Title:
A brief history of Japan : samurai, shōgun and zen : the extraordinary story of the land of the rising sun / Jonathan Clements.
ISBN:
9784805313893
Personal Author:
Publication Information:
North Clarendon, VT : Tuttle Publishing, [2017]
Physical Description:
288 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color), map ; 21 cm
Contents:
Point of departure: Cipangu -- The way of the gods: prehistoric and mythical Japan -- Through the keyhole: the people of Wa -- The shining prince: medieval Japan -- A game of thrones: Minamoto vs. Taira -- Ashes of victory: the Warring states -- Time warp: 200 years of isolation -- The stench of butter: restoration and modernization -- The empire strikes back: the road to Pearl Harbor -- Broken jewel: occupation and recovery -- The new breed: the Japanese miracle -- Cool Japan: the lost decades.
Summary:
"This fascinating history tells the story of the people of Japan, from ancient teenage priest-queens to teeming hordes of salarymen, a nation that once sought to conquer China, yet also shut itself away for two centuries in self-imposed seclusion."--Amazon.com.
Geographic Term:
OCLC Number:
ocn967133930
Availability:
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