04256nam 2200721Ia 450 991096979450332120200520144314.09786613225740978128322574812832257439780774854658077485465010.59962/9780774854658(CKB)1000000000521006(OCoLC)227038192(CaPaEBR)ebrary10134719(SSID)ssj0000284212(PQKBManifestationID)11193706(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000284212(PQKBWorkID)10251322(PQKB)11097342(CaPaEBR)404384(CaBNvSL)jme00326709(MdBmJHUP)muse49086(Au-PeEL)EBL3412177(CaPaEBR)ebr10141287(CaONFJC)MIL322574(OCoLC)923442537(VaAlCD)20.500.12592/vqwzbk(schport)gibson_crkn/2009-12-01/3/404384(MiAaPQ)EBC3412177(MiAaPQ)EBC3245015(DE-B1597)729195(DE-B1597)9780774854658(EXLCZ)99100000000052100619910828d1991 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrThe six national histories of Japan /Sakamoto Taro ; translated by John S. BrownleeVancouver UBC Press ;Tokyo University of Tokyo Press19911 online resource (263 p.)Translation of: Rikkokushi.9780774803793 0774803797 Includes bibliographical references (p. [207]-221) and indexes.Frontmatter -- Contents -- Translator's Preface -- Translator's Introduction -- Author's Preface -- CHAPTER ONE Introduction -- CHAPTER TWO Nihon Shoki -- CHAPTER THREE Shoku Nihongi -- CHAPTER FOUR Nihon Koki -- CHAPTER FIVE Shoku Nihon Kōki -- CHAPTER SIX Nihon Montoku Tennō Jitsuroku -- CHAPTER SEVEN Nihon Sandai Jitsuroku -- CHAPTER EIGHT Afterword -- Notes -- Original Text Index -- General IndexThe Six National Histories of Japan (Rikkokushi) was written in 1970 by one of Japan's foremost historical scholars. Sakamoto Taro. An authoritative study of Japan's first scholarly works and a modern classic, it is now translated into English for the first time. The Six National Histories chronicle the history of Japan from its origins in the 'Age of the Gods' to A.D. 887. Written in Classical Chinese, they were compiled in the imperial court during the eighth and ninth centuries by leading scholars and officials of the day. Until the late nineteenth-century each of the Six National Histories was accepted as an authoritative work containing the absolute truth about the past. They have therefore exerted a profound effect on Japanese thought for well over a millenium. In the twentieth-century, particularly since 1945 when state censorship ended, scholars have focused on the first of the Six National Histories, Nihon Shoki, rejecting its authenticity. In his book, Sakamoto interpreted modern scholarly findings, as well as presenting his own views, thus completing the modern re-evaluation of this controversial first work. The remaining five works form a subgroup. Sakamoto's study has been the only one to survey all of them, identifying common features and pointing out the special characteristics of each. John Brownlee's meticulous translation of Sakamoto's seminal work is supplemented by an informative introduction, notes, appendices, and an index. The translation makes available to English readers a valuable study of the Six National Histories which also provides insights into the methods of contemporary Japanese historians.HISTORY / Asia / JapanbisacshJapanHistoryTo 1185JapanHistoryTo 1185HistoriographyHISTORY / Asia / Japan.952/.0072Sakamoto Taro1901-1987.1801648MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910969794503321The six national histories of Japan4347013UNINA