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Treatise on the People of the Wa in the Chronicle of the Kingdom of Wei: The World's Earliest Written Text on Japan

By Joshua A. Fogel , Arikiyo Saeki

Book information

Publisher
MerwinAsia
Year
2017
ISBN
1937385515, 1937385485, 9781937385514, 9781937385484
LCC
DS855.S14613 2017
Google Books ID
5i6GswEACAAJ
Open Library ID
OL28871552M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
46 MB (47844753 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
438\438
Topic
History
Library
archive.org
Orientation
portrait
Paginated
yes
Scanned
yes
Time added
2025-02-08 06:20:11

Description

The Treatise on the People of Wa is the oldest written text that we have about that place now known as Japan. Saeki Arikiyo takes a straightforward philological approach to the text, analysing it character by character in comparison to countless other early texts in an effort to explain the meaning of the text in its time. Translation of Saeki Arikiyo's study of ancient East Asia, Gishi Wajin den o yomu, originally published in 2 volumes in 2000.

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