H. Paul Varley

Herbert Paul Varley (February 8, 1931 – December 15, 2015) was an American academic, historian, author, and Japanologist.  He was a professor at Columbia University and Sen Sōshitsu XV Professor of Japanese Cultural History at the University of Hawaii.

Career
Varley's early work was influenced by Kan'ichi Asakawa at Yale University.Mass, Jeffrey P. (1995).  Antiquity and Anachronism in Japanese History, p. 15.

Among other interests, his research focused on the Kamakura period and Muromachi period in the history of Japan.Hardacre, Helen. (1998). The Postwar Development of Japanese Studies in the United States, p. 57.

Selected works
In an overview of writings by and about Varley, OCLC/WorldCat lists roughly 30+ works in 120+ publications in 6 languages and 8,200+ library holdings. WorldCat Identities: Varley, H. Paul; retrieved 2012-11-1. 
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 The Onin War; history of its origins and background with a selective translation of the Chronicle of Onin, 1967
 A Syllabus of Japanese Civilization, 1968
 Imperial Restoration in Medieval Japan, 1971
 Japanese Culture: a Short History, 1973
 A Chronicle of Gods and Sovereigns: Jinnō Shōtōki of Kitabatake Chikafusa, 1980
 Warriors of Japan as Portrayed in the War Tales, 1994

Honors
 Order of the Rising Sun, 1969.Columbia University, Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures, Faculty Profiles

Notes

Other websites
  Varley, H. Paul at Virtual International Authority File (VIAF) 

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Category:Recipients of the Order of the Rising Sun