Morgan Pitelka Reading medieval ruins

urban life and destruction in sixteenth-century Japan

"The Japanese provincial city of Ichijōdani was destroyed in the civil wars of the late sixteenth century but never rebuilt. Archaeological excavations have since uncovered the most detailed late medieval urban site in the country. Drawing on analysis of specific excavated objects and decades of archaeological evidence to study daily life in Ichijōdani, Reading Medieval Ruins in Sixteenth-Century Japan illuminates the city's layout, the possessions and houses of its residents, its politics and...

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Engels | 241 pagina's | Cambridge University Press, Cambridge | 2022

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