The Perception of Work in Tokugawa, Japan : A Study of Ishida Baigan and Ninomiya Sontoku

This book belongs to the historiographical genre that has looked into the premodern origins of a Japanese work ethic supportive of a capitalist economy. -- Herbert Ooms, The Journal of Asian Studies * The Journal of Japanese Studies * ...well worth reading for the new information it provides regarding Ishida's intellectual principles and Ninomiya's practice of village renovation as well as the spread and transformation of their ideas in the Shingaku lecture halls and Hotokusha. * The Journal of Japanese Studies * ...well worth reading for the new information it provides regarding Ishida's intellectual principles and Ninomiya's practice of village renovation as well as the spread and transformation of their ideas in the Shingaku lecture halls and Hotokusha. * The Journal of Japanese Studies * This book belongs to the historiographical genre that has looked into the premodern origins of a Japanese work ethic supportive of a capitalist economy. -- Herbert Ooms, The Journal of Asian Studies * The Journal of Japanese Studies *