer and sociologist and professor at Kobe University. Her PhD was given in Japanese Studies, The Graduate University for Advanced Studies at Kyoto. Her current project is to elucidate characteristics of Japanese families throughout the past 300 years.

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