Bibliograph

Stranger in the Shogun's city, a woman's life in nineteenth-century Japan, Amy Stanley

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Stranger in the Shogun's city, a woman's life in nineteenth-century Japan, Amy Stanley

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

resource.biographical

individual biography

Illustrations

maps

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Stranger in the Shogun's city

Nature of contents

bibliography

Responsibility statement

Amy Stanley

Sub title

a woman's life in nineteenth-century Japan

Summary

The daughter of a Buddhist priest, Tsuneno was born in 1804 in a village in Japan's snow country and was expected to lead a life much like her mother's. Instead - after three divorces and with a temperament much too strong-willed for her family's approval - she ran away to follow her own path in Edo, the city we now call Tokyo. Stranger in the Shogun's City is a portrait of one woman as she endeavours to recreate herself and her life, and provides a window into the drama and excitement of Japan at a pivotal moment in history

Target audience

adult

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