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Prologue

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 March 2022

Morgan Pitelka
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University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
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The prologue provides an introduction to the history of Ichijōdani, as well as an overview of the three primary methodological interventions of the book. It reviews the scholarly literature on medieval urban life in Japan and explains this study’s distinctive contributions. The chapter also provides details on the theoretical literature in material culture studies and their articulations in this book. The Prologue ends with a discussion of ruins and the emphasis this study places on the violent destruction of Ichijōdani as a central and defining feature of the site.

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Reading Medieval Ruins
Urban Life and Destruction in Sixteenth-Century Japan
, pp. 1 - 26
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2022

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  • Prologue
  • Morgan Pitelka, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
  • Book: Reading Medieval Ruins
  • Online publication: 31 March 2022
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009071703.001
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  • Prologue
  • Morgan Pitelka, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
  • Book: Reading Medieval Ruins
  • Online publication: 31 March 2022
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009071703.001
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  • Prologue
  • Morgan Pitelka, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
  • Book: Reading Medieval Ruins
  • Online publication: 31 March 2022
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009071703.001
Available formats
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