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In the Realm of a Dying Emperor

by Norma Field

ISBN13: 9780307761002
ISBN10: 0307761002
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Examines Japan's uneasy relationship to its past, the tortuous relations between religion and state, and the role of dissent in a society where freedom has become banal and elusive

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Norma Field is Professor of East Asian Languages and Civilizations, University of Chicago, and author of "In the Realm of a Dying Emperor: A Portrait of Japan at Century's End" (1991) and "The Splendor of Longing in "The Tale of Genji"" (1987).

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ISBN:: 9780307761002
Publisher:: Vintage Books
Subject:: History : Asia - General
Author:: Field, Norma
Subject:: main_subject
Subject:: all_subjects
Publication Date:: 19930309
Binding:: ELECTRONIC
Language:: English
Pages:: 280

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