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Emperor of Japan
Meiji and His World, 1852-1912
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Artikel-Nr:
9780231123419
Veröffentl:
2005
Erscheinungsdatum:
14.06.2005
Seiten:
928
Autor:
Donald Keene
Gewicht:
1324 g
Format:
234x156x52 mm
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
Donald Keene is Shincho Professor of Japanese Literature and University Professor Emeritus at Columbia University. He is the author of more than thirty books, including the definitive multi-volume history of Japanese literature. He lives in Tokyo and New York City.
When Emperor Meiji began his rule, in 1867, Japan was a splintered empire, dominated by the shogun and the daimyos, who ruled over the country's more than 250 decentralized domains and who were, in the main, cut off from the outside world, staunchly antiforeign, and committed to the traditions of the past. Before long, the shogun surrendered to the emperor, a new constitution was adopted, and Japan emerged as a modern, industrialized state.
The preeminent authority on Japanese literature crafts the definitive history of the life and times of the emperor who opened Japan to the West. Emperor of Japan conveys in sparkling prose the complexity of the man and offers an unrivaled portrait of Japan in a period of unique interest.
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