A Brief History of Japan: Samurai, Shogun and Zen: The Extraordinary Story of the Land of the Rising Sun

by Jonathan Clements

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 4805313897
• ISBN13: 9784805313893
• Release Date: August 2017
• Publisher: Tuttle Publishing
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.76 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.3" x 8.0"