Hello /r/AskHistorians I read through the submission rules and didn't see anything expressly forbidding this I thought I'd give it a shot, and considering there doesn't seem to be an easily accessible dedicated Asian/Japanese subreddit, this seemed like the best place.

I'm currently really itching to learn more about Japan, but I'm having a hard time getting started. In the last week I've picked up copies of Japan: From Prehistory to Modern Times by John W. Hall, and Everyday Line in Traditional Japan. I also got a few works of historical fiction including Shogun by James Clavell (reread), The Heike Story and Musashi by Eiji Yoshikawa and Silence by Shusaku Endo. I'm looking forward to reading these but as I have been working through Japan I'm finding myself really curious to read detailed histories on the lives of certain figures, like Oda Nobunaga, or perhaps of specific time periods, for instance the Yoshimitsu shogunate.

Could anyone please recommend some further reading?

*Apologies if this breaks any post rules