Letters from Japan's sixteenth and seventeenth centuries: correspondence of warlords, tea masters, Zen priests, and aristocrats

"This book collects twenty-three original, handwritten Japanese letters from the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries and provides transcriptions, translations, and essay commentaries for each. In addition, introductory essays contextualize such letter writing in the politics of the period, the...

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Beteiligte Personen: Pitelka, Morgan 1972- (VerfasserIn), Tanimura, Reiko (VerfasserIn), Masuda, Takashi (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Berkeley, CA Institute of East Asian Studies, University of California, Berkeley [2021]
Schriftenreihe:Japan research monograph 20
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Zusammenfassung:"This book collects twenty-three original, handwritten Japanese letters from the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries and provides transcriptions, translations, and essay commentaries for each. In addition, introductory essays contextualize such letter writing in the politics of the period, the cultural trends of the day, the value of calligraphy, and the history of writing in Japan"--
Umfang:viii, 203 Seiten Illustrationen 23 cm
ISBN:9781557291950
1557291950