Japanese Ancient Origins: Stories Of People & Civilization

(Hardback)

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Beautiful edition, and companion to Japanese Myths and Legends, exploring the ancient origins of Japanese society and culture. A gorgeous Collector's Edition covering the history of Japan from the early Jomon period to the Edo. Japan has gripped the imagination of readers of their spiritual and delicate myths, ghost stories and folktales for many generations but there is much more to draw our fascination. From the veneration of Mount Fuji to the long periods of isolation from other countries, to the warring kingdoms and the martial rule of the Shogunates, Japan followed its own path until increasing contact by Europeans between the 1500 and 1800s. Flame Tree Collector's Editions present the foundations of speculative fiction, authors, myths and tales without which the imaginative literature of the twentieth century would not exist, bringing the best, most influential and most fascinating works into a striking and collectable library. Each book features a new introduction and a Glossary of Terms. AUTHOR: Jackson is General Editor of The World's Greatest Myths and Legends series, with titles including 'Myths of Babylon', 'Indian Myth', 'Egyptian Myth', 'Norse Myth' and 'Polynesian Island Myth'. He is editor of 'Myths and Legends' and foreword writer for 'Celtic Myths and Tales'. Other related work includes articles on the Philosophy of Time, 'Macbeth, A Gothic Chaos' and William Blake's use of mythology in his visionary literature. Hardback, Deluxe edition, foiled and embossed, with gilded edges

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Jake Leigh-Howarth (Introduction) is a freelance history writer. He holds an MA in Modern History from the University of Leeds where he focused on the accounts of Western travellers to Soviet Central Asia and Eastern Siberia. Devoted to making history more accessible to the general public and a regularcontributor to Ancient Origins.net, he has penned numerous articles online and in print on everything from the history of Japan and Greece to the Second World War. He also writes scripts for some of the most popular history YouTube channels such as Simple History, where his videos have millions of views.