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Heavenly Warriors
The Evolution of Japan’s Military, 500–1300
Häftad, 1996
253 kr
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"In a government, military matters are the essential thing," said Japan's "Heavenly Warrior," the Emperor Temmu, in 684. Heavenly Warriors traces in detail the evolutionary development of weaponry, horsemanship, military organization, and tactics from Japan's early conflicts with Korea up to the …
Population, Disease, and Land in Early Japan, 645–900
Häftad, 1995
227 kr
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From tax and household registers, law codes, and other primary sources, as well as recent Japanese sources, William Wayne Farris has developed the first systematic, scientific analysis of early Japanese population, including the role of disease in economic development. This work provides a …
Sacred Texts and Buried Treasure
Issues on the Historical Archaeology of Ancient Japan
Häftad, 1998
428 kr
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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 Kojiki and the Nihon shoki, were compiled.Since the late …
Japan to 1600
A Social and Economic History
Inbunden, 2009
703 kr
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Japan to 1600 traces Japanese historical development from the first evidence of human habitation in the archipelago to the consolidation of political power under the Tokugawa shogunate at the beginning of the seventeenth century. Unlike other introductory texts on early Japanese history, it views …
Japan to 1600
A Social and Economic History
Häftad, 2009
489 kr
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Japan to 1600 traces Japanese historical development from the first evidence of human habitation in the archipelago to the consolidation of political power under the Tokugawa shogunate at the beginning of the seventeenth century. Unlike other introductory texts on early Japanese history, it views …
Bowl for a Coin
A Commodity History of Japanese Tea
Inbunden, 2019
927 kr
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A Bowl for a Coin is the first book in any language to describe and analyze the history of all Japanese teas from the plant’s introduction to the archipelago around 750 to the present day. To understand the triumph of the tea plant in Japan, Wayne Farris begins with its cultivation and goes on to …
Bowl for a Coin
A Commodity History of Japanese Tea
Häftad, 2021
338 kr
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A Bowl for a Coin is the first book in any language to describe and analyze the history of all Japanese teas from the plant's introduction to the archipelago around 750 to the present day. To understand the triumph of the tea plant in Japan, William Wayne Farris begins with its cultivation and goes …
Daily Life and Demographics in Ancient Japan
Häftad, 2009
285 kr
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For centuries, scholars have wondered what daily life was like for the common people of Japan, especially for long bygone eras such as the ancient age (700–1150). Using the discipline of historical demography, William Wayne Farris shows that for most of this era, Japan’s overall population hardly …
Japan's Medieval Population
Famine, Fertility, and Warfare in a Transformative Age
Häftad, 2009
280 kr
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Daily Life and Demographics in Ancient Japan
Inbunden, 2009
731 kr
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For centuries, scholars have wondered what daily life was like for the common people of Japan, especially for long bygone eras such as the ancient age (700–1150). Using the discipline of historical demography, William Wayne Farris shows that for most of this era, Japan’s overall population hardly …
