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Stranger in the Shogun's city : a Japanese woman and her world / Amy Stanley.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Stanley, Amy, 1978- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Tsuneno, 1804-1853.
- Tsuneno.
- Women--Japan--Tokyo--Social life and customs.
- Women.
- Divorced women--Japan--Biography.
- Divorced women.
- Manners and customs.
- Tokyo (Japan)--History--19th century.
- Tokyo (Japan).
- Tokyo (Japan)--Biography.
- Women--Social life and customs.
- Japan.
- Japan--Tokyo.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xxvi, 324 pages : maps ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- First Scribner hardcover edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Scribner, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc., 2020.
- Summary:
- "A vivid, deeply researched work of history that explores the life of an unconventional woman during the first half of the 19th century in Edo-the city that would become Tokyo-and a portrait of a great city on the brink of a momentous encounter with the West."-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- The people of Tsuneno's world
- Maps
- A note on translations
- Prologue
- Faraway Places
- Half a Lifetime in the Countryside
- To Edo
- A View from a Tenement
- Samurai Winter
- Costumes for Urban Life
- Troubles at Home
- In the Office of the City Magistrate
- Endings and Afterlives
- Epilogue.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Stanley, Amy. Stranger in the Shogun's city.
- ISBN:
- 9781501188527
- 1501188526
- 9781501188534
- 1501188534
- OCLC:
- 1156432623
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