The World Turned Upside Down
Contributors: Käthe Roth (Translator)
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: October 15, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 336
ISBN-13: 9780231118422
Subjects: Asian / Middle Eastern history: c 500 to c 1500; Cultural studies; Modern period, c 1500 onwards; c 1000 CE to c 1500; History; History - General History; History: World; Asia - Japan; Medieval; History / Asia; Asia - General; 1185-1600; Japan
First sentence: It was early autumn in 1180, and night was falling on the Izu Peninsula, obscuring the smoke that constantly hovered over Mount Fuji.