In Japanese Historiography and the Gold Seal of 57 C.E., Joshua Fogel examines the waves of historiographical analysis that this first item to pass officially from China to Japan has undergone in the two-plus centuries sinceits discovery.
In Japanese Historiography and the Gold Seal of 57 C.E., Joshua Fogel examines the waves of historiographical analysis that this first item to pass officially from China to Japan has undergone in the two-plus centuries since its discovery.
"Designed to fill a long-standing gap in the literature, this is a notably well-written and lucid introduction to the subject, aimed particularly at graduate students, archivists, historians, archaeologists - anyone with a special interest in medieval documents or artefacts. It …