Kuge to buke
Subtitle: sono hikaku bunmei shiteki kenkyū = Courtiers and warriors : comparative historical perspectives on ruling authority and civilization
By: [henshū Kasaya Kazuhiko]
Series: Kokusai shinpojūmu -- 22
Publisher: Kokusai Nihon Bunka Kenkyū Sentā
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Kyōto-shi
Language: jpn
Number of pages: 552
Subjects: Nobility; Congresses; History; Aristocracy (Social class); Samurai; Social conditions
Other titles: Courtiers and warriors
Description: The symposium examined the social systems of premodern societies by concentrating investigations on the special elite classes found in those societies, namely the courtiers (aristocracy, nobility) and warriors. The aim was to reveal structural values by asking questions concerning the meaning of the social position and occupational function, the formality in establishing order in their ranks, and social roles.
Notes: Collection of lectures delivered at 22nd Kokusai shinpojūmu held in Kyoto, Mar. 2003.

Includes bibliographical references.

Summaries and contents also in English.