Was Early Modern Japan Culturally Integrated? Author(s): Mary Elizabeth Berry Reviewed work(s): Source: Modern Asian Studies, Vol. 31, No. 3, Special Issue: The Eurasian Context of the Early Modern History of Mainland South East Asia, 1400-1800 (Jul., 1997), pp. 547-581 Published by: Cambridge University Press Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/312791 . Accessed: 06/03/2013 12:11 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms & Conditions of Use, available at . http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms.jsp . JSTOR is a not-for-profit service that helps scholars, researchers, and students discover, use, and build upon a wide range of content in a trusted digital archive. We use information technology and tools to increase productivity and facilitate new forms of scholarship. For more information about JSTOR, please contact
[email protected]. Cambridge University Press is collaborating with JSTOR to digitize, preserve and extend access to Modern Asian Studies. http://www.jstor.org This content downloaded on Wed, 6 Mar 2013 12:11:18 PM All use subject to JSTOR Terms and Conditions ModernAsian Studies 31, 3 (1997), pp. 547-581. Printed in the United Kingdom ? 1997 Cambridge University Press WasEarly ModernJapan Culturally Integrated? MARY ELIZABETH BERRY Universityof California,Berkeley Orientations: Four Questions In an earlier draft of his essay, Professor Lieberman quoted, with some bemusement, a remark by Edwin 0. Reischauer that has flown from the text but stuck in memory. Japan during the Tokugawa era, observed E.O.R., achieved 'a greater degree of cultural, intellectual, and ideological conformity ..