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An imperial concubine's tale : scandal, shipwreck, and salvation in seventeenth-century Japan / G.G. Rowley.

LIBRA DS872.N35 R68 2013
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Rowley, G. G., 1960-
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Nakanoin, Nakako, approximately 1591-1671.
Nakanoin, Nakako.
Buddhist nuns--Japan--Biography.
Buddhist nuns.
Concubinage.
History.
Courts and courtiers.
Japan--Court and courtiers--Biography.
Japan.
Japan--Court and courtiers--History--17th century.
Goyōzei, Emperor of Japan, 1571-1617.
Goyōzei.
Concubinage--Japan--History--17th century.
Genre:
Biographies.
Physical Description:
xviii, 255 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
Place of Publication:
New York : Columbia University Press, [2013]
Contents:
Chapter 1 A Courtier's Life, in and out of the World 15
Chapter 2 The Year 1600: A World Again at War 43
Chapter 3 At the Court of the Dragon 63
Chapter 4 Scandal 77
Chapter 5 The Tale of Kazan 99
Chapter 6 Shipwreck 119
Chapter 7 The Long Reprieve 139
Chapter 8 Salvation 169.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780231158541
0231158548
9780231530873
0231530870
OCLC:
778990873

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