An invitation to this book -- The Political thought of the Middle Kingdom : Confucianism -- The Sorrows of the Samurai -- The Mechanisms of shogunal Majesty : The tokugawa Political System -- a Nation of Family Businesses -- The Lure of Dangerous Thought : The assimilation of Confucianism and Resulting Tensions -- A Neighboring Orthodoxy : The Assimilation of Confucianism and Resulting Tensions -- A Neighboring Orthodoxy : The Zhu Xi School of Neo-Confucianism -- The Paradoxes of Love The Thought of Ito Jinsai and Ito Togai -- Serving the "King of Japan" : The Philosophy and Policies of Arai Hakuseki -- Against Modernity : The Thought of Ogyo Sorai -- Amorality and Rebellion : The Collapse of the Sorai School -- Anti-Urban Utopianism : The Thought of Ando Shoeki -- Honorable Peasants and Protest -- A Peculiarly "Pure Heart"

1. Political science -- Japan -- History -- 17th century
2. Political science -- Japan -- History -- 18th century
3. Political science -- Japan -- History -- 19th century
4. Political scientists -- Japan