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Inventing the Way of the Samurai: Nationalism, Internationalism, and Bushidō in Modern Japan

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Inventing the Way of the Samurai: Nationalism, Internationalism, and Bushidō in Modern Japan

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Length 305 Pages
Imprint Oxford University Press, USA
Released January 1, 2014
Identifier (ISBN) 23064505
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