A History of Japan: 1615-1867 by Sansom, George - 1963-04-30

Stanford University Press, 1963-04-30. Hardcover. Like New. 6x1x9. Bound in publisher's black cloth. Near fine. Hardcover. Good binding and cover. Clean, unmarked pages. xii, 258 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. <br> "The main purpose of this, the third (and last) volume of A History of Japan, is to describe the political and social development of which the foundation was laid by Ieyasu, the first Tokugawa Shogun. Ieyasu was a genius, who combined civil and military capacity of the highest order; and although he died in 1616, after holding office as Shogun for little more than a decade, his stamp is visible on the institutions of his country as they developed during the two hundred and fifty years after his demise." - Preface