Distant Ocean The Story of the Birth of the World City "Edo" Author:Nobuo Yoshida

Recommended by Mr. Sadatomo Matsudaira, a history buff (former NHK announcer)
The head of Nihonbashi's long-established business depicts 400 years of history
The story of the birth of the unknown world city "Edo"!

The 425-year history of Nihonbashifolding fanand a long-established shop of UchiwaIbasen」。
The 14th head of the familyNobuo YoshidaThe story is based on the oral tradition that "Edo was pioneered by Tokugawa, Mikawa people, and a few Benigyojin," and is a mixture of truth and falsehood. The story is based on the oral tradition that "Edo was pioneered by Tokugawa, Mikawa people, and a few red-headed men" and mixes truth and falsehood. The free and bold conception of the story drew the reader in, and Mr. Matsudaira praised it highly, saying, "The storyline was eye-opening.

What was happening in Edo at that time?

The book is a boldly conceived story about the shipwreck of the Liefde in the spring of 1600, which was not the result of a natural phenomenon, as has been widely reported, but was in fact a part of the Dutch global strategy.
Through this novel, I have come to understand that "IbasenThe author's attempt to leave behind for posterity "a record of the development of the Netherlands and its footprints" through this novel has all come to fruition, just as Yoshida's initial plan had predicted. (Matsudaira Sadatomo)

Table of Contents

Prologue: Illusion
Chapter 1 Castaways
Chapter 2 Pioneers
Chapter 3 Departure
Chapter 4 Merchants in Edo
Chapter 5 Boiling Edo Town
Chapter 6 The Age of Supremacy
In place of a postscript (Nobuo Yoshida)
Hats off to the free and bold ideas of this historical tale that will be handed down to posterity (Sadatomo Matsudaira)

• Book: A book 246 pages
• Publisher: J. W. Harris ThunderR Labs (4/14/2017)
• Language. Japanese
• ISBN-10: 4908609071
• ISBN-13: 978-4908609077
• Release Date: 2017/4/14
• Product Dimensions:. 2 x 12.8 x 18.8 cm