Library History of Japan Peasants who' speak' to samurai Soshisha Library

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Japanese History
Soshisha Publishing Bunko / Peasants' self-assertion was great. Peasants who were not afraid of the judgment of samurai and did not change their opinion. Based on the rare judicial historical materials left in the Sanada family of the Matsushiro Domain in Shinano Province,' the unexpected relationship between peasants and samurai' is clarified. Peasants in the Edo period were not' dumb people' who were only controlled by samurai, but they filed a lawsuit boldly to protect the house and improve the village. The samurai who judged the lawsuit could not maintain their dignity as the ruler unless the peasants of the plaintiff and defendant were satisfied with their judgment. This book gives an overview of the lawsuits and trials in the Edo period, and takes up the lawsuits of peasants in the territory of the Sanada family of the Matsushiro Domain in Shinano Province, and explains in detail the whole process from the beginning of the disturbance to the judgment. The unexpected relationship between peasants and samurai is clarified.