Sources of Japanese Tradition (Second Edition), Volume One
Subtitle: From Earliest Times to 1600
Contributors: Wm. Theodore de Bary (Editor); Donald Keene (Editor); George Tanabe (Editor); Paul Varley (Editor)
Edition: second edition edition
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: March 15, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 552
ISBN-13: 9780231121385
Subjects: Asian / Middle Eastern history; Asian studies; History; History - General History; History: World; Asia - Japan; Civilization; Customs & Traditions; History / Asia; Asia - General; Japan; Sources
First sentence: The oldest extant annals in Japanese are the Records of Ancient Matters (Kojiki, 712 C.E.) and the Chronicles of Japan (Nihon Shoki or Nihongi, 720).