Hagi - A Feudal Capital in Tokugawa Japan

by Peter Armstrong

The western Japanese city of Hagi is the town in Japan which has preserved the greatest level of Tokugawa period (1600-1868) urban and architectural fabric. As such it is a major tourist destination for both Japanese and non-Japanese visitors. The city is also very important historically in that it was the capital of the feudal daimyo domain - Chōshū - which spearheaded the reform movement from the 1850s onwards which led to the overthrow...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0367728346
• ISBN13: 9780367728342
• Release Date: December 2020
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 2.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.1"