Introduction: The Shogun's Japan
How to evaluate primary documents
The consequences of adultery
Fashion and sumptuary legislation
Samurai dress and grooming standards
Japanese foodways and diet
III. The political sphere
A foreigner's view of the Battle of Osaka
The emperor and the Kyoto aristocracy
Weapons control in Japanese society
Self-governance in villages
Regulating townsmen in two cities
Regulating foreign relations
Tokugawa Japan and Choson Korea
Leaving a window open to the Western world
A Dutch audience with the Shogun
Sizing up the foreign threat
V. Social and economic life
Trying to get by on a fixed income
Private vengeance among samurai
Dealing with deviant behavior
Loans among the peasantry
Unrest in the countryside
Outcastes in Tokugawa society
Advice to travelers in the Edo period
Children and their amusements
Archery and the martial arts
Courtesans and the sex trade
VII. Religion and morality
Anti-Christian propaganda
Religious views of the Japanese
The teachings of Zen Buddhism
Appendix 1: Biographical Sketches of Important Individuals Mentioned in Text
Appendix 2: Glossary of Terms Mentioned in Text.
