Buch, Englisch, 280 Seiten, Format (B × H): 163 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 514 g
Buch, Englisch, 280 Seiten, Format (B × H): 163 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 514 g
ISBN: 978-0-231-15854-1
Verlag: Columbia University Press
Recounting the remarkable story of this resilient woman and her war-torn world, G. G. Rowley investigates aristocratic family archives, village storehouses, and the records of imperial convents. She follows the banished concubine as she endures rural exile, receives an unexpected reprieve, and rediscovers herself as the abbess of a nunnery. While unraveling Nakako's unusual tale, Rowley also reveals the little-known lives of samurai women who sacrificed themselves on the fringes of the great battles that brought an end to more than a century of civil war. Written with keen insight and genuine affection, An Imperial Concubine's Tale tells the true story of a woman's extraordinary life in seventeenth-century Japan.
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- Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Asiatische Geschichte
- Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte
- Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde Volkskunde: Sitten, Traditionen, Mythen, Legenden
- Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Sonstige Religionen Sexualität & Gender in den Religionen
Weitere Infos & Material
List of IllustrationsPreface and AcknowledgmentsIntroductionChapter 1. A Courtier's Life, in and out of the WorldChapter 2. The Year 1600: A World Again at WarChapter 3. At the Court of the DragonChapter 4. ScandalChapter 5. The Tale of KazanChapter 6. ShipwreckChapter 7. The Long ReprieveChapter 8. SalvationEpiloguePrincipal CharactersGlossaryAbbreviationsNotesBibliographyIndex
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