Travelers of a Hundred Ages: The Japanese As Revealed Through 1, 000 Years of Diaries

By Donald Keene

Book Overview

At once an intimate account of the diarists' lives and a testimony to the greater struggles and advances of Japanese culture, this book illuminates the hidden and largely unknown worlds of imperial courts, Buddhist monasteries, country inns, and merchants' houses.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0805007512
• ISBN13: 9780805007510
• Release Date: January 1989
• Publisher: Henry Holt & Co
• Length: 468 Pages
• Weight: 0.10 lbs.