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Makiko's Diary:  A Merchant Wife in 1910 Kyoto

Makiko's Diary: A Merchant Wife in 1910 Kyoto

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Makiko's Diary: A Merchant Wife in 1910 Kyoto

by Makiko, Nakano

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Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Jacket rubbed.
ISBN 10
0804724407
ISBN 13
9780804724401
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Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Jacket rubbed.. 1995. First English Edition. Hardcover. 0804724407 . Translated from the Japanese by Kazuko Smith. Black cloth binding. xix, 256 pp. Introduction, notes on names and terms, bibliography, name index, general index, many photos, maps. Nakano Takashi originally published her mother's 1910 diary in Japan, and it is here republished in English and with many annotations, for a Western audience. In 1910, Nakano Makiko was twenty years old and the wife of the head of a family pharmaceutical business. She writes of family celebrations, her daily routine, interactions with family members and her role in the home-based business. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

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Bookseller
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Bookseller's Inventory #
35563
Title
Makiko's Diary: A Merchant Wife in 1910 Kyoto
Author
Makiko, Nakano
Format/Binding
Hardcover
Book Condition
Used - Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Jacket rubbed.
Edition
First English Edition
ISBN 10
0804724407
ISBN 13
9780804724401
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Place of Publication
Stanford, CA
Date Published
1995
Keywords
0804724407, 20TH Century Japan, Japanese Women, Kyoto
Bookseller catalogs
Asia; Biography and Memoir;

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