[PDF.39il] Gateway to Japan: Hakata in War and Peace, 500-1300

Gateway to Japan: Hakata in War and Peace, 500-1300

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 | #2510842 in Books |  2005-12-31 |  2005-12-31 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  9.02 x.43 x5.98l,.70 | File type: PDF | 200 pages

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||6 of 6 people found the following review helpful.| Eminently Readable and Enjoyable!|By P. Sean Bramble|Gateway to Japan is a history of a particular niche of Japan: that of northern Kyushu, which served as the fulcrum between the court in central Japan and the rest of East Asia. Prof. Batten has done a fine job here of identifying the primary elements (war, diplomacy, piracy, and trade) that have coursed through the area's hi| |A fascinating study. . . . An impressive book that covers an astonishing amount of material in a mere 140 pages of text, supplemented by helpful illustrations. . . . The lively prose and scattered comments on recent events make this one of the few books on ear

A thousand years ago, most visitors to Japan would have arrived by ship at Hakata Bay, the one and only authorized gateway to Japan. Hakata was the location of the Kôrokan, an official guest-house for foreign visitors that is currently yielding its secrets to the spades of Japanese archaeologists. Nearby was Dazaifu, the imperial capital of western Japan, surrounded by mountain fortresses and defended by an army of border guards. Over the ages, Hakata was a stag...

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