The World Turned Upside Down: Medieval Japanese Society (Asia Perspectives: History, Society, and Culture)
Contributors: Käthe Roth (Translator)
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: September 2003
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 336
ISBN-13: 9780231118439
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; Japan; Asia - Japan; Medieval; History / Asia; Asia - General
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.