books.google.co.jp - The focus of Richard Rubinger's study of Japanese literacy is the least-studied (yet overwhelming majority) of the premodern population: the rural farming class. In this book-length historical exploration of the topic, the first in any language, Rubinger dispels the misconception that there are few materials...http://books.google.co.jp/books/about/Popular_literacy_in_early_modern_Japan.html?hl=ja&id=mYkLNEczmogC&utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePopular literacy in early modern Japan
