Walking the Kiso Road
A Modern-Day Exploration of Old Japan
Take a trip to old Japan with William Scott Wilson as he travels the ancient Kiso Road, a legendary route that remains much the same today as it was hundreds of years ago. The Kisoji, which runs through the Kiso Valley in the Japanese Alps, has been in use since at least 701 C.E. In the seventeenth century, it was the route that the daimyo (warlords) used for their biennial trips—along with their samurai and porters—to the new capital of Edo (now Tokyo). The natural beauty of the route is renowned—and famously inspired the landscapes of Hiroshige, as well as the work of many other artists and writers. Wilson, esteemed translator of samurai ph…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-0-8348-0317-6
- EAN: 9780834803176
- Produktnummer: 21089138
- Verlag: Shambhala
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2015
- Seitenangabe: 288 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 1'613 KB
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WILLIAM SCOTT WILSON is the foremost translator into English of traditional Japanese texts on samurai culture. His best-selling translations include Hagakure, The Book of Five Rings, and Taiko. He is also the author of The Lone Samurai, a biography of the legendary samurai Miyamoto Musashi, and The One Taste of Truth, on the history of tea and Zen.
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