Japanese Portraits: Images Across the Ages

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Year: 1994
Pages: 96
Binding Hardcover
ISBN 811463818

Product Code: 788195182

Description

Dorothy Hoobler (au); Thomas Hoobler (au); Victoria Bruck (il). Explores the history & culture of Japan by narrating the biography of notable people from different walks of life & different periods in history. Features major figures from Japanese history, ancient to modern: the Prince of Sacred Virtue -- Shotoku Taichi; female authors Murasaki Shikibu & Sei Shonagon; the brother warriors (samurai) Yoritomo & Yoshitsune; Buddhist leader Nichiren; tea ceremony master Sen No Rikyu; Okuni, founder of Kabuki theater; Mitsui Shuho, a bride from a wealthy merchant family; haiku poet Basho; Zen painter Hokusa; Saigo Takemori, the last samurai; feminist Hani Motoko; & Akio Morita, founder of Sony Corp.

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