Sons of Heaven : A Portrait of the Japanese Monarchy -- Jerrold M. Packard

Hardcover with dustjacket. 

Condition: Good. No inscriptions

Dustjacket condition: Good, spine mildly sunned. 

400 pages. bl/wh photos. Dimensions: 24.1cm x 15.8cm. 

Synopsis:

"tells the little-known story of Japan's monarchs, men - and a few women - who for nearly

two millennia stood incontestably as Japan's supreme fount of authority. A rare glimpse

into court life, sexual mores, religious observance, development of the caste system, 

laws of succession." Japan is the most populous nation in the world today with a

hereditary monarch. 

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