Japan [Text] / J. Ashburne Ch. Rowthorn M. Florence S. Benson . – 7th Edition .. – Melbourne ; Oakland ; London ; Paris : Lonely Planet Publications , 2000. - 920 p., ill.; - Текст на английском, японском языках . – Glossary: p. 895-919 . – [n. c.] – ISBN 0-86442-693-3 : 0 tg.
Contemporary Japan is a land of extremes.But then, arguably, it has always been thatway. After centuries of bloodshed and social upheaval as warlords struggled to gaincontrol of the nation, the country was shuttight from 1600 to 1867 under a policy ofsakoku or "national seclusion"