Japan, Turkey and the World of Islam: The Writings of Selcuk Esenbel

Widely known for her writings on Islam with a particular focus on the transnational history of politics in Islam and Japan, this volume brings together twenty of the author s key essays thematically structured as 'Japan and Islam', 'Japanese Ottoman Relations and Japanese-Turkish Interaction', and 'Reflections on Tokugawa Japan from Turkey'. Awarded the Japan Foundation Special Prize for Japanese Studies in 2007, Sel uk Esenbel s volume will provide an invaluable reference resource for current and future research in an increasingly important context.