The World of the Shining Prince
Subtitle: Court Life in Ancient Japan
Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics)
Published: December 20, 1979
Language: eng
Number of pages: 348
ISBN-13: 9780140054798
First sentence: IN 784 the emperor gave orders that his capital should be moved from the temple city of Heijo (Nara), where it had been during most of the century, to Nagaoka, some thirty miles to the north.