Sacred Texts and Buried Treasures: Issues in the Historical Archaeology of Ancient Japan by William Wayne Farris

Sacred Texts and Buried Treasures: Issues in the Historical Archaeology of Ancient Japan

William Wayne Farris

348 pages first pub 1998 (editions)

history informative slow-paced
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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 Kojik...

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