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Nihongi: Chronicles of Japan from the Earliest Times to A.D. 697 Aston, W. G. (translator)
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Hardcover. Hardcover with dustjacket 1956 George Allen and Unwin, London. Reprint edition with errata and addenda to the 1896 original. Noticeable average wear: chips and small rips to jacket edges; jacket spine tanned. Tanned area on front endpaper from old bookmark. Text clean and unmarked; binding tight. Great vintage reading/research copy. 443 pages; Index; a few black-and-white illustrations. Language: English (translated from the original Chinese and Japanese). 'Nihongi, or Chronicles of Japan was compiled early in the 8th century A.D. It is probably the most important of the standard sources for early Japanese History, including the history of the Shinto. A special feature of its treatment of the basic myths and legends of the country is its inclusion of different versions of the same story... This authoritative and readable translation, with copious notes, [is] by the late Dr. W. G. Aston, one of the greatest of Western scholars of Japanese literature...'-- from jacket flap. Keywords: ancient Japan, mythology, folklore, early civilization, culture, manners, customs, comparative religion, Asia, Asian. [code K]
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50.00 USD
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