Population, Disease, and Land in Early Japan, 645-900 (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780674690059)

From tax and household registers, law codes, and other primary sources, as well as recent Japanese sources, William Wayne Farris has developed the first systematic, scientific analysis of early Japanese population, including the role of disease in economic development. This work provides a comprehensive study of land clearance, agricultural technology, and rural settlement. The function and nature of ritsuryō institutions are reinterpreted within the revised demographic and economic setting.

Farris's text is illustrated with maps, population pyramids for five localities, and photographs and translations of portions of tax and household registers, which throw further light on the demography and economy of Japan in the seventh, eighth, and ninth centuries.

Author: William Wayne Farris
ISBN-10: 0674690052
ISBN-13: 9780674690059
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Language: English
Published: 03/19/1995
Pages: 252
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.84lbs
Size: 8.96h x 5.99w x 0.86d