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Summary:

"A vivid, deeply researched work of history that explores the life of an unconventional woman during the first half of the 19th century in Edo-the city that would become Tokyo-and a portrait of a great city on the brink of a momentous encounter with the West."-- [Provided by publisher]

Table of Contents:

• Machine generated contents note: ch. One Faraway Places
• ch. Two Half a Lifetime in the Countryside
• ch. Three To Edo
• ch. Four View from a Tenement
• ch. Five Samurai Winter
• ch. Six Costumes for Urban Life
• ch. Seven Troubles at Home
• ch. Eight In the Office of the City Magistrate
• ch. Nine Endings and Afterlives.

Author/Creator:

Stanley, Amy, 1978- , author

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Main Work:

Stranger in the Shogun's city: a Japanese woman and her world [by Stanley, A.]

Other Related Resources:

Print version: Stranger in the Shogun's city [by Stanley, A.] (First Scribner hardcover edition; New York : Scribner, 2020 — ISBN 9781501188527; LCCN 2020004839)

Subjects:

Tsuneno, 1804-1853

Women — Japan — Tokyo — Social life and customs

Divorced women — Japan — Biography

Tokyo (Japan) — History — 19th century

Tokyo (Japan) — Biography

General Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on July 17, 2020).

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Call Numbers:

DS896.2.T78 S73 2020eb

ISBNs:

1501188542 (electronic book)
9781501188541 (electronic book)
9781501188527 (hardcover) [Invalid]
9781501188534 (paperback) [Invalid]

Other Standard Numbers:

Publisher Number, Recorded Books: EB00778030

Library of Congress Control Numbers:

2020004840

OCLC Numbers:

1156415123

Other Control Numbers:

EBC6235968 (source: MiAaPQ)
[Unknown Type]: ybp301352788