Running the Domain: Truth, Rumours, and the Decision-Making of the Shimazu Warrior Family in 16 th Century Japan by Vincent Chan A dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (History) in the University of Michigan 2020 Doctoral Committee: Professor Hitomi Tonomura, Chair Assistant Professor Erin L. Brightwell Associate Professor Christian de Pee Associate Professor Hussein Anwar Fancy Vincent Chan
[email protected] ORCID iD: 0000-0001-9001-1667 © Vincent Chan 2020 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS I wish to thank my advisor Dr. Hitomi Tonomura for her support and guidance as I pursued this project. I would not have been able to complete this dissertation without her help and patience throughout the past several years. I owe a large part of my intellectual and academic development to Dr. Tonomura’s tutelage, and I cannot overstate how thankful I am for her support. I also want to thank Dr. Christian de Pee for expanding my knowledge and understanding beyond the bounds of my immediate interests of Japanese history. My gratitude extends to Dr. Erin Brightwell and Dr. Hussein Fancy, members of my dissertation committee, for providing me with invaluable advice on improving and refining my dissertation. I owe Dr. Pär Cassel, Dr. Vic Lieberman, and Dr. Brian Porter-Sz űcs a huge thank you for teaching me a lot about pedagogy and helping me truly understand what it means to be a professor. Beyond all the support I was lucky enough to receive from the professors at the University of Michigan, I am indebted to Dr.