1st Edition
The Life of Ancient Japan Selected Contemporary Texts Illustrating Social Life and Ideals before the Era of Seclusion
By Kurt Singer
Copyright 2002
360 Pages
by
Routledge
360 Pages
by
Routledge
360 Pages
by
Routledge
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First Published in 2002. This book looks at the small groups of Japanese people who were perpetually endangered by foreign invasions, actual and potential, and even more by the disruptive forces of their own ambitious kith and kin. These people were scattered over a number of islands, each again divided by mountain ranges into a set of island-like districts, and they lived and enjoyed a perilous... Read more
INTRODUCTION, A PROLOGUE, YAMATO PERIOD, ASUKA AND NARA PERIODS, HEIAN PERIOD, ASHIKAGA AND MOMOYAMA PERIODS, AN EPILOGUE, SEVEN APPENDICES: LAWS, RULES AND CUSTOMS
Biography
Kurt Singer
