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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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