The Mercantile Ethical Tradition In Edo Period Japan
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The Mercantile Ethical Tradition In Edo Period Japan
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Author : Ichiro Horide
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2019-07-04
The Mercantile Ethical Tradition In Edo Period Japan written by Ichiro Horide and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-07-04 with Business & Economics categories.
This book demonstrates that during Japan’s early modern Edo period (1603–1868) an ethical code existed among the merchant class comparable to that of the well-known Bushido. There is compelling evidence that contemporary merchants, who were widely and openly despised as immoral by the samurai, in fact acted in highly ethical ways in accordance with a well-articulated moral code. Japanese society was strictly stratified into four distinct and formally recognized classes: warrior, farmer, craftsman and merchant. From the warriors’ perspective, the merchants, at the base of the social order, had no virtue, and existed only to skim profits as middlemen between producers and consumers. But were these accusations correct? Were the merchants really unethical beings who engaged in unfair business practices? There is ample evidence that negates the ubiquitous slanders of the warrior class and suggests that merchants – no less than the warriors – possessed and acted in accordance with a well-developed ethical code, a spirit that may be called shonindo or “The Way of the Merchant.” This book examines whether a comparison of shonindo, depicting the ethical point of view of the merchant class, and Bushido, embodying that of the warrior class, reveals that shonindo may have in fact surpassed Bushido in some aspects. Comparing contemporarily published historical documents concerning both shonindo and Bushido, as well as Inazo Nitobe’s classic work Bushido: The Soul of Japan, published in 1900, the author examines how Bushido surpassed shonindo in that warriors were willing to die for their strict ethical code. Shonindo, however, may have surpassed Bushido in that merchants were liberal, willing to expand and extend application of their ethical beliefs into all aspects of everyday life for the overall benefit of society. This ethical code is compared with that of the conservative Bushido, which demonstrably proved not up to the task for the modernization and improved well-being of Japan. Ichiro Horide is professor emeritus of Reitaku University. Edward Yagi (Reitaku University) and Stanley J. Ziobro II (Trident Technical College) collaborated in the translation of the original Japanese manuscript into English.
The Oxford Handbook Of Religion And Economic Ethics
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Author : Albino Barrera
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2024-01-25
The Oxford Handbook Of Religion And Economic Ethics written by Albino Barrera and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-01-25 with Business & Economics categories.
This innovative collection of essays draws together and compares the teachings of world and regional religions on the subject of economic morality.
Pleasure In Profit
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Author : Laura Moretti
language : en
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Release Date : 2020-12-22
Pleasure In Profit written by Laura Moretti and has been published by Columbia University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-12-22 with Literary Criticism categories.
In the seventeenth century, Japanese popular prose flourished as waves of newly literate readers gained access to the printed word. Commercial publishers released vast numbers of titles in response to readers’ hunger for books that promised them potent knowledge. However, traditional literary histories of this period position the writings of Ihara Saikaku at center stage, largely neglecting the breadth of popular prose. In the first comprehensive study of the birth of Japanese commercial publishing, Laura Moretti investigates the vibrant world of vernacular popular literature. She marshals new data on the magnitude of the seventeenth-century publishing business and highlights the diversity and porosity of its publishing genres. Moretti explores how booksellers sparked interest among readers across the spectrum of literacies and demonstrates how they tantalized consumers with vital ethical, religious, societal, and interpersonal knowledge. She recasts books as tools for knowledge making, arguing that popular prose engaged its audience cognitively as well as aesthetically and emotionally to satisfy a burgeoning curiosity about the world. Crucially, Moretti shows, readers experienced entertainment within the didactic, finding pleasure in the profit gained from acquiring knowledge by interacting with transformative literature. Drawing on a rich variety of archival materials to present a vivid portrait of seventeenth-century Japanese publishing, Pleasure in Profit also speaks to broader conversations about the category of the literary by offering a new view of popular prose that celebrates plurality.
Japanese Fashion
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Author : Toby Slade
language : en
Publisher: Berg
Release Date : 2009-11-01
Japanese Fashion written by Toby Slade and has been published by Berg this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-11-01 with Design categories.
Japanese Fashion examines the entire sweep of Japanese clothing history, from the sophisticated fashion systems of late-Edo period kimonos to the present day, providing possible theories of how Japan made this fashion journey and linking current theories of fashion to the Japanese example. The book is unique in that it provides the first full history of the last 200 years of Japanese clothing. It is also the first book to include Asian fashion as part of global fashion as well as fashion theory. It adds a hitherto absent continuity to the understanding of historical and current fashion in Japan, and is pioneering in offering possible theories to account for that entire history. By providing an analysis of how that entire history changes our understanding of the way fashion works, this book will be an essential text for all students of fashion and design.
Everyday Life In Traditional Japan
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1969
Everyday Life In Traditional Japan written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1969 with Japan categories.
Business Ethics In East Asia
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Author : Chris Rowley
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2018-07-26
Business Ethics In East Asia written by Chris Rowley and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-07-26 with Business & Economics categories.
For organisations and management the role of business ethics is of key importance, but to what extent business ethics are actually new or fashionable or universally applicable are interesting questions. Asia has been the site of contests between competing economic and ethical views of how economic norms and institutions are organized. This book examines the evolutionary similarities and differences of institutionalizing business ethics in Asia in a historical context and in comparison to better-explored business ethics literature, both empirically and theoretically. This collection uses both historical and contemporary cases in Japan, Korea and China to show that these countries have tried to balance their traditional business ethics norms and values with those that have been introduced from the West. Underpinning the case studies is the fact that these countries have historically pursued ethical mandates in running private corporations, although corruptive practices were also rampant during different historical periods.
Everyday Life In Traditional Japan
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Author : Charles J. Dunn
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1987-01-01
Everyday Life In Traditional Japan written by Charles J. Dunn and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1987-01-01 with categories.
History Of Soybeans And Soyfoods In China And Taiwan And In Chinese Cookbooks Restaurants And Chinese Work With Soyfoods Outside China 1024 Bce To 2014
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Author : William Shurtleff
language : en
Publisher: Soyinfo Center
Release Date : 2014-06-22
History Of Soybeans And Soyfoods In China And Taiwan And In Chinese Cookbooks Restaurants And Chinese Work With Soyfoods Outside China 1024 Bce To 2014 written by William Shurtleff and has been published by Soyinfo Center this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-06-22 with Soybean categories.
The world's most comprehensive, well documented, and well illustrated book on this subject. With extensive index. 372 photographs and illustrations. Free of charge in digital format on Google Books.
Economic World
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1985
Economic World written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1985 with Commercial products categories.
Mfa Bulletin
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1977
Mfa Bulletin written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1977 with Art categories.