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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Rath, Eric C., 1967–

Food and fantasy in early modern Japan / Eric C. Rath.

    p. cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 978-0-520-26227-0 (cloth : alk. paper)

1. Food—Social aspects—Japan. 2. Food habits—Japan. 3. Cookery, Japanese—Social aspects.
4. Japan—Social life and customs. I. Title.

TX724.5.J3R38 2010
394.1’20952—dc22	2010005799

 

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