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This is a 6 page review of Charles J. Dunn’s work entitled “Everyday Life in Traditional Japan” (1969, 1977). This is a well structured text which tells of life of Tokugawa Japan during the years 1600 to 1850 approximately which Dunn uses as his basis for “traditional” Japan. The text is accompanied by many well crafted illustrations and maps which help in the vivid descriptions of the hierarchical country. Dunn has an easy and concise writing style which makes this text a good source for information about Japan for all senior grade levels.
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tells of life of Tokugawa Japan during the years 1600 to 1850 approximately which Dunn uses as his basis for "traditional" Japan. The text is accompanied by many well crafted
illustrations and maps which help in the vivid descriptions of the hierarchical country. Dunn has an easy and concise writing style which makes this text a good source for information
about Japan for all senior grade levels. The country and the text are divided up into central groups of classes and peoples
which include the samurai, the farmers, the craftsman, the merchants, the courtiers, priests, doctors and intellectuals, and the actors and outcasts which are each allotted their own section within the
text (Dunn, 1977). Previous to the Tokugawa period, Dunn explains, there was some movement between the classes, but during the Tokugawa period, the shoguns were intent on maintaining their power
and privilege and therefore kept the classes intact. This was especially evident in the protection of the samurai in which upwardly movement into the class of samurai from the class
of farmer was impossible in that the farmers were destined to stay on their land by the shogun Hideyoshi decree in 1586 and the samurai were distinct in that they
alone could carry the long swords (Dunn, 1977, Sellen, 2002). Dunns appreciation of some of the key elements of the classes explains fairly complicated processes quite clearly.
In the samurai section (Chapter 2), Dunn explains how they were the warrior class. While the shogun was the upper most class, the daimayo were
the local lords who controlled the land. The daimayo had their own samurai who were allocated positions as advisors, castle guards and members in the daimayos private army. There were
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