Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Figures
- List of Charts
- Preface
- 1 Estimating Literacy in Premodern Japan
- 2 “Illiteracy” among Heian Period Aristocrats
- 3 Learning and Literacy among Ikkō Ikki Adherents
- 4 Literacy and Orality in Support of Christian Beliefs in Early Modern Japan
- 5 Personal Marks and Literacy among Early Modern Japanese Farmers
- 6 Literacy in Early Modern Echizen and Wakasa Regions
- 7 Education of Provincial Merchants in Early Modern Aizu: Evidence from the Keiseikan Diary
- 8 Literacy in Ōzenji Village in the Early Nineteenth Century
- 9 Early Meiji Literacy: The Case of Wakayama Prefecture
- Glossary
- List of Contributors
- Index
Contents
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 23 February 2022
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Figures
- List of Charts
- Preface
- 1 Estimating Literacy in Premodern Japan
- 2 “Illiteracy” among Heian Period Aristocrats
- 3 Learning and Literacy among Ikkō Ikki Adherents
- 4 Literacy and Orality in Support of Christian Beliefs in Early Modern Japan
- 5 Personal Marks and Literacy among Early Modern Japanese Farmers
- 6 Literacy in Early Modern Echizen and Wakasa Regions
- 7 Education of Provincial Merchants in Early Modern Aizu: Evidence from the Keiseikan Diary
- 8 Literacy in Ōzenji Village in the Early Nineteenth Century
- 9 Early Meiji Literacy: The Case of Wakayama Prefecture
- Glossary
- List of Contributors
- Index
Summary
- Type
- Chapter
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- A Social History of Literacy in Japan , pp. v - viPublisher: Anthem PressPrint publication year: 2021