Japan Encyclopedia

Louis Frédéric

Translated by Käthe Roth

    This large, beautiful and indispensable volume...is a detailed but concise guide to Japanese history from its beginnings until now, filled with general information but with a particular emphasis on religion and the arts. It contains a detailed chronology as well as a concise bibliography.
       --Donald Richie, Japan Times

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Louis Frédéric is the author of numerous scholarly and reference books on Asian and South Asian societies and religions. He lived in Paris until his death in 1996.