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Told Round a Brushwood Fire / Joyce Ackroyd.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ackroyd, Joyce, author.
- Series:
- UNESCO collection of representative works. Japanese series.
- Princeton library of Asian translations
- Princeton legacy library.
- Princeton Library of Asian Translations ; 81
- Standardized Title:
- Oritaku shiba no ki. English. 1979
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Confucianists--Japan--Biography.
- Confucianists.
- Politicians--Japan--Biography.
- Politicians.
- Arai, Hakuseki, 1657-1725.
- Arai, Hakuseki.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (360 pages) : illustrations.
- Edition:
- Course Book
- Place of Publication:
- Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2014]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The Oritaku Shiha no Ki of Arai Hakuscki (1657-1725) was the first Japanese autobiography and is often singled out as the most outstanding. As primary source material for the first half of the Tokugawa period, it constitutes a unique historical supplement to the official records. Presented here is a scholarly English translation of and commentary on this important work.Originally published in 1980.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Notes on the Translation
- Introduction
- Told Round a Brushwood Fire
- Preface
- Book 1
- Book II
- Book III
- Notes
- Biographical Notes
- Appendix 1. Glossary of Titles, Offices, and Names
- Appendix 2. The Sexagenary System and Era Names
- Appendix 3. Measures
- Appendix 4. Pedigrees
- Appendix 5. Selected Chronology
- Maps
- Index
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Includes index.
- Reprint of 1980 paperback printing.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)
- ISBN:
- 9780691616292
- 0691616299
- 9780691643595
- 0691643598
- 9781400853045
- 1400853044
- OCLC:
- 899266816
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