Stranger in the Shogun's City: A Japanese Woman and Her World

Name: Stranger in the Shogun's City: A Japanese Woman and Her World
ISBN: 9781501188121

by Amy Stanley

National Book · 2020 · Winner

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ScribnerJuly 21, 2020Biography & Memoir History NonfictionISBN 9781501188121

Award History

Award	Year	Status	Citation
National Book Critics Circle Award for Biography	2020	Winner

About This Book

Amy Stanley reconstructs the life of a Buddhist priest's daughter who defied convention in nineteenth-century Edo (later Tokyo), using merchant records, temple registers, and legal documents to write a biography of a woman who left almost no trace. Winner of the NBCC Award for Biography.