Shortest History of Japan
Shortest History of Japan
Lesley Downer brings an expert storyteller’s eye to the sweep of Japanese history.
Here are the emperors and warlords, the samurai and women warriors, the merchants and geisha who shaped this extraordinary modern society. From the hunter-gatherers who fashioned the world’s first pots to the novel-writing ladies of the eleventh-century Heian court, from the devastation of Hiroshima to today’s economic and cultural powerhouse, this is an indispensable, riveting history of the land of the rising sun.
Paperback
198 x 129 mm
276 Pages
Shortest History of Japan
Lesley Downer brings an expert storyteller’s eye to the sweep of Japanese history.
Here are the emperors and warlords, the samurai and women warriors, the merchants and geisha who shaped this extraordinary modern society. From the hunter-gatherers who fashioned the world’s first pots to the novel-writing ladies of the eleventh-century Heian court, from the devastation of Hiroshima to today’s economic and cultural powerhouse, this is an indispensable, riveting history of the land of the rising sun.
Paperback
198 x 129 mm
276 Pages
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Shortest History of Japan
Lesley Downer brings an expert storyteller’s eye to the sweep of Japanese history.
Here are the emperors and warlords, the samurai and women warriors, the merchants and geisha who shaped this extraordinary modern society. From the hunter-gatherers who fashioned the world’s first pots to the novel-writing ladies of the eleventh-century Heian court, from the devastation of Hiroshima to today’s economic and cultural powerhouse, this is an indispensable, riveting history of the land of the rising sun.
Paperback
198 x 129 mm
276 Pages
