01833nam a22002531i 4500 20201222103705.0 201222t20172017ja ao||e ||| 001 0 eng d 9784805313893 RM 60.00 paperback PPAK eng PPAK rda 23 925 952 CLE G Clements, Jonathan, 1971-, author. A BRIEF HISTORY OF JAPAN : SAMURAI, SHŌGUN AND ZEN : THE EXTRAORDINARY STORY OF THE LAND OF THE RISING SUN / JONATHAN CLEMENTS Tokyo : Tuttle Publishing , [2017]. ©2017 288 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates maps and illustration , 21 cm. rdacontent text rdamedia unmediated rdacarrier volume Includes bibliographical references and index. ASIAN HISTORY. This fascinating history of Japan tells the story of the people of Japan, from ancient teenage priest-queens to teeming hordes of salarymen, a nation that once sought to conquer China, yet also shut itself away for two centuries in self-imposed seclusion. Stretching for nearly 2000 miles and encompassing almost 7000 islands, Japan has the fourth largest GDP and the tenth largest population in the world. Japan is a country of paradoxes, a modern nation steeped in ancient traditions; a democracy with an emperor as head of state; a famously safe society built on 108 volcanoes and an active earthquake zone. Despite a reputation for sprawling cities and cutting-edge technology, seventy-three percent of its land comprises uninhabited mountains and forests. First revealed to the West in the Travels of Marco Polo, Japan was the legendary faraway land defended by the fearsome Kamikaze storm, and ruled by a divine sovereign. Japan History. ddc B 180701 180701 0 0 PPAK G 2021-01-19 1 952 CLE A01667268 2025-05-17 11:03:24 2025-04-27 B