Synopses & Reviews
This collection of essays is built around a major but previously unstudied theme in Japanese history - the extent to which the exaggeration of antiquity has distorted historical understanding.
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“This well-produced book is a little masterpiece, wise in what it says, and graceful in how it says it.”—Asian Studies Review
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A Stanford University Press classic.
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'In this short, insightful book of essays, Mass takes stock of the field of medieval Japanese history, a field he is largely responsible for creating in its present form.' American Historical Review