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

Title
Letters from Japan's sixteenth and seventeenth centuries : correspondence of warlords, tea masters, Zen priests, and aristocrats / Morgan Pitelka, Reiko Tanimura and Takashi Masuda.
Author
Pitelka, Morgan, 1972-
Publication
Berkeley, CA : Institute of East Asian Studies, University of California, Berkeley, [2021]

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Additional Authors
  • Tanimura, Reiko
  • Masuda, Takashi
Description
viii, 203 pages, 13 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations; 23 cm.
Summary
"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"--
Series Statement
Japan research monograph ; 20
Uniform Title
Japan research monograph ; 20.
Subject
  • 1568-1868
  • Japanese letters > Azuchi-Momoyama period, 1568-1603
  • Japanese letters > Tokugawa period, 1600-1868
  • Japanese letters > Translations into English
  • Japanese letters
  • Tokugawa period, Japan, 1600-1868
  • Japan > History > Azuchi-Momoyama period, 1568-1603 > Sources
  • Japan > History > Tokugawa period, 1600-1868 > Sources
  • Japan
Genre/Form
  • History.
  • Sources.
  • Translations.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Language (note)
  • Text in the original Japanese with English translations.
Call Number
JFE 22-4113
ISBN
  • 9781557291950
  • 1557291950
LCCN
2021033076
OCLC
1263246262
Author
Pitelka, Morgan, 1972- author.
Title
Letters from Japan's sixteenth and seventeenth centuries : correspondence of warlords, tea masters, Zen priests, and aristocrats / Morgan Pitelka, Reiko Tanimura and Takashi Masuda.
Publisher
Berkeley, CA : Institute of East Asian Studies, University of California, Berkeley, [2021]
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Series
Japan research monograph ; 20
Japan research monograph ; 20.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references.
Language
Text in the original Japanese with English translations.
Chronological Term
1568-1868
Added Author
Tanimura, Reiko, author.
Masuda, Takashi, author.
Other Form:
Online version: Pitelka, Morgan. Letters from Japan's sixteenth and seventeenth centuries Berkeley : Institute of East Asian Studies, University of California, Berkeley, 2021 9781557291967 (DLC) 2021033077 (OCoLC)1263250672
Research Call Number
JFE 22-4113
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