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: April 15, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 520
ISBN-13: 9780231121392
Subjects: Asian / Middle Eastern history; Asian studies; Social Science; History - General History; History: World; Japan; Asia - Japan; Customs & Traditions; History / Asia; Sociology - General
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).