Contents |
The people of Tsuneno's world -- Maps -- A note on translations -- Prologue -- Faraway Places -- Half a Lifetime in the Countryside -- To Edo -- A View from a Tenement -- Samurai Winter -- Costumes for Urban Life -- Troubles at Home -- In the Office of the City Magistrate -- Endings and Afterlives -- Epilogue. |
Abstract |
"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. |
Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Issued in other form | Online version: Stanley, Amy. Stranger in the Shogun's city. First Scribner hardcover edition. New York : Scribner, 2020 9781501188541 |
Genre/form | Biographies. |
Genre/form | History. |
LCCN | 2020004839 |
ISBN | 9781501188527 hardcover |
ISBN | 1501188526 hardcover |
ISBN | 9781501188534 paperback |
ISBN | 1501188534 paperback |