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A study of Japanese history via its failed heroes.
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About the Author:
IVAN MORRIS wrote widely on modern and ancient Japan, where he lived for four years, and translated numerous works from both classical and contemporary literature. He was born in London in 1925 and began the study of Japanese language and culture at Harvard University. Having received his B.A. degree, he returned to England and received his doctorate from the School of Oriental and African Studies and afterwards worked in the BBD and the Foreign Office. Dr Morris lived in New York City for many years, where he was a member of the faculty of Columbia University from 1960 to 1973 and chairman of its Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures from 1966 to 1969. In 1966 he was elected a Fellow of St Antony's College, Oxford, and in 1968 the University of London awarded him a D.Litt. He was the author of The World of the Shining Prince, which won the Duff Cooper Award. Ivan Morris died in 1978.
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- PublisherPenguin
- Publication date1980
- ISBN 10 0140045104
- ISBN 13 9780140045109
- BindingPaperback
- Edition number1
- Number of pages528
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