The World of the Shining Prince
Subtitle: Court Life in Ancient Japan (Kodansha Globe)
Publisher: Kodansha Globe
Published: July 24, 1997
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 352
ISBN-13: 9781568360294
Subjects: Asian / Middle Eastern history: BCE to c 500 CE; Japan; Culture; Social Stratification; History - General History; Asia - Japan; History / Japan; Civilization; 794-1185; Court and courtiers
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.