The Cambridge History of Japan Volume 1 (Ancient Japan) (The Cambridge History of Japan)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: July 30, 1993
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 650
ISBN-13: 9780521223522
Subjects: Asian / Middle Eastern history: BCE to c 500 CE; Medieval; Japan - History; History - General History; History: World; Japan; Asia - Japan; History / Medieval; Japan--History; History
First sentence: Japan's oldest extant chronicles, the Kojiki and the Nihon shoki, describe the trek of Kamu-yamato-ihare-biko no Mikoto from south Kyushu to the Yamato plain accompanied by hand-chosen clan (uji) heads.