A remarkable work of research and skill, which brings to life Tsunemo, a country priest’s daughter who defied conventions when her world was radically changing.
Stranger in the Shogun’s City: A Woman’s Life in Nineteenth-Century Japan
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£16.99
Edition:Hardback978178474230016/07/2020
Categories: 02. Summer Books 2020: Biography, Biography, Letters & Diaries, Summer Books 2020, Travel
Tags: 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, Asian history, Biography: historical, political and military, Cultural studies, Far East, Gender studies: women and girls, Japan, Social and cultural history, Tokyo
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