Uncertain Powers: Sen'Yomon-In And Landownership By Royal Women In Early Medieval Japan

Uncertain Powers presents a nuanced study of female leadership in medieval Japan. Sachiko Kawai explores the important political and economic roles of 12th- and 13th-century Japanese royal women who, confronted with social factors and gender disparities, transformed authority into power by means of cooperation, persuasion, compromise and coercion.

• | By (Author): Sachiko Kawai
• | Publisher: Harvard University, Asia Center
• | Publication Date: Dec 17, 2021
• | Country of Publication: United States
• | Number of Pages: 330 pages
• | Language: Unknown
• | Binding: Hardback
• | ISBN-10: 0674260163
• | ISBN-13: 9780674260160