Stranger in the Shogun's city : a Japanese woman and her world / Amy Stanley.
"A vivid, deeply researched work of history that explores the life of an unconventional woman during the first half of the 19th century in Edo-the city that would become Tokyo-and a portrait of a great city on the brink of a momentous encounter with the West."-- Provided by publisher.
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- ISBN: 9781501188527
- ISBN: 1501188526
- ISBN: 9781501188534
- ISBN: 1501188534
- Physical Description: xxvi, 324 pages : maps ; 24 cm
- Edition: First Scribner hardcover edition.
- Publisher: New York, NY : Scribner, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc., 2020.
- Copyright: ©2020
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | The people of Tsuneno's world -- Maps -- A note on translations -- Prologue -- Faraway Places -- Half a Lifetime in the Countryside -- To Edo -- A View from a Tenement -- Samurai Winter -- Costumes for Urban Life -- Troubles at Home -- In the Office of the City Magistrate -- Endings and Afterlives -- Epilogue. |
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Genre: | Biographies. History. Biographies. |
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