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Contents ixList of Illustrations ix Acknowledgments xi 1 Introduction 1 Part One 000 The Setting: Kyoto’s Early Years and Medieval Residents 9 Part Two 000 The Lives of the Moneylenders 35 000 Chapter One The Business of Lending Money 37 000 Chapter Two Overlords 56 000 Chapter Three Transcending Subordination 90 000 Chapter Four Responding to Siege 127 000 Chapter Five Urban Affairs 172 Chapter Six The Fate of the Moneylenders 000 in the Early Modern Period 201 000 Conclusion 211 000 Appendix 225 000 Notes 237 000 Bibliography 285 000 Index 297 ...

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