Spectacular Accumulation: Material Culture, Tokugawa Ieyasu, and Samurai Sociability
Morgan Pitelka examines material culture and samurai sociability through the historical figure of Tokugawa Ieyasu. This focused study considers how accumulation, objects, and social practices can deepen our understanding of Japan’s warrior class and the cultural world of the Tokugawa period.
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Spectacular Accumulation explores the relationship between material culture, Tokugawa Ieyasu, and samurai sociability.
Morgan Pitelka examines how objects and accumulation can illuminate the social practices and historical world of Japan’s samurai.
Combining cultural and social history, the book offers a focused study of material life during the Tokugawa period.
It will interest readers of Japanese history, samurai studies, and scholarship on the meanings of objects and social interaction.
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