Developed in close collaboration with Hugh Cortazzi, this book contains a wide and substantial cross-section of writings, thematically structured around essays in the special areas of biographies, history, cultural exchange, arts, business and
Publisher: Routledge
Publication Place: UK
Publication Year: 2016-08-10
Language: English
Number of Pages: 460
Edition: 1
Series: Collected Writings of Modern Western Scholars on Japan
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