China in the Tokugawa World by Jansen, Marius B.

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China in the Tokugawa World by Jansen, Marius B.ISBN: 9780674002661 HARVARD UNIVERSITY PRESS 01 March 2000 Paperback 160 pages Description This book challenges the traditional notion that Japan was an isolated nation cut off from the outside world and its influence in the early modern era. This familiar story of seclusion, argues master historian Marius B. Jansen, results from viewing the period solely in terms of Japan's ties with the West, at the expense of its relationship with closer Asian

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