An Imperial Concubine's Tale : Scandal, Shipwreck, and Salvation in Seventeenth-Century Japan.

An Imperial Concubine's Tale : Scandal, Shipwreck, and Salvation in Seventeenth-Century Japan.

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 was...

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Main Author: Rowley, G. G., 1960- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Columbia University Press, 2013.
Subjects:
Nakanoin, Nakako, > approximately 1591-1671.
Goyōzei, > Emperor of Japan, > 1571-1617.
Goyōzei, > Emperor of Japan, > 1571-1617
Nakanoin, Nakako, > approximately 1591-1671
1600-1699
Buddhist nuns > Japan > Biography.
Concubinage > Japan > History > 17th century.
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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Table of Contents:
  • A courtier's life, in and out of the world
  • The year 1600: a world again at war
  • At the court of the dragon
  • Scandal
  • The tale of Kazan
  • Shipwreck
  • The long reprieve
  • Salvation.

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