Letters from Japan's Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries : Correspondence from Warlords, Tea Masters, Zen Priests, and Aristocrats /

"This book collects twenty-three original, handwritten Japanese letters from the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries and provides transcriptions, translations, and essay commentaries for each. In addition, introductory essays contextualize such letter writing in the politics of the period, the...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Pitelka, Morgan, 1972- (Author), Masuda, Takashi (Author), Tanimura, Reiko (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Japonés
Published: Berkeley : Institute of East Asian Studies, University of California, Berkeley, 2021.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Tokugawa period, Japan, 1600-1868.
Japanese letters.
Japanese letters > Translations into English.
Japanese letters > Tokugawa period, 1600-1868.
Japanese letters > Azuchi-Momoyama period, 1568-1603.
Japan.
Japan > History > Tokugawa period, 1600-1868 > Sources.
Japan > History > Azuchi-Momoyama period, 1568-1603 > Sources.
Translations.
Sources.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:"This book collects twenty-three original, handwritten Japanese letters from the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries and provides transcriptions, translations, and essay commentaries for each. In addition, introductory essays contextualize such letter writing in the politics of the period, the cultural trends of the day, the value of calligraphy, and the history of writing in Japan"--
Physical Description:1 online resource (130 pages).
ISBN:9781557291967

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