Performing the Great Peace: Political Space and Open Secrets in Tokugawa Japan

by Luke S. Roberts

This book offers a cultural approach to understanding the politics of the Tokugawa period at the same time deconstructing some of the assumptions of modern national historiographies.

Genres: Japan, History, Nonfiction, Japanese History, Politics

263 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2012

About the author

Luke Roberts is Professor of Japanese History at the University of California, Santa Barbara, and is a specialist in political culture in Edo period Japan, among other subjects, with a particular focus on the history of Tosa province.