The latest issue of the journal Early Modern Japan has been released and is available on the web for free. This issue includes a four-article set on samurai life and culture in the Tokugawa:

The Early Modern Warrior: Three Explorations of Samurai Life
Pitelka, Morgan  pp. 33-42
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Banquets Against Boredom: Towards Understanding (Samurai) Cuisine in Early Modern Japan
Rath, Eric C.  pp. 43-55
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Samurai and the World of Goods: the Diaries of the Toyama Family of Hachinohe
Vaporis, Constantine N.  pp. 56-67
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Encountering the World: Kawai Tsugunosuke’s 1859 Journey to Yokohama and Nagasaki
Nenzi, Laura  pp. 68-83
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