TY - BOOK AU - Ackroyd,Joyce TI - Told Round a Brushwood Fire T2 - Princeton Library of Asian Translations SN - 9780691616292 AV - DS872.A7 A313 2014 U1 - 952/.025/0924 PY - 2014///] CY - Princeton, NJ : PB - Princeton University Press, KW - Confucianists KW - Japan KW - Biography KW - Politicians KW - HISTORY / General KW - bisacsh N1 - Frontmatter --; Contents --; Acknowledgments --; Notes on the Translation --; Introduction --; Told Round a Brushwood Fire --; Preface --; Book 1 --; Book II --; Book III --; Notes --; Biographical Notes --; Appendix 1. Glossary of Titles, Offices, and Names --; Appendix 2. The Sexagenary System and Era Names --; Appendix 3. Measures --; Appendix 4. Pedigrees --; Appendix 5. Selected Chronology --; Maps --; Index; restricted access; Issued also in print N2 - 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 UR - https://doi.org/10.1515/9781400853045 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781400853045 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/cover/covers/9781400853045.jpg ER -