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Samurai and the culture of Japan's great peace, Fabian Drixler ; William D. Fleming ; Robert George Wheeler

eng

Includes bibliographical references (pages 121-123) and index

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Samurai and the culture of Japan's great peace

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Fabian Drixler ; William D. Fleming ; Robert George Wheeler

"Through artifacts from the Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History and other collections at Yale University, this book takes readers on a journey into Japan's early modern cultural and political history. It also offers tantalizing glimpses of medieval Japan and the technology underlying the material culture of the samurai. This book covers some well-known facets of Japanese history, but also features cutting edge research. Like the exhibition from which it emerges, it is designed to be engaging and accessible to the general public while offering experts new information and perspective."--Provided by publisher

Samurai and the culture of Japan's Great Peace -- Before the Great Peace -- The art and science of the sword -- Edo and the architecture of the Great Peace -- Armament or Ornament? -- Samurai aesthetics: extravagance and restraint -- The samurai imagined -- Death and the good life -- Forbidden waters and foreign knowledge -- Japan in Ainu Lands -- The opening of Japan, the closing of the Great Peace