CSPAN2 Amy Stanley Stranger In The Shoguns City September 2, 2022
Its great to be here. And its wonderful to be talking about these books. And if you pick up amy stanlys stranger in the shoguns city you can smell the lamenting you can hear the cook of the abacus in the shop. You can yoeven feel the chill of the japanese snow country. This is one of the most evocative and gorgeously written examples of the historians craft you will read. In this marvelous book amy tells the story of tsuneno, a frustrated, stubborn thrice married japanese woman in the early part of the 19th century runs off to the big city of edo, the predecessor city to todays tokyo. This is ...
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