Development of Political Thought in Tokugawa Japan (1600-1868)
FAIN: FA-10682-73
Tetsuo Najita
University of Chicago (Chicago, IL 60637-5418)
To make a study of the development of political thought in Tokugawa Japan (1600-1868) in order to better understand the intellectual frame with which Japan engaged with Western thought and institutions and launched its modern drive for wealth, power, and constitutional certitude.