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The Shogun's Silver Telescope: God, Art, and Money in the English Quest for Japan, 1600-1625 Screech, Timon (Professor of the History of Art, SOAS, University of London)
The Shogun's Silver Telescope: God, Art, and Money in the English Quest for Japan, 1600-1625
Screech, Timon (Professor of the History of Art, SOAS, University of London)
The story of two extraordinary gifts from King James I of England to the Shogun of Japan - and what this tells us about says about the seventeenth century England from which they came and the quizzical Asian rulers to whom they were given.
336 pages, 37 illustrations
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | October 14, 2020 |
| ISBN13 | 9780198832034 |
| Publishers | Oxford University Press |
| Pages | 326 |
| Dimensions | 243 × 161 × 17 mm · 718 g |