Told Round a Brushwood Fire
The Oritaku Shiha no Ki of Arai Hakuscki (1657-1725) was the first Japanese autobiography and is often singled out as the most outstanding. As primary source material for the first half of the Tokugawa period, it constitutes a unique historical supplement to the official records. Presented here is a scholarly English translation of and commentary on this important work.

Originally published in 1980.

The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

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Told Round a Brushwood Fire
The Oritaku Shiha no Ki of Arai Hakuscki (1657-1725) was the first Japanese autobiography and is often singled out as the most outstanding. As primary source material for the first half of the Tokugawa period, it constitutes a unique historical supplement to the official records. Presented here is a scholarly English translation of and commentary on this important work.

Originally published in 1980.

The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

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Told Round a Brushwood Fire

Told Round a Brushwood Fire

by Joyce Ackroyd
Told Round a Brushwood Fire

Told Round a Brushwood Fire

by Joyce Ackroyd

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The Oritaku Shiha no Ki of Arai Hakuscki (1657-1725) was the first Japanese autobiography and is often singled out as the most outstanding. As primary source material for the first half of the Tokugawa period, it constitutes a unique historical supplement to the official records. Presented here is a scholarly English translation of and commentary on this important work.

Originally published in 1980.

The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780691616292
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Publication date: 07/14/2014
Series: Princeton Library of Asian Translations , #841
Pages: 360
Product dimensions: 6.10(w) x 9.20(h) x 0.90(d)

Table of Contents

  • FrontMatter, pg. i
  • Contents, pg. v
  • Acknowledgments, pg. vii
  • Notes on the Translation, pg. ix
  • Introduction, pg. 1
  • Preface, pg. 35
  • Book 1, pg. 37
  • Book II, pg. 93
  • Book III, pg. 185
  • Notes, pg. 279
  • Biographical Notes, pg. 309
  • Appendix 1. Glossary of Titles, Offices, and Names, pg. 317
  • Appendix 2. The Sexagenary System and Era Names, pg. 325
  • Appendix 3. Measures, pg. 326
  • Appendix 4. Pedigrees, pg. 327
  • Appendix 5. Selected Chronology, pg. 331
  • Maps, pg. 337
  • Index, pg. 341



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