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Jonathan Clements

A Brief History of Japan

Samurai, Shogun and Zen: The Extraordinary Story of the Land of the Rising Sun

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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. First revealed to Westerners in the chronicles of Marco Polo, Japan was a legendary faraway land defended by a fearsome Kamikaze storm and ruled by a divine sovereign. It was the terminus of the Silk Road, the furthest end of the known world, a fertile source of inspiration for European artists, and an enduring symbol of the mysterious East. In recent times, it has become a powerhouse of global indus… Mehr

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Produktdetails


  • ISBN: 978-1-4629-1934-5
  • EAN: 9781462919345
  • Produktnummer: 22495242
  • Verlag: Tuttle Publishing
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • Erscheinungsjahr: 2017
  • Seitenangabe: 304 S.
  • Plattform: EPUB
  • Masse: 5'550 KB
  • Abbildungen: 16-page color insert of 19 color photos

Über den Autor


Jonathan Clements is the author of Christ's Samurai: The True Story of the Shimabara Rebellion, A Brief History of the Samurai, Modern Japan: All That Matters, Anime: A History, and biographies of Admiral Togo and Prince Saionji Kinmochi. In 2016 he became the presenter of Route Awakenings (National Geographic) a TV series on historical icons of Chinese culture.

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