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Author Clements, Jonathan, 1971- author.

Title A brief history of Japan : samurai, shōgun and zen : the extraordinary story of the land of the rising sun / Jonathan Clements
Edition First edition
Published Tokyo ; North Clarendon, VT : Tuttle Publishing, 2017
©2017

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Description 1 online resource (288 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color)
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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject HISTORY -- Asia -- Japan.
SUBJECT Japan -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85069426
Subject Japan
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781462919345
1462919340