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[scribefigaro]

Sengoku jidai resource pages have been updated.

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I read two excellent texts which give detailed information specific to the heimin of the Hojo kokka in the 1550s:
John Whitney Hall, Nagahara Keiji, Kozo Yamamura. Japan Before

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[knittingknots]

Oh, people who recommend me books that sound so right up my alley...People like you are one of the reasons Amazon.com loves me so well...

[doomcake]

The book by Sansom is actually part of a series - I have the next book in line after that one (1615-1867), and I like it a lot. :)

I don't know how much information this might have that pertains specifically to your focus here, but maybe I can add to your reading list a bit?:

Souyri, Pierre Francois. The World Turned Upside Down: Medieval Japanese Society. Translated by Kathe Roth. New York: Columbia University Press, 2001.
(This was my favorite text for my medieval Japanese studies course - although the original was in French, this is one of the best general history texts out there for discourse on pre-modern Japanese history.)

Totman, Conrad. Early Modern Japan. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1995.
(This might be a bit late for the 1550s, but he is one of my favorites to rely on for good, insightful information.)

Haha, and sorry about my citing; I'm so used to using Chicago Style for research papers that I can't make myself use anything else!

[scribefigaro]

We've got both of those at the library. Awesome. :)

I have a decent collection (or have borrowed a decent selection) but the two I mentioned stuck out because they had substantial material specific to the day-to-day life in 1550s Hojo. Many references claim to cover the period but instead dedicate themselves to the Tokugawa social structure.

I'm a big fan of Edward S. Morse's life and writings - I sort of copied his style when I wrote my Japan travel journal. It's late 19th century but excellent stuff and surprisingly entertaining.

I think I cite in the manner of whatever journal I'm writing a manuscript for at the time. Mostly ACS, but otherwise quite random.