
provincial warriors and
protest leagues
117–118
rise of military class
132–133
ronin 137–138, 146, 178
Sekigahara, Battle of 12,
79
service requirements
174–176
and shogunate, establish-
ment of 3–4
Shoin-style residences
319–322
social class and 109–110,
112–113
sohei 176, 176–177
structure, rank, and socio-
economic position
136–137, 137, 174–178,
175
terminology 137–138
Toba-Fushimi, Battle of 70
values
death ideals
148–149
early modern warrior
values 144
infractions against
103
life ideals 145–148
medieval warrior val-
ues 142–143
wars and battles 182–184,
183m
women as warriors 116
yoriki and doshin 177–178
warships 335, 337
war tales (gunki monogatari)
139, 146, 252–253
wasan (mathematics) 239–240
Aida Yasuaki and 22
Ajima Naonobu and 22
Watabe Kazan 50
Watarai Shinto 193
water bodies 54–57. See
also maritime travel and
communication
“way,” in Confucian philosophy
222, 226
wayo (Japanese-style) architec-
ture 308
way of the townsperson
(chonindo) 226
Way of the Warrior. See Bushido
Way of the Warrior, The (Yamaga)
226
weaponry. See firearms (teppo);
martial arts (bugei or budo)
and weaponry
weapons portals (sama) 318
weather and climate 58
Weizhi 153, 157
“welcoming cat” (maneki neko)
113
Western learning (yogaku) 42,
231
Western music 272
Western sciences
astronomy 237–238
geography and cartography
238–239
mathematical theory
239–240
medicine 232, 236–237
western sea circuit (nishi
mawari) 335
Western-style painting (yofuga)
294–295
White Egret Castle (shirasagijo).
See Himeji Castle
wholesaler groups 123
wind instruments 265–266
wisdom, in Theravada Bud-
dhism 203
women 115–117. See also
marriage
clothing 351, 351
Confucianism and 222
divorce and 345–346
education of 231
as heads of household 340
housework 340, 341
in Kabuki 276
marriage alternatives 346
pregnancy and childbirth
347, 347–348
religion and 218–219
rights of household prop-
erty and 342
sexuality and 346
subordination of 147
theater and 41
women plays 274, 275
woodblock prints. See ukiyo-e
wood sculpture 287
worship hall (haiden) 315
wrestling, sumo 353
writing. See language
writing styles 247–249
X
Xavier, Francis 11, 50, 73, 217
Y
yabusame (archery practice) 154
Yagyu Munenori 50
Yagyu-ryu (Yagyu Shinkage-ryu)
school of swordsmanship 50
yakata-bune (riverboats) 338
Yakushi Nyorai Buddha 213
yamabushi (mountain ascetics)
176–177, 201, 209
Yamaga Soko
Ancient Learning school
and 225, 226
warrior ideal and 138, 141,
225
Yamagata 81
Yamagata Daini 50
Yamaguchi 81
Yamamoto Tsunetomo 141
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