Princess Masako: Prisoner of the Chrysanthemum Throne Contributor(s): Hills, Ben (Author) |
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ISBN: 1585426105 ISBN-13: 9781585426102 Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: January 2008 Annotation: Stealing a fascinating look into the world of the Japanese royal family, this biography details how Masako Owada struggled with the daily pressures of life in Japans royal court as the wife of Crown Prince Naruhito. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Royalty - Biography & Autobiography | Women - History | Asia - Japan |
Dewey: B |
LCCN: 2008270223 |
Age Level: 18-UP |
Grade Level: 13-UP |
Physical Information: 1" H x 6.8" W x 9" L (0.79 lbs) 336 pages |
Themes: - Cultural Region - Japanese - Chronological Period - 1950-1999 - Chronological Period - 21st Century |
Features: Bibliography, Glossary, Illustrated, Index, Price on Product, Price on Product - Canadian, Table of Contents |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: The tragic true story of Japan's Crown Princess-with a new afterword by the author. It's the fantasy of many young women: marry a handsome prince, move into a luxurious palace, and live happily ever after. But that's not how it turned out for Masako Owada. Ben Hills's fascinating portrait of Princess Masako and the Chrysanthemum Throne draws on research in Tokyo and rural Japan, at Oxford and Harvard, and from more than sixty interviews with Japanese, American, British, and Australian sources-many of whom have never spoken publicly before-shedding light on the royal family's darkest secrets, secrets that can never be openly discussed in Japan because of the reverence in which the emperor and his family are held. But most of all, this is a story about a love affair that went tragically wrong. The paperback edition will contain a new afterword by the author, discussing the impact this book had in Japan, where it was banned. |
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