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Organization and Authority in the Traditional Arts

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 November 2008

P. G. O'Neill
P. G. O'Neill
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The formal, authoritarian organization of people with similar occupations or interests has been a feature of Japanese society throughout its history. As such, it must be of interest for its own sake and, no less perhaps, for the indications it can provide of the nature of Japanese society as a whole.

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Modern Asian Studies , Volume 18 , Issue 4 , October 1984 , pp. 631 - 645
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1984

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1 The present head is said to be the 45th, however, since descent is claimed from Ono Imoko, a noble who was sent to China as an envoy in the first decade of the seventh century.

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