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xvii Until 1872, all dates are given in the Japanese lunar calendar, with Common Era (c.e.) years understood to last from the beginning of the roughly corresponding lunar year to its end. Japanese names are given family name first, other than where English publications by Japanese authors reverse the order. Individuals who are known under a range of different personal names appear consistently under the name that is most familiar in the larger literature, even when they did not use that particular name in the relevant period of their lives. Unfamiliar Japanese words are italicized at their first appearance but not thereafter. A NOTE ON CONVENTIONS map 1. The provinces (kuni) of Japan and regions as defined in this book. Eastern Japan as defined in this book comprises Southern Ōu and the North and East Kantō, with the exception of two districts in western Shimōsa. map 2. Major cities and domains of Japan, approximate borders of 1867. map 3. Territories of Eastern Japan, approximate borders of 1867. (The map is illustrative in two senses. Boundaries of some domains, such as Shirakawa and Taira, changed considerably over the centuries of the Edo period. For large parts of the Kantō, translating the reality of rule into a map of this scale is difficult, since neighboring villages could be ruled by lords headquartered hundreds of miles apart, and even single villages were often divided between multiple lords.) ...

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