Farris: Sacred Texts Paper

by William Wayne Farris

Book Overview

The Japanese have long sought inspiration and legitimacy from the written record of their ancient past. The shaping of bygone eras to contemporary agendas began at least by the early eighth century, when the first court histories, namely the Kojiki and the Nihon shoki, were compiled.

Since the late nineteenth century, historians have extensively mined these texts and other written evidence and by the late 1970s had nearly exhausted their...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0824820304
• ISBN13: 9780824820305
• Release Date: May 1998
• Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
• Length: 348 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.2"