Contents

pp v-vi

Translator’s Note

pp vii-viii

Introduction

pp ix-cviii

Part1

pp 1-2

1 - The Heaven-Decreed Duty of the People’s Ruler

pp 3-7

2 - The Heaven-Decreed Duty of the People’s Ministers

pp 8-12

3 - Revering Good Counsel

pp 13-14

4 - A Grand Project for Growing Wealth

pp 15-21

5 - Eliminating Anxieties over Flooding and Relieving Droughts

pp 22-30

6 - Preparing for Northern Barbarians, Emergencies, and Bad Harvests

pp 31-35

7 - Filling Shogunal Coffers with Gold, Silver, Rice, and Grain

pp 36-40

8 - Eliminating Debt from the Realm below Heaven

pp 41-42

9 - Helping Rōnin, Vagrants, the Unemployed, and the Impoverished

pp 43-44

10 - Making Mountains Luxuriant and Rivers Run Deep

pp 45-52

Part 2

pp 53-54

11 - The Ebb and Flow of the Ruler’s Blessings

pp 55-56

12 - Returning to the Old Farmer-Samurai Society

pp 57-62

13 - Eliminating Landless Income and Increasing New Fiefs

pp 63-64

14 - Lowering the Cost of Foreign Silk and Textiles

pp 65-67

15 - Eliminating Christianity

pp 68-69

16 - Reviving Buddhism

pp 70-73

17 - Reviving Shintō

pp 74-77

18 - Worthy Rulers Reviving Japan

pp 78-82

19 - Governing with Education

pp 83-91

20 - Those Who Should Teach in Our Schools

pp 92-95

21 - A Little Kindness Provides Benefits

pp 96-97

22 - Wasted Rice and Grain

pp 98-100

Bibliography

pp 101-104

Index

pp 105-113