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Author:

Shimizu, Akira, author.

Title:

Specialty food, market culture, and daily life in early modern Japan : regulating and deregulating the market in Edo, 1780-1870 / Akira Shimizu.

Publisher:

Lexington Books,

Copyright Date:

2021

Description:

xvii, 173 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Subject:

1700-1899
Food habits--Japan--History--18th century.
Food habits--Japan--History--19th century.
Markets--Japan--History--18th century.
Markets--Japan--History--19th century.
Food habits.
Manners and customs.
Markets.
Japan--Social life and customs--18th century.
Japan--Social life and customs--19th century.
Japan.
History.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Introduction -- The market landscape in the late Tokugawa period -- Deregulating the market: Wholesalers' associations and Serigai merchants in the case of eggs -- Wholesalers vs. Shōsuke: One man's attempt to promote Ezo kelp -- In defense of the brand: Kōshū grapes and peasants' power in the market -- Legitimizing with the past: The Yuisho of Tsukudajima's Shirauo (Japanese icefish) fishery and the end of early-modern tribute duties -- Conclusion.

Summary:

"This study examines early modern Japanese society through the lens of food and foodways. The author demonstrates how food empowered peasants, fisherfolks, and ordinary merchants to repeatedly challenge the established regulations for food trade and distribution"-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

1793618267
9781793618269

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1273913244

LCCN:

2021047173

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)