An Imperial Concubine's Tale : Scandal, Shipwreck, and Salvation in Seventeenth-Century Japan.

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Japan in the early seventeenth century was a wild place. Serial killers stalked the streets of Kyoto at night, while noblemen and women mingled freely at the imperial palace, drinking saké and watching kabuki dancing in the presence of the emperor's principal consort. Among these noblewomen wa...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Rowley, G. G., 1960- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Columbia University Press, 2013.
Temas:
Nakanoin, Nakako, > approximately 1591-1671.
Goyōzei, > Emperor of Japan, > 1571-1617.
1600-1699
Buddhist nuns > Japan > Biography.
Concubinage > Japan > History > 17th century.
Nonnes bouddhistes > Japon > Biographies.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Historical.
HISTORY > Asia > Japan.
Buddhist nuns.
Concubinage.
Courts and courtiers.
Japan > Court and courtiers > Biography.
Japan > Court and courtiers > History > 17th century.
Japan.
Electronic books.
Biographies.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Japan in the early seventeenth century was a wild place. Serial killers stalked the streets of Kyoto at night, while noblemen and women mingled freely at the imperial palace, drinking saké and watching kabuki dancing in the presence of the emperor's principal consort. Among these noblewomen was an imperial concubine named Nakanoin Nakako, who in 1609 became embroiled in a sex scandal involving both courtiers and young women in the emperor's service. As punishment, Nakako was banished to an island in the Pacific Ocean, but she never reached her destination. Instead, she was shipwrecked and.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (281 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780231530873
0231530870

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