Tsumi-- offence and retribution in early Japan /
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| Author / Creator: | Williams, Yoko, 1955- |
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| Imprint: | London ; New York : RoutledgeCurzon, 2003. |
| Description: | 1 online resource (ix, 230 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | E-Resource Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11303162 |
| Summary: | Covering the period from before the emergence of the first political units through to the formation of the Japanese ritsuryo state in the 8th century, this book offers a ground-breaking scholarly diachronic analysis of tsumi (offence and retribution) from a politico-historical perspective. Taking as its starting point the native forms of tsumi in the realms of myth and prayer, the study traces their development through the periods of the formation of the state and the centralization of the governing structure, to the introduction of a written-law system of governing. Through detailed and logical analysis this study illuminates early Japanese political thought, written and unwritten law and the essentially political notion of tsumi. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (ix, 230 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 212-224) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781136874222 1136874224 9781315029580 1315029588 9781136874369 1136874364 9781136874291 1136874291 9781138863477 1138863475 0700717080 9780700717088 |