The Cambridge history of Japan. Volume 2, Heian Japan / edited by Donald H. Shively, William H. McCu...
The Cambridge history of Japan. Volume 2, Heian Japan / edited by Donald H. Shively, William H. McCullough. [electronic resource]
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Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1999.
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English
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1 online resource (xxiii, 754 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
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text
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computer
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online resource
Contents
Introduction / Donald H. Shively and William H. McCullough -- The Heian court, 794-1070 / William H. McCullough -- The capital and its society / Land and society / Dana Morris -- Provincial administration and land tenure in early Heian / Cornelius J. Kiley -- Chinese learning and intellectual life /...
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Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1999.
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England
Date Published
1999.
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This volume provides the most comprehensive treatment of the Heian period, the golden age of the Japanese imperial court, in any Western language. From Heian-kyo, founded in 794, the Japanese emperor ruled over an elaborate government modelled on China's absolute monarchy. Ambassadors to the T'ang court and students studying in China brought back l...
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The Cambridge history of Japan. Volume 2, Heian Japan / edited by Donald H. Shively, William H. McCullough. [electronic resource]
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English
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74VKVZR34key
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1-139-05369-8
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952.01
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991023970917502626