Kyoto: An Urban History of Japan's Premodern Capital

by Matthew Stavros

Book Overview

Kyoto was Japan's political and cultural capital for more than a millennium before the dawn of the modern era. Until about the fifteenth century, it was also among the world's largest cities and, as the eastern terminus of the Silk Road, it was a place where the political, artistic, and religious currents of Asia coalesced and flourished. Despite these and many other traits that make Kyoto a place of both Japanese and world historical significance,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0824867882
• ISBN13: 9780824867881
• Release Date: June 2016
• Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.9" x 9.2"