Hands-on History! Ancient Japan: Step Back to the Time of Shoguns and Samurai, with 15 Step-by-stepprojects and Over 330 Exciting Pictures

This title lets you step back to the time of shoguns and samurai, with 15 step-by-step projects and over 330 exciting pictures.You can discover the amazing Japanese civilization and learn about a culture that has existed for thousands of years.You can marvel at the secrets of this island nation - a land of emperors and shoguns, tea ceremonies and martial arts.It features fact boxes that provide extra insights and highlight links with the present; 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; and more than 330 photographs and illustrations that include diagrams, a historical map and a pictorial timeline. It is ideal for home or school use for 8- to 12-year-olds.This title lets you step back in time more than 30,000 years, to when the first settlers reached Japan and a highly sophisticated civilization was born.You can explo