Everyday People in Early Modern Kyoto

Family, Firm and Community

Mary Louise Nagata (Francis Marion University, USA)

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Routledge
21 July 2025

Regional studies; Asian history; Early modern history: c 1450 to c 1700; Social & cultural history; Society & culture: general

This social history explores the lives of urban commoners in early modern Kyoto during the dramatic political shift from famine to revolution in the final decades of the Tokugawa regime, through an extensive survey of the detailed record changes from 1843 in response to these crises.

The study focuses on three aspects of urban life, beginning with individual and household relations with the neighborhood communities that comprised the institutional framework of urban administration and provided financial and legal resources for residents. It then moves to the lives of ordinary people, taking a life-course approach to analyze life-cycle work: marriage, divorce, blended families, fertility, adoption, migration, mobility, and mortality. The final theme discusses households people lived in, headship succession and devolution of property; family business as a network of household shops and workshops; and the roles women played, while testing the patriarchy theories commonly used in this field and finding new explanations.

Written for all levels of expertise and including many stories of everyday people, this book will appeal to undergraduate students and general readers interested in historical Kyoto.

By: Mary Louise Nagata (Francis Marion University USA)
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
ISBN: 9781032473130
ISBN 10: 1032473134
Pages: 364
Publication Date: 21 July 2025
Audience: College/higher education , A / AS level
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Mary Louise Nagata is Professor Emeritus of History at Francis Marion University, associate member of EHESS/CRH, and co-editor of Continuity and Change. She is the author of Labor Contracts and Labor Relations in Early Modern Central Japan (2005) and numerous articles.

Reviews for Everyday People in Early Modern Kyoto: Family, Firm and Community

""The book gives unique insights into the life of families and individuals of Japan in the past."" Beatrice Moring, University of Helsinki, Finland “Professor Nagata’s study illustrates the vibrant lives of urban residents: high mobility, diversity of their life course, multiple choices, and extensive family business networks, all of which are clear and accessible to a non-specialist. It addresses interesting aspects regarding patriarchy, arranged marriages, headship succession, and the impact of economic issues on the urban population dynamics in Kyoto. This book provides a very good insight into the everyday life of people during a period of political and social transformation in Japan.” Hiroshi Kawaguchi, Waseda University, Japan