Amazon | Giants of Japan: The Lives of Japan's Greatest Men and Women | Mark Weston, Walter F. Mondale | Women
A vivid, deeply researched work of history that explores the life of an unconventional woman in Edo – now known as Tokyo – and a portrait of a great city on the brink of momentous change The daughter of a Buddhist priest, Tsuneno was born in 1804 in a rural Japanese village and was expected to live a life much like her mother’s. But after three divorces – and with a temperament much too strong-willed for her family’s approval – she ran away to make a life for herself in one of the largest cities Japanese History, Japanese Culture, Kenyan Politics, Buddhist Priest, Short Novels, Roppongi, Goodreads Books, Holiday Planning, Women Life