A History of Japan to 1334
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Published: June 1, 1958
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 512
ISBN-13: 9780804705233
Subjects: Asian / Middle Eastern history; World history; History: World; History - General History; Japan; Asia - Japan; History / Japan; History
First sentence: SOME millions of years ago, from the ocean floor at its greatest known depths, mighty volcanic convulsions thrust up above sea level the Japanese archipelago, which now stretches in an arc, bent away from the mainland of Asia, between the latitudes of 30 and 45 north.