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''Kanazawa: A Seventeenth-Century Japanese Castle Town'' is the first and only book in English to address the subject of the early modern ([[Edo period]]) history of the city of [[Kanazawa]], political, economic, and cultural center of [[Kaga han]], which is today the capital of Ishikawa Prefecture. The book covers the city's political, economic, social and cultural history across the 17th century in great detail, and alludes to the relevance of the trends and processes seen in Kanazawa to the development of other Japanese castle towns in that period, and to castle towns beyond Japan as well.

''Kanazawa: A Seventeenth-Century Japanese Castle Town'' is the first and only book in English to address the subject of the early modern ([[Edo period]]) history of the city of [[Kanazawa]], political, economic, and cultural center of [[Kaga han]], which is today the capital of Ishikawa Prefecture. The book covers the city's political, economic, social and cultural history across the 17th century in great detail, and alludes to the relevance of the trends and processes seen in Kanazawa to the development of other Japanese castle towns in that period, and to castle towns beyond Japan as well.

The book is divided into four chapters. Chapter One gives a Japan-wide overview of the [[Sengoku period]] and early [[Edo period]], providing context for the origins of [[Maeda clan]] rule in [[Kaga province|Kaga]] and [[Noto province]]s, along with a summary of Kanazawa's history in that time. It covers the [[Ikko-ikki|Ikkô-ikki]] fortress of [[Oyama Gobo|Oyama Gobô]] which preceded [[Kanazawa Castle]], as well as describing the arrival of [[Maeda Toshiie]] and the events immediately following.

The book is divided into four chapters. Chapter One gives a Japan-wide overview of the [[Sengoku period]] and early [[Edo period]], providing context for the origins of [[Maeda clan]] rule in [[Kaga province|Kaga]] and [[Noto province]]s, along with a summary of Kanazawa's history in that time. It covers the [[Ikko-ikki|Ikkô-ikki]] fortress of [[Oyama Gobo|Oyama Gobô]] which preceded [[Kanazawa Castle]], as well as describing the arrival of [[Maeda Toshiie]] and the events immediately following.