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
2 - The Material Culture of Urban Life
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 31 March 2022
- 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
This chapter digs into the stuff of the city, examining the range of objects excavated from homes, garbage pits, moats, and even toilets to try to imagine the rhythms and character of daily life for the residents of Ichijōdani.
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- Reading Medieval RuinsUrban Life and Destruction in Sixteenth-Century Japan, pp. 62 - 92Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022