The Mayor of Aihara: A Japanese Villager and His Community, 1865-1925

by Simon Partner (Author)

• New

  Paperback
  2009

  $28.56

  Aizawa Kikutaro was born into the wealthiest family in Hashimoto, an agricultural village specializing in wheat and silk. Taking the biography of this villager as its focus and incorporating details of life drawn from Aizawa's diary, this book chronicles the transformation of Hashimoto against the background of Japan's rapid industrialization.