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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
great translation of a fabulous source,
By christine (Boston, Mass.) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Chronicle of Gods and Sovereigns (Hardcover)
How I wish this were published in paperback! The _Jinno Shotoki_ of Kitabatake Chikafusa is a marvelous chronicle of Japanese history as told by a fourteenth-century scholar and courtier. The narrative sheds light on how Kitabatake views the place of Japan in the world: Japan is constantly compared to China; Japan's destiny is divine; Japan is protected by the Gods; "good" emperors and imperial advisors obey the divine will (for emporers, this meant staying out of the way and letting the "correct" advisors rule). In this text, you get a sense of the ancient imperial court's scholarly tradition, threatened place in Japan, and ideas about Japanese _mores_. Varley's translation is clear and his introduction establishes the historical circumstances very well.
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Chronicle of Gods and Sovereigns by Chikafusa Kitabatake (Hardcover - October 15, 1980)
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