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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Rowley, G. G., 1960- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Columbia University Press, 2013.
Subjects:
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.
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An Imperial Concubine's Tale : Scandal, Shipwreck, and Salvation in Seventeenth-Century Japan.
by Rowley, G. G., 1960-
Published 2013
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Electronic eBook
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