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This latest work from Japanese-born anthropologist Takie Sugiyama Lebra is the first ethnographic study of the modern Japanese aristocracy. Established as a class at the beginning of the Meiji period, the kazoku ranked directly below the emperor and his family. Officially dissolved in 1947, this group of social elites is still generally perceived as nobility. Lebra gained entry into this tightly knit circle and conducted more than one hundred interviews with its members. She has woven together a reconstructive ethnography from their life histories to create an intimate portrait of a remote and archaic world.As Lebra explores the culture of the kazoku, she places each subject in its historical context. She analyzes the evolution of status boundaries and the indispensable role played by outsiders.But this book is not simply about the elite. It is also about commoners and how each stratum mirrors the other. Revealing previously unobserved complexities in Japanese society, it also sheds light on the universal problem of social stratification.
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Above the Clouds : Status Culture of the Modern Japanese Nobility
author
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Lebra, Takie Sugiyama.
publisher
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University of California Press
isbn10 | asin
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print isbn13
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9780520076006
ebook isbn13
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9780585106021
language
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English
subject
Japan--Social life and customs--20th century, Nobility--Japan.
publication date
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1993
lcc
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DS822.3.L42 1993eb
ddc
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306.4/0952
subject
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Japan--Social life and customs--20th century, Nobility--Japan.
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Above the Clouds
Status Culture of the Modern Japanese Nobility
Takie Sugiyama Lebra
University of California Press Berkeley Los Angeles London
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University of California Press Berkeley and Los Angeles, California
University of California Press, Ltd. London, England
1993 by The Regents of the University of California
First Paperback Printing 1995
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Lebra, Takie Sugiyama, 1930 Above the clouds : status culture of the modern Japanese nobility / Takie Sugiyama Lebra. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-520-07602-8 1. JapanSocial life and customs20th century. 2. Nobility Japan. L Title. DS822.3.L42 1992 306.4'0952dc2091-28488
Printed in the United States of America 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of American National Standard for Information Sciences Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39.48-1984.
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To the memory of William P. Lebra
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Contents
List of Tables
ix
List of Illustrations
xi
Orthographic Note on Japanese Words
xiii
Acknowledgments
xv
1. Studying the Aristocracy: Why, What, and How?
1
2. Creating the Modern Nobility: The Historical Legacy
28
3. Ancestors: Constructing Inherited Charisma
62
4. Successors: Immortalizing the Ancestors
106
5. Life-Style: Markers of Status and Hierarchy
147
6. Marriage: Realignment of Women and Men
196
7. Socialization: Acquisition and Transmission of Status Culture
243
8. Status Careers: Privilege and Liability
285
9. Conclusion
334
Epilogue: The End of Showa
356
Notes
363
Glossary
383
References
395
Index
409
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Tables
1. The rui-betsu classification of nobles, 1878
51
2. Number of kazoku by rank, 1884-1928
55
3. Rank distribution of kazoku by pre-Meiji status, 1928
56
4. Generational depth, by ancestor categories
70
5. Kuge kakaku by lineage, Tokugawa period
76
6. Repertoire of ancestral performances
83
7. Frequency of adoptions over last six generations
113
8. Questionnaire responses, with example answers, on the continuation of a house by adoption
120
9. Adopted sons of sekke and shogunal houses
124
10. Adopter-adoptee relationship in kinship
127
11. Questionnaire responses on religious affiliation
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