State and Diplomacy in Early Modern Japan. Asia in the Development of the Tokugawa Bakufu.
Princeton. Princeton University Press. 1984. Reprint. Stock ID #219280 "Contrary to traditional views of early modern Japan (1600-1868) as a classic case of "isolationism", this book demonstrates that the rulers of Tokugawa Japan conducted a vigorous and far-sighted foreign policy with their Asian neighbours and shows how that foreign policy both reflected and affected domestic affairs. For this paperback edition, the author has prepared a new Preface." Publisher's description. When referring to this item please quote stockid 219280.
Maps, xxxviii + 309pp, glossary, bibliography, index, signature of Japanese historian Dr. Richard Mason on front free endpaper, a very good hardback copy in dustjacket.
Price: $50.00 AU