a Japanese woman and her world Stanley, Amy 1978- creator author. text bibliography Biographies. nyu New York Scribner 2020 First Scribner hardcover edition. monographic eng

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xxvi, 324 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm "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."-- 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. Amy Stanley. Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-307) and index. AAL a-ja--- Tsuneno 1804-1853 Women Japan Tokyo Social life and customs Divorced women Japan Biography Tokyo (Japan) History 19th century Tokyo (Japan) Biography DS896.2.T78 S73 2020 952.025 9781501188527 9781501188534 9781501188541 2020004839 Ayesha Abed Library DLC 260607 20260607175414.0 45852 eng