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; 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; Japanese culture; Sugiyama Wa'ichi Waichi; musical lineages