Traveller's History of Japan

Offers the reader a chronological outline of the Japan's development but also provides an invaluable introduction to its language, literature and arts, from kabuki to karaoke.

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New 4th Edition: "A Traveller's History of Japan" not only offers the reader a chronological outline of the nation's development but also provides an invaluable introduction to its language, literature and arts, from kabuki to karaoke. This clearly written history explains how a country embedded in the traditions of Shinto, Shoguns and Samurai has achieved stupendous economic growth and dominance in this century.