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A Malleable Map: Geographies of Restoration in Central Japan, 1600-1912

Kären E. Wigen

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Description:Kären Wigen probes regional cartography, choerography, and statecraft to redefine restoration (iishin/i) in modern Japanese history. As developed here, that term designates not the quick coup drsquo;eacute;tat 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 (1600ndash;1868) and the reformers of the Meiji era (1868ndash;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 courtrsquo;s most important unit of governancemdash;the provincemdash;in central Honshu.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with A Malleable Map: Geographies of Restoration in Central Japan, 1600-1912. To get started finding A Malleable Map: Geographies of Restoration in Central Japan, 1600-1912, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: Kären Wigen probes regional cartography, choerography, and statecraft to redefine restoration (iishin/i) in modern Japanese history. As developed here, that term designates not the quick coup drsquo;eacute;tat 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 (1600ndash;1868) and the reformers of the Meiji era (1868ndash;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 courtrsquo;s most important unit of governancemdash;the provincemdash;in central Honshu.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with A Malleable Map: Geographies of Restoration in Central Japan, 1600-1912. To get started finding A Malleable Map: Geographies of Restoration in Central Japan, 1600-1912, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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