Blind in Early Modern Japan

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations
List of Tables
Map of Japan in the Tokugawa (Edo) Period (1600-1868)
Map of Japan: Modern Regions and Prefectures
Abbreviated List of Historical Periods
A Note on Japanese Terminology and Names
Acknowledgments
Preface: A Personal Note
Introduction
Chapter 1
Japanese Ophthalmology: Medical Studies of Eye Conditions
Chapter 2
Eye Medicines: The Popular Culture of Cure
Chapter 3
The Blind Guild: Status and Power
Chapter 4
Non-Membership and the Challenge of Authority
Chapter 5
Texts and Performances: The Significance of One Blind Musician's Career
Chapter 6
Healing by Touch: Blind Acupuncturists and Masseurs
Epilogue
Onward to the Meiji Period
Bibliography
Index

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Disability history;disability studies;disability in Japan;Tokugawa period;Edo period;early modern Japan;Japanese history;blindness;visual impairment;vision loss;poor vision;blind people;blind men;blind women;blind in Japan;history of medicine;ophthalmology;eye diseases;Japanese medical history;Chinese medical history;Japanese medicine;Chinese medicine;massage;acupuncture;medical lineages;Sugiyama Wa'ichi Waichi;Ogino Chiichi;Hanawa Hokiichi Hokinoichi;popular culture;print culture;Japanese religions;status rule;government;Kyoto guild;guild todoza;Japanese literature;The Tale of the Heike Heike monogatari;biwa;shamisen;koto;goze;zato;musical performance;performance history;textual history;musical history;musical lineages;Japanese culture