The Yamato Dynasty
Subtitle: The Secret History of Japan's Imperial Family
Publisher: Bantam Books
Published: April 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 426
ISBN-13: 9780593045237
Subjects: General; History - General History
First sentence: THE FUTURE MEIJI EMPEROR WAS ONLY EIGHT MONTHS OLD IN July 1853 when four large, black-hulled American Navy ships appeared off the entrance to what is now called Tokyo Bay.