Title Japan : memoirs of secret empire / written by Joan Owens-Meyerson, Deborah Ann Desnoo, Lyn Goldfarb ; produced + directed by Lyn Goldfarb, Deborah Ann Desnoo.

Publication Info.

Item Status

Location	Call No.	Status	OPAC Message	Public Note	Gift Note
Moore Video	DS835 .J376 2003	Available	Ask at Circulation Desk

Description	1 DVD (160 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Physical Medium	polychrome
Description	digital
	optical
	video file
	DVD video
Performer	Narrated by Richard Chamberlain.
Summary	An historical documentary of Japan between the 16th and 19th centuries, from the "Warlord Period" to the end of its isolation from the West in the 19th century. Looks at the cultural and military aspects of Japanese society -- the rule of the Shogun, traditions of Samurai and geisha, the effect of exposure to Western culture.
System Details	DVD.
Subject	Tokugawa, Ieyasu, 1543-1616.
	Tokugawa, Ieyasu, 1543-1616.
	Japan -- History -- Tokugawa period, 1600-1868.
Genre/Form	Documentary films.
	Documentary films.
	Video recordings.
	Video recordings.
Added Author	Goldfarb, Lyn.
	Desnoo, Deborah Ann.
	Owens-Meyerson, Joan.
	Chamberlain, Richard, 1935-
	PBS Home Video.
Added Title	Empires (Television program)