The Author: Judith Fröhlich was born in 1973. She studied History, Japanese and History of Art at Zurich University. In 1999 she graduated with a master thesis on the social and economic history of medieval Japan. In 2004 she completed her Ph.D. thesis on which this book is based. Her current research is about national identity and the perception of the West in nineteenth-century Japan.

• Contents: Orality and literacy in the Medieval Period – The History of Ategawa no shō – Representing Land and Creating a Written Tradition: The Goshuin engi of Kōyasan – Documentary Proof and Oral Testimony: The Litigation of 1275 to 1276 – Peasants Vocalising Resistance: The Katakana Petition of 1275.

The Author: Judith Fröhlich was born in 1973. She studied History, Japanese and History of Art at Zurich University. In 1999 she graduated with a master thesis on the social and economic history of medieval Japan. In 2004 she completed her Ph.D. thesis on which this book is based. Her current research is about national identity and the perception of the West in nineteenth-century Japan.

• Contents: Orality and literacy in the Medieval Period – The History of Ategawa no shō – Representing Land and Creating a Written Tradition: The Goshuin engi of Kōyasan – Documentary Proof and Oral Testimony: The Litigation of 1275 to 1276 – Peasants Vocalising Resistance: The Katakana Petition of 1275.

The Author: Judith Fröhlich was born in 1973. She studied History, Japanese and History of Art at Zurich University. In 1999 she graduated with a master thesis on the social and economic history of medieval Japan. In 2004 she completed her Ph.D. thesis on which this book is based. Her current research is about national identity and the perception of the West in nineteenth-century Japan.

• Contents: Orality and literacy in the Medieval Period – The History of Ategawa no shō – Representing Land and Creating a Written Tradition: The Goshuin engi of Kōyasan – Documentary Proof and Oral Testimony: The Litigation of 1275 to 1276 – Peasants Vocalising Resistance: The Katakana Petition of 1275.