<p<bSpend 24 hours in the vibrant, divided world of Sh</b<bo</b<bgun’s Japan.</b<br<brIn 1614, Japan stood at a crossroads. As the Tokugawa shogunate tightened its grip on power, samurai prepared for war, Christians faced persecution and foreign merchants navigated a rapidly shifting political landscape.<br<brIn <i24 Hours in Sh</i<io</i<igun’s Japan</i, <bMark Hudson brings this pivotal moment to life through the eyes of 24 individuals</b– nobles and farmers, merchants and monks, pirates and poets – each living through one dramatic hour of a single day. From the streets of Kyoto to the slopes of Mount Fuji, this book offers <ban immersive portrait of this fascinating era</bof Japanese history.<br<br<bAlso available:</b<br<i24 Hours in Ancient Rome</i(9781789291278)<br<i24 Hours in Ancient Egypt</i(9781789293517)<br<i24 Hours in Ancient Athens</i(9781789293500)<br<i24 Hours in Ancient China</i(9781789296488)<br<i24 Hours in the Viking World</i(9781789295832)</p