Reading Medieval Ruins: Urban Life and Destruction in Sixteenth-Century Japan

by Morgan Pitelka

The Japanese provincial city of Ichijodani was destroyed in the civil wars of the late sixteenth century but never rebuilt. Archaeological excavations have since uncovered the most detailed late medieval urban site in the country. Drawing on analysis of specific excavated objects and decades of archaeological evidence to study daily life in Ichijodani, Reading Medieval Ruins in Sixteenth-Century Japan illuminates the city's layout, the possessions...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1009069977
• ISBN13: 9781009069977
• Release Date: October 2023
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 255 Pages
• Weight: 0.76 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"