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Ancient Japan : step back to the time of shoguns and samurai, with 15 step-by-step projects and over 330 exciting pictures / Fiona Macdonald.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Hands-on history!Publisher: Wigston : Armadillo, 2013Description: 64 pages : color illustrations, color map ; 31 cmContent type:
  • still image
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 1843228246 (hbk.)
  • 9781843228240 (hbk.)
Subject(s): Summary: Discover the amazing Japanese civilization and learn about a culture that has existed for thousands of years. Marvel at the secrets of this island nation-- a land of emperors and shoguns, tea ceremonies and martial arts. Fact boxes provide extra insights and highlight links with the present. Fifteen practical projects enable you to re-create the past-- wear a dramatic theatrical mask, fly a carp streamer, decorate an elaborate Japanese screen, and make a magnificent helmet fit for a samurai warrior. More than 330 photographs and illustrations include diagrams, a historical map and a pictorial timeline.
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Children's Book Children's Book Main Library Children's NonFiction 952.01 M135 Available 33111007497106
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Discover the amazing Japanese civilization and learn about a culture that has existed for thousands of years. Facts and features combine with 15 practical projects that enable you to re-create the past - wear a dramatic theatrical mask, fly a carp streamer, decorate an elaborate Japanese screen, and make a magnificent helmet fit for a samurai warrior.

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Includes index.

Discover the amazing Japanese civilization and learn about a culture that has existed for thousands of years. Marvel at the secrets of this island nation-- a land of emperors and shoguns, tea ceremonies and martial arts. Fact boxes provide extra insights and highlight links with the present. Fifteen practical projects enable you to re-create the past-- wear a dramatic theatrical mask, fly a carp streamer, decorate an elaborate Japanese screen, and make a magnificent helmet fit for a samurai warrior. More than 330 photographs and illustrations include diagrams, a historical map and a pictorial timeline.

Ages 8-12.

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