Stranger in the Shogun's city : a Japanese woman and her world

Stanley, Amy 1978- (author.).

Summary: "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."--

Record details

ISBN: 9781501188527
ISBN: 1501188526
ISBN: 9781501188534
ISBN: 1501188534
Physical Description: print
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.