ASIN: B01FGXTQ0U
Publisher: Amazon.com Services LLC
Pages: 430
Throughout the sixteenth century, Japan and Korea couldn’t have differed more. A united Korean nation served their King while Japan’s samurai slaughtered one another for their regional Daimyo. Koreans idolized their scholars, poets, and intellectuals while illiterate Japanese praised their warriors. Korea sat in China’s sphere of influence while Japan maintained its own Emperor. Joseon ideology practiced Neo-Confucianism while the regional clans of Japan practiced Shintoism, Buddhism, and even Christianity. Korean artisans aimed to craft ornate ceramics while Japanese artisans crafted wabi-sabi earthenware. Yet, Edo Japan emerged in the early seventeenth century as a Neo-Confucianist society protected by literate samurai who appreciated ornate crafts. What happened?Set during the Imjin War of 1592, TE NINDEN takes place in a time when myriads of samurai rampage across Joseon Korea. ...
